Estudo da viabilidade de implantação de um pedágio urbano em trecho da Avenida Tupi no município de Pato Branco - PR

Abstract

The theme of urban mobility has been gaining prominence, due to the problems of intense traffic in large urban centers. In this theme, urban tolls can be a tool to reduce the flow of vehicles in a certain road or area, aiming to reduce congestion, especially at peak times, as well as a way to raise funds to invest in urban mobility. In this study, it was exactly the implementation of an urban toll, in a stretch of Avenida Tupi in the city of Pato Branco - PR, similar to the urban toll in Santiago, Chile, and the Free Flow system installed more recently in Rio-Santos. The stretch under study shows traffic growth of 4.65% per year, based on data from 2010 to 2021, generating from the road, with defects of low to medium severity, in at least 14 samples of the stretch under study, in a survey carried out in 2021, in addition to congestion and increased risk of accidents. For the economic viability of this urban toll, a minimum charge value of R$ 0.50 was considered, constituted from the costs of recovering the pavement and installing the Free-Flow system, clarified with the popular opinion of road users. A Minimum Attractiveness Rate of 13.75%, the SELIC rate of June 2023, was used, enabling the economic viability of the toll, with a positive Net Present Value in the tenth year of the project.