Plan integral de movilidad para mercados mayoristas de ciudades medias. Caso de estudio Mercado 24 de Mayo de la ciudad de Guaranda, provincia de Bolívar

Abstract

This degree work is aimed to develop a comprehensive mobility plan for wholesale markets in middle cities, a case study on the 24 de Mayo market, Guaranda canton, Bolívar province, in relation to the traffic, road safety and infrastructure axes. In the research , a qualitative-quantitative mixed modality with observation sheets was used to identify the road inventory, physical facilities and both vehicle and pedestrian gauges, in the same modality surveys were conducted aimed at users and merchants of the market, finally the administrator was interviewed and a technician of the Municipal Unit of Land Transportation, Traffic and Road Safety, Guaranda canton, resulting in the traffic axis the day of greatest influx is Saturday with income of 2692 vehicles and 3580 people, in road safety the existence was recorded of 19 horizontal and 32 vertical signs, while there are 44 safety signs within the market sections, evidencing the lack of information systems to improve the internal location, to finalize in terms of infrastructure there are 44 parking spaces divided into 19 nearby streets and 25 inside the market. It concludes with the basic guidelines for a practical guide that is included in the comprehensive mobility plan for wholesale markets of middle-sized cities in Ecuador, which will be used for the proposal of the comprehensive plan for the 24 de Mayo market at Guaranda canton, Bolívar province. It is recommended that the Decentralized Autonomous Government located in Guaranda canton take into account the solution strategies to improve mobility and carry out studies that complement this research, considering the project profiles that are proposed.