Evaluación de la accesibilidad y conectividad del transporte público intracantonal del cantón Penipe

Abstract

The evaluation of the accessibility and connectivity of the Intracantonal Public Transportation of Penipe Canton had the purpose of assessing that transportation users have optimal access to each of the travel attractor zones through the use of Public Transportation. The research was based on the design of verification cards, through the development of an analysis and comparison between the different sources of statistical data obtained from the Mobility Plan and other sources of information in the region, allowing the collection of the most important data regarding the supply and demand of Intracantonal Public Transportation. Within this, the factors analyzed with respect to the land terminals were the infrastructure, location and operators offering the service linked to Intracantonal public transportation, managing to analyze routes, frequencies, speeds, distances, and coverage of the operators to the different parishes of the study area. As a result, the Penipe land terminal is not currently in operation and the Eastern Terminal of Riobamba causes vehicular congestion due to its informality and lack of control because it lacks an inadequate infrastructure for the parking of the units and the execution of a correct provision of services. As an important point, the use of public transportation in the canton is 71%, providing advantageous coverage to all parishes. By virtue of the above, strategies are proposed to improve accessibility and connectivity to enhance the operation of the public transport system, enabling its inhabitants to access it and have the connection to different destinations, to the point of satisfying their mobility needs within and outside the canton, recommending the competent authorities to generate, manage and ensure changes that aim to optimize the image of a correct mobility in Penipe.