Diseño de un plan integral de señalización y semaforización vial del cantón General Antonio Elizalde (Bucay), provincia del Guayas

Abstract

The objective of this research was to design a comprehensive road signaling and traffic light plan that would contribute to the progress of the canton of General Antonio Elizalde (Bucay), province of Guayas. In order to establish the current state of signaling and traffic lights, it was necessary to use bibliographic sources such as the Ecuadorian Technical Regulation INEN 004 and to carry out a field survey of information on the roads in the urban area of the canton. During the field study, observation sheets were used to describe the geometric characteristics of the roads, the condition of the vertical and horizontal signs, and the current operation of the traffic light system at the three intersections that have these devices. At the same time, a 12-hour traffic count was carried out at 12 intersections in the city during a weekday and a weekend to determine the volume of traffic and identify the areas that require traffic signalization. Among the main results, 249 vertical signals were found, 206 of which comply with INEN standards. As for horizontal signaling, there is only one on Paquisha Avenue, and there are traffic lights on Eloy Alfaro-García Moreno Street, Paquisha-Santo Eduardo Avenue and Paquisha-Corina Parral de Velasco Avenue with cycles of 70s, 59s and 61s respectively. Based on the results, it is concluded that there is a need to implement the signaling and traffic signalization plan which contemplates the restoration of 43 road signs, the implementation of 116 horizontal signs and 43 vertical signs, and the optimization of the phases in the traffic signal intersections, so it is recommended to the competent authority to consider the present project to implement the proposed actions, in order to provide a solution to the existing problems in the study area.