Crescimento urbano e o transporte coletivo no Municipio de Santarém - Pará: o caso do Bairro do Mapiri

Abstract

Collective means of transport are important components for the growth and development of societies, especially when transport is accessible and appropriate for all people. Thus, we have as objectives: to analyze the functioning of collective transportation in the city of Santarém and the difficulties faced by the inhabitants of the Mapiri neighborhood in their daily commute, to know the municipal public policies aimed at attending the population of collective transportation users in Santarém, to identify the routes and routes of the bus lines that serve the population of the neighborhood of Mapiri and know the level of satisfaction of users of public transport in the neighborhood of Mapiri. The methodology consists of bibliographic review and documentary research in the institutions that are responsible for collective transportation in the city and semi-structured interviews with leaders of the neighborhood of Mapiri and users of collective transportation. Thus, to know the characteristics of the profile of the Urban Urban Transportation System that serves the Mapiri neighborhood is of fundamental importance, aiming to diagnose their needs and suggesting measures and proposals for a better quality of life for the population of this neighborhood that is the object of study of this work.