Análise custo-benefício de melhorias da mobilidade urbana na cidade de Fortaleza

Abstract

Fortaleza is the fifth most populous capital in Brazil and, like most Brazilian capitals, it has faced an accelerated growth in the car fleet in recent years. Because of this, the most visible result has been the rapid expansion of traffic congestion, accompanied by its direct and indirect consequences such as air pollution, damage to the health of the population, economic losses, among others. In view of this, urban mobility is considered a fundamental issue when talking about urban areas and the population's quality of life for the United Nations 2030 Agenda and the Fortaleza 2040 Plan. In this bias, public policies aligned with the objective of building mobility sustainable urban planning from an economic, social and environmental point of view are being increasingly implemented. Therefore, this study carried out an evaluation of the economic impacts of the implementation of improvements in the urban mobility sector in Fortaleza, through a cost-benefit analysis of an action within the scope of the Plan of Immediate Actions in Transport and Traffic. For this, the calculation memories brought from the data from the Fortaleza 2040 Plan were used. The results revealed that the implementation of improvements in public transport in Fortaleza is eligible with regard to beneficial social impacts, according to the Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), because their numerical ratio reveals that the initial investment made will have a compatible return.