Análise de acessibilidade em calçadas da área central do município de Pato Branco - PR: um estudo de caso

Abstract

Accessibility is of great importance for the social inclusion of people with any type of disability and reduced mobility in society, in a fair and egalitarian way. Laws and cultural changes are created to guarantee the right of all these people, the right to come and go, emphasizing challenges of how to improve infrastructure appropriately, and raise awareness. This present work aims to visualize and study accessibility on sidewalks in the central region of the city of Pato Branco – PR. 10 subsections were chosen for analysis, which together form a section of the central region of the city, and the selection draw was due to the inadequacy of the sidewalks in that region, and the large volume of people using the bus stops present in the location. A check list was prepared that mainly complies with standards NBR 9050 (ABNT, 2020) and NBR 16357 (ABNT, 2016). Questions about accessibility and social inclusion, municipal laws, types of disability, anthropometric parameters and access and circulation were analyzed. The questions were classified according to their compliance with the standard guidelines, and the majority of questions were partially answered, requiring readjustments to the sidewalks.