Propuesta de implementación de bicicletas municipales como transporte ecológico en el centro de Santo Domingo, año 2020

Abstract

The proposed implementation of municipal bicycles as environmentally friendly transportation in downtown Santo Domingo in the year 2020 aims to promote sustainable mobility in the city. The research was carried out among the urban population of Santo Domingo through the use of origin-destination surveys to determine the modal split, trip generation, motive, preference, frequency of bicycle use, acceptance of the implementation of municipal bicycles, and the daily value to be paid by users. The study was based on the international manual on Optimization of Public Bicycle Systems in European cities to determine the supply of the service, as well as information provided by the Municipal Public Transport Company of Santo Domingo about the routes that are implemented and two routes that have yet to be implemented in the canton. The location of the stations and parking lots that will make up the municipal bicycle system was also drawn up. It was concluded that the canton of Santo Domingo currently has two bicycle routes in the central and commercial areas of the city. For this reason, it has been considered very important to propose the design of the municipal bicycle system with a total of 7 stations that will be located at the points with the highest demand of people, 30 bicycle racks will be located at the points where most trips are generated and attracted, and the number of bicycles required for implementation according to the number of inhabitants is 312 bicycles. It is recommended that the Autonomous Decentralized Municipal Government of the canton continue with the horizontal and vertical signage of the other cycle routes and conduct training programs for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians on road safety education to promote traffic safety.