Compartilhamento de bicicletas em Instituições de Ensino Superior Brasileiras

Abstract

Concern about the effects of motorized commuting in / for university campuses has grown in recent years in the country due to the increase in the number of places in higher education courses and the ease of acquisition and encouragement of the use of individual motorized transport. Faced with this scenario, some universities have sought to improve mobility within and around them through more sustainable means, such as bicycle sharing. The present work presents an analysis of experiences carried out on Brazilian university campuses. Such measures represent a valuable contribution by the academy, helping to establish guidelines for the adoption of these principles in urbanized centers. Universities are configured as some of the largest Trip Generating Poles, places of intense circulation of people and vehicles, being, therefore, a good representation of the dynamism of urban space, functioning as a kind of pilot projects for cities, in addition to directly interfering in the traffic of their surroundings and bring benefits to their own institutions. In the research, three sharing models were characterized: universities integrated to the city's bike share, with stations in the vicinity or internal to the campuses; institutions that have adopted their own system, either through the action of the central administration or through the action of extension projects; and the concession of bicycles as a policy to assist low-income students. Its physical and operational characteristics, the level of use, the results obtained and the difficulties encountered in cases of failure are presented.