Os impactos da Covid19 no sistema de transporte público de passageiros na Região Metropolitana de Fortaleza utilizando dados de Smart Card.

Abstract

The mobility in large cities was impacted by social isolation, which was the measure adopted to reduce the proliferation of COVID19. This fact affected public transport, which is the main means of transportation for access to work, education, services and leisure. The present study aims to assess the impact of the pandemic on the public transport system of the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza (RMF). Data of the automatic fare collection (AFC) was used for an evaluation of operational efficiency through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for the periods during and after the suspension of service. The results demonstrated the great impact on the system sustainability with the reduction of the spatial and temporal coverage. A degradation of the level of service may occur if measures are not taken by the local transport authorities, mostly considering that part of population with no afordable alternatives to public transportation.