Sustainable mobility indicators, analysis and their perspectives for development in the case of the Santa Rosa canton.

Abstract

Introduction. Sustainable mobility constitutes a national and local development strategy, framed in the Sustainable Development Goals agreed by UN member countries and consists of promoting and prioritizing less polluting means and modes of transport that allow satisfying the mobility needs of the population on equitable terms. Objective. Propose a base set of indicators that measure cantonal mobility with a sustainability approach, that constitute tools for decision-making by local authorities and that finally allow improving the standard of living of users and the general population; with accessibility, adequate service levels and protection of the environment. Methodology. The research design was quantitative, descriptive and analytical. The Origin / Destination survey was taken in October 2020 and it was applied in 428 homes distributed in the Canton Santa Rosa, it was consulted about the characteristics of the trips of each of the residents of the home, the number of residents of whom collected information is 1,364. Results. The main results show that the total number of daily trips in the Santa Rosa Canton is 76,327 in all modalities, by all means and for different reasons of travel; the average IPK in bus operation in intracantonal transport is 5.1; the average distance traveled by public transport is 2.6 km (63.06%), by private car 4.7 km (48.36%), on foot 0.7 km (97.53%); the modal split is as follows: urban bus 21.04%, own vehicle 16.72%, intra or interprovincial bus 10.75%, motorcycle 9.89%, passenger in own vehicle 9.73%, conventional taxi 6.91 %, on foot 6.36%, bicycle 5.10%, trike 3.77%, informal taxi 3.53%, truck or tipper 2.28%, double cab van 1.33%, Executive taxi 1.18% , single cab van 0.71%, informal van 0.55%, and school or institutional 0.16%; The main reasons for travel are to work with 43.1%, purchases 15.7% and paperwork 10.8%. It is concluded that 21.4% of the trips are made by intracantonal public transport and 11.46% are made on foot or by bicycle, values ​​that indicate a low inclination to sustainable modes of transport.