Transição para a mobilidade urbana inteligente: análise do contexto e de iniciativas inovadoras no sistema de mobilidade de Curitiba

• Autor(a) principal: Fryszman, Flavia
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório do Centro Universitário Braz Cubas
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/1916
• topic: Administração; Transporte urbano - Efeito das inovações tecnológicas; Planejamento urbano - Curitiba (PR); Política de transporte urbano - Curitiba (PR); CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ADMINISTRACAO

This study aimed to describe how the transition to smart urban mobility in the city of Curitiba-PR develops from the analysis of the socio-technical transition of innovation, based on the approaches of multilevel perspective (MLP) and the functions of the innovation system (FIS). This was a qualitative case study, based on a transversal cross-section and longitudinal evaluation, with the presentation of two illustrative cases of innovative initiatives: Hibribus and Curitiba Eco Elétrico Project. The data collection took place through in-depth interviews with involved actors and consultation in documents. Confronting the history of Curitiba's mobility system with the basic discourse of smart mobility adopted in this study, by Zawieska and Pieriegud (2018), it was possible to perceive initiatives as signs of smart mobility. Looking the mobility system of the city of Curitiba from a multilevel perspective, the existence of a regime dominated by the culture of the automobile was confirmed. The landscape is characterized by political and economic instability, which means obstacles to change and an opportunity to look at reality and seek new solutions. The emerging technological niches identified by the study were: electromobility, autonomous vehicles, connectivity, sharing/mobility as a service and the various projects headed by the actors of this innovation system. The illustrative cases demonstrated pioneering initiatives towards the transition of technology and point to niche innovations that put pressure on the current sociotechnical regime. The transition to a smart urban mobility depends, among other factors, on the actors' engagement in the three levels of the socio-technical system. By verifying the niche activities by analyzing the seven FIS proposed by Hekkert et al (2007), it was possible to perceive the existence of entrepreneurial activities and market formation in the system, with the emergence of new technologies; the learning as the core of the innovation process, resulting from the development of projects; the realization of tests and existence of areas of R&D focused on new technologies and the research of market opportunities through network knowledge. It has also been found that resources, which come from different sources to the actors within the system, are always limited, which requires an associated search orientation. For this process, some triggers that drive the development of a new project have been identified, such as: the role of the network of representatives and communication with local authorities and businessmen. Finally, with regard to the creation of legitimacy, there was a recognition and positioning of the projects developed in the context, although they have not yet broken with the dominant regime. The results showed niche initiatives as movements and opportunities for modifying the current regime. These emerging technologies, however, still have much to develop to actually generate a paradigm shift. The study thus reinforces the foundations of the socio-technical theory of innovation by showing niche initiatives and the emergence of emerging technologies that present an opportunity for modifying the current regime. Such changes occur in a long-term time horizon, and may take one to two generations to become dominant technologies in the system.