Ciclomobilidade: uma alternativa para a mobilidade urbana em Goiânia

• Autor(a) principal: Peres, João Paulo Fonseca
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFG
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/9585
• topic: Ciclomobilidade; Bicicleta; Mobilidade; Urbano; Cycling; Bicycle; Mobility; Urban; CIENCIAS HUMANAS::GEOGRAFIA

There is an unequal and conflictive relationship in the use of urban road space within Goiânia between bicycles and other modes of transportation. We, therefore, need to rethink the mobility patterns prevailing in this capital and urgently take actions that could mitigate the externalities arising from the excessive use of individual motor vehicles within Goiania´s urban spaces. These actions include cycling, which should be understood as a healthy urban mobility option that is environmentally responsible, economical and accessible to different social classes and age groups. Its greater efficiency depends on complementarity and integrated use in relation to the modalities of public urban transport, since the bicycle is a recommended means of transport for traveling small and medium distances. Based on these premises, this study aimed to understand the feasibility of cycling as a means of transportation and an alternative for a fuller, wider and more diversified range of urban mobility. The methodological procedures were based on bibliographical surveys that deal with themes related to urban mobility, cycling, transportation, urban planning and environmental responsibility. Documentary surveys and secondary data surveys were carried out among official bodies, together with fieldwork and mapping related to the cycling infrastructure of Goiânia. The research indicates that urban spaces where the right conditions for the practice of cycling as a transportation option were in evidence, served to increase the mobility of its inhabitants, especially those who have lower purchasing power, and who suffered from a lack of mobility because they did not own vehicles, individual motorcycles or because they did not enjoy the use a proper urban public transport system. The use of the bicycle is faster and cheaper than other transportation options, in addition to contributing to a different use of urban space, one that is more healthy and beneficial to the city. In this sense, the valorization of this means of transport can be seen as part of a solution for mitigating against traffic accidents, the levels of atmospheric pollution from the burning of fossil fuels and to relieve the chaotic traffic of several cities scattered throughout the world, including Goiânia. This is why we advocate cycling as a possible and necessary alternative for enhancing urban mobility in cities today and tomorrow.