Estudio técnico para el diseño de rutas y determinación de horarios para la circulación de transporte de carga pesada en el área urbana del cantón Durán

Abstract

The general objective of this research was to carry out the technical study for the design of routes and the determination of schedules for the circulation of heavy cargo transport in the urban area of Duran canton, with the purpose of redesigning existing routes as well as setting schedules for the traffic of this modality of transport. For which information corresponding to the current situation of the companies that transport heavy load and that are located within the study area was collected. Then 6 possible routes were identified that allowed to analyze the main variables that influence the circulation of heavy cargo transport, such as the type of road infrastructure required, current road addressing and existing signage that were generally detailed and discarded by minimizing travel distances and making use of a designer semi-trailer vehicle WB-19 belonging to the regulations American AASHTO. That allowed to simulate the operation of 2 optimal routes for the transport of heavy loads proposed for the north and south of the urban area of the canton Duran. Instead the schedules were determined analyzing both the usual vehicular behavior in the proposed routes and cargo transportation trends of companies that are part of this study, which could be known as the main result that 23% of these companies transport heavy cargo mostly of perishable type that in a time range of 09h00 to 11h59. Therefore, it is concluded that within the urban area should not prohibit the movement of heavy cargo transport completely and it is recommended that the competent body define based on the present study routes and timetables for the transport of heavy cargo by the respective process of social communication prior to its implementation.