Desenvolvimento de um aplicativo móvel para auxiliar o uso de bicicletas compartilhadas como forma de mobilidade urbana sustentável

Abstract

After the industrial revolution, thousands of people moved from the countryside to the city, causing a fast increase in urban centers and with them a major problem of urban mobility. This problem includes increase in air and noise pollution, and in travel time. From this context, a debate began on the factors that would characterize a model of sustainable urban mobility. In order to encourage sustainable urban mobility, at the beginning of the 21st century, an initiative emerged to make bicycles available for shared use as a sustainable means of transport, known as Shared Bike-Systems (SBS). Bicycles are a great transport option for short trips, as they have several advantages for health, the environment and the reduction of road traffic. With the evolution of SBS its latest generation relies on Information Technology to make bicycles available, usually using a mobile application. As a result, open data about the SBS that can be consulted emerged, encouraging the creation of initiatives such as CityBikes, a community that disseminate this data. In view of open access to the SBS data, it was thought of creating an application that could encourage the use of bicycles as a sustainable means of transport, the Bikezera app. The purpose of the application is to present user-friendly information about the SBS and their stations. This report presents the context for iOS mobile development, information provided by CityBikes API, aspects of app ideation, information about target audience, interface design, app coding details and the process to publish it on the App Store. Finally, the finished application and its link for download in the store are presented.