AVALIAÇÃO DA INFRAESTRUTURA CICLOVIÁRIA ATRAVÉS DA PRODUÇÃO VISUAL: APLICAÇÃO NA CIDADE DE JOÃO PESSOA

Abstract

Urban mobility is the condition that allows the development of activities and relationships of the individual, and therefore includes everyone. With the growth of investment in road infrastructure, there was also a greater emphasis on social inequality in Brazil, which consequently led to the realization that greater investment is needed in non-motorized modes of transportation in order to improve the entire urban mobility system. In the present work, therefore, an evaluation of the cycling infrastructure of the municipality of João Pessoa, in Paraíba, was carried out through the visual production captured from seven sections that make up the cycling network, inserted in the neighborhoods Cabo Branco, Torre, Valentina, José Américo de Almeida , Portal do Sol and Ponta do Seixas. In order to assess the conditions of the existing cycling infrastructure, a bibliographic study was carried out covering the government's policies and proposals for the use of bicycles, the benefits and limitations of the use of them as a means of transport, the technical characteristics of the systems. A bicycle tour was carried out in the seven sections selected for the study, from which both a video from the cyclist's perspective and questionnaires were made available to the public for the evaluation of the characteristics of the infrastructure observed in the sections, such as geometry, pavement, signage, cleanliness, traffic safety, afforestation and comfort. It was possible to verify the little engagement of the bodies responsible for guaranteeing sustainable urban mobility, pointed out precisely by the precariousness of investment in most sections and the lack of policies to raise awareness of the population regarding the use of bike lanes and cycle lanes, where the main problems raised were in relation to traffic safety and signaling of the sections under study. The best evaluated sections were those inserted in the neighborhoods of Torre, Cabo Branco and Portal do Sol and the worst evaluated were those of Valentina, Ponta dos Seixas and José Américo de Almeida