ÍNDICE DE ACESSIBILIDADE AO TRANSPORTE PÚBLICO POR ÔNIBUS

Abstract

Accessibility is an essential element for the inclusion of the population with reduced mobility and people with physical disabilities in the public transport system. In a scene where accessibility is not efficiently implemented, given the needing for the Association of the Physically Disabled of Rio Verde to conduct this operation, the creation of the Index of Accessibility to Public Transport by Bus, an organized list that aggregates urban indicators related to the theme, allowed us to understand the main points related to this issue in public transport in Rio Verde - GO. This work selected indicators related to each fundamental area (sidewalks, signaling, adapted fleet and other similar things) that make up the transport system and thus elaborated an evaluation system for each indicator. The objective was to assemble an index, which has an evaluation methodology composed of "scores" and after this elaboration, carry out a more detailed analysis of the bottlenecks that hinder accessibility (indicators with low scores), thus, it was intended as a result to propose an improvement in the management of investments in transport infrastructure. The work made it possible to develop an authentic methodology for assessing accessibility and also to detail the transport process in stages. Despite the limitations found, the index performed its function well and was validated as a useful and applicable tool. Even so, its implementation is necessary in order to meet all the realities beyond physical disability and road transport.