Análise das vias do eixo viário sudeste de Uberlândia (MG) e sua capacidade viária

Abstract

Road infrastructure plays an important role in urban transport system efficiency. The transportation plan is a challenge for public managers. In Uberlândia (MG), the city authorities are searching for alternatives in the urban mobility. The objective of this study is to analyze the urban road infrastructure network of an axis road in the southeast region of Uberlândia, considering the traffic flow, implemented roadworks and the vehicle circulation conditions, comparing the current and future road capacity. The discussion includes different road components and the consequences for the axis road routes. Vehicle volume counts were carried out at 8 different research points with the volume counts showed more intense traffic during 2 (two) periods - from 6:15 to 8:15am and from 17:30 to 19:30pm. The most intense traffic volume occurred in the intersection of Jaime de Barros Avenue and Pascoal Bruno Street, in direction of the Santa Luzia Terminal. The major research points received only palliative measures that caused a delay in the implementation of projects included in the main Transportation Plan and problems related to horizontal and vertical traffic signs. Some of the roadworks were not completed although they were included in different public administrations. One of the main obstacles was the difficulty related to properties compensation in the area. The analyzed axis road is a mixture of finished and unfinished roadworks. Of traffic accidents in 2014 with victims, 77.78% involved rescue of motorcyclists, with greater incidence in the São Jorge and Santa Luzia neighborhoods. The vehicular flow counted on the main roads are lower than established by Vasconcellos (2005), for the results that drivers use off-axis routes as other viable options for the displacements in the region, changing the urban dynamic in the analysed axis road.