O espaço urbano e o transporte público: conflitos e contradições no loteamento parque do sol

Abstract

Public transport is an essential service in the urban space. However, the needs of the passengers turned into potential sources of profit in view of the concession model exercised in large cities. This work ranks according to your purpose as a applied research, with quali-quantitative approach. With regard to its objectives, has exploratory character, besides being a case study in accordance with the procedures adopted. The present study sought to examine how the reproduction of urban space influences the daily lives of people, as well as the form in which the habits of the population are influenced by the provision of essential services to the city life, like public transportation, resulting in a relationship of cause and effect. Through a detailed study and understanding of the reproduction of urban space within the capitalist mode, it is possible to note the differences between the present infrastructures in the city in its most diverse locales, including the unequal provision of public transport services, favoring central areas in the expense of peripheral areas. For realization of this work was necessary prior literature review, as well as conducting field work in the study area. The main focus was in Blending Sun Park (Parque do Sol), located in the neighborhood of Gramame the southern part of the city of João Pessoa, bringing information ranging from your Foundation to the present day, seeking to understand the daily life of those who dwell there as well as highlighting the shortcomings existing in one of the main services that exist in contemporary society. As a result it was noted the disparity the provision of public transport in the city of João Pessoa, as well as a qualitative analysis of the service offered to residentes of Blending Sun Park (Parque do Sol) exposing its existing structural deficiencies, as well as identifying the real purpose of the service by the provider: profit.