Estudo do padrão de volume veicular de motocicletas em Fortaleza.

Abstract

The study of transport becomes essential when dealing with large cities, among them the city of Fortaleza that has a considerable fleet of vehicles. Within the context of traffic engineering, the operation of the transport system is necessary to maintain safety and ensure the mobility of vehicles. Among the different types of vehicles that are observed in the city, it is worth noting the locomotion by motorcycles, due to its abundant presence in the capital and mainly by the alarming rates of accidents involving them. Being notorious the relevance of motorcycles in the city of Fortaleza, the first step to a more in-depth study of these is the analysis of vehicular volume patterns. Using data obtained by the companies Trana and Fotosensores, with their equipment RS CONTROL and SMDT, respectively, the data of vehicle passage in the year 2016 were obtained for the selected sites, these data were filtered to obtain a database that divided the passage of motorcycles in temporal aggregations of 15 minutes. Using previous works, it was possible to obtain the accuracy of equipment collection, selecting 5 possible correction sites. For each of the 5 sites, the average traffic behavior was analyzed in relation to daily, weekly and monthly variations. Some relevant points were obtained, such as: the decrease in motorcycle traffic in rainy months (January, February, March and April) and on weekends (Saturday and Sunday). For the hourly variation is also noticeable the peak hours observed between 06:00 to 08:00 and 16:00 to 18:00. The proportion of motorcycles in the flow, presented in graph form, shows an average rate of approximately 30%, hardly exceeding the 50% mark. The expansion factors obtained presented variations as a result of the analyzed site, although some specific times, days or months presented a relevant similarity, being the major influencers for this change the route specifications, such as the use that it has and its meaning.