Estudo de caso: restauração da avenida Minas Gerais em Apucarana – Paraná, após a implantação do contorno leste

Abstract

With the disorderly growth of cities and the vehicular fleet, studies on urban traffic are increasingly necessary. Apucarana, because it is between large cities, such as Maringá and Londrina, becomes their path. To prevent all the flow that arrives in the city from passing through it, contours are created. Apucarana already has two, but there is still a project for one more, the East contour. As the same is not yet available, the study simulates the decrease in vehicles after its implementation. Two points of movement and importance were chosen, both towards the highway and towards the center­neighborhood. They were analyzed regarding the volume of vehicles per hour and traffic light times, thus having an idea of their saturation. Based on the Brazilian Traffic Code, all traffic light verification requirements were tested, adapting to what exists today in the places and working with three hypotheses of volumetric decrease after the installation of the eastern contour of the city. The results found show how saturated the road is and that even with the installation of the contour, the reduction would only be effective for the points, if the reduction were greater than 50% of the vehicles that travel there today. Given the three hypotheses, it can be understood that the road also needs other improvements and projects, in addition to the eastern contour.