Aplicação dos indicadores de mobilidade do Connected Smart Cities: o caso de João Pessoa/PB

Abstract

The need for mobility is natural and intrinsic to human beings, forming communities that engage in mutual interactions, shaping urban spaces, and generating travel demands and actions within the system, resulting in a group identity. Therefore, the interaction between the population, transportation infrastructure, and urban space impacts the access of people, services, and goods to specific regions of cities. Governments have been seeking alternatives and tools to assist them in managing mobility, aiming to ensure the movement of people, goods, and services in a fast, efficient, and healthy manner through the enhancement and connectivity of information using technology, allowing for better visualization of operations and optimization of resources. Smart Cities have planning as their main ally, considering the efficiency and interconnectivity of systems through technological innovations, which can favor sustainable urban mobility and improve the quality of life by reducing travel times and enhancing the connectivity of transportation modes. In view of the identified problem, the objective of this study is to apply indicators of smart mobility in João Pessoa (PB). The methodology used the Connected Smart Cities Index (2022), focusing on the mobility axis of the respective index, which comprises 11 indicators. Thus, for the capital of Paraíba, a Smart Mobility Index of 2.15 was obtained, indicating that, according to the method, the city's smart mobility was classified as poor. Comparisons were made with other cities in the Northeast region of Brazil. It was also identified that the methodology needs adjustments to categorize the collected data, evaluating quality and availability, as well as establishing reference values for the indicators to classify the calculated results more clearly. Furthermore, there is a lack of implementation of indicators that can assess the efficiency of public transportation and traffic management. Despite the opportunities for improvement noted in the method, it is emphasized that the Connected Smart Cities Index has the potential to serve as a tool for analyzing the panorama of Brazilian cities in the context of smart cities, as it encompasses various sectors that allow managers to diagnose and analyze them.