Efficiency of urban mobility in La Troncal canton using computational tools.

Resumen

In this paper we describe the importance of computational tools
to optimize the efficiency of passenger mobility within an urban
network. The main objective is to identify the best route of the
urban network to mobilize passengers. For the study, as a
reference we took a single origin of the routes located at the
bus terminal in the center of the city. On the other hand, as a
destination we selected random locations in the six farthest
neighborhoods, where travel times are longer and more
significant. On the other hand, the means of urban transport
chosen were cabs and motorcycle cabs because they are more
in demand by travelers. The data used for development were
travel time, distance, fare, travel frequency and the latitude and
longitude coordinates of the origin and destinations. Among
the results, the most suitable routes to mobilize travelers were
identified. These routes were plotted on the respective maps of
the urban network to motivate the generation of public policies.
It was determined that the travel times calculated by the
computational algorithms differed from those obtained in the
direct surveys of drivers. These differences remain under
discussion if they are due to the poor state of the roads and
conditions of the means of transportation versus the criteria or
parameters with which we evaluated in the algorithms.