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Public Initiatives Aiming at the Cycling System in a City in Southern Brazil

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Marcela Juliana Cargnin^1,2, Thaísa Leal da Silva^1,2, Emanuela Siqueira², Alcindo Neckel^1,2, Laércio Stolfo Maculan² and Lauro André Ribeiro^1,2

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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2021.10.005

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1. Postgraduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism (PPGARQ-IMED), Group of Studies and Research on Urban Mobility (NEPMOUR), Faculdade Meridional, IMED, Passo Fundo/RS 99070-220, Brazil
2. Group of Studies and Research on Urban Mobility (NEPMOUR), Faculdade Meridional, IMED, Passo Fundo/RS 99070-220, Brazil

ABSTRACT

The discussion about the use of the bicycle as a means of transport has been gaining importance on a global scale, although countries like Brazil still have urban mobility difficulties caused by how urban densification occurs, the growing number of motor vehicles and the lack of space for the construction of cycle paths in cities. The general objective of this manuscript is to analyze the result of public policies aimed at the implementation of bicycle paths, with the “Passo Fundo Vai de Bici” Program created to investigate the variations in intensity in relation to the areas served by the current incentive for active cycling mobility in the city of Passo Fundo (South of Brazil). Methodologically, Google Earth Pro satellite images were used to map the existing bike paths in the city. Subsequently, geographic coordinate points and altitudes of specific locations on the bike paths and bike sharing stations were collected, generating a database, transferred to the Qgis 3.10 software for the preparation of heat maps. The results showed the lack of integration between the cycling systems analyzed by the distance factor, needing to encourage discussions about its expansion and functionality, consolidating it as an urban public policy of local functionality to foster sustainable transport.

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Urban sustainability, medium city, quality of life, cycling mobility, public policy.

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Public Initiatives Aiming at the Cycling System in a City in Southern Brazil

Marcela Juliana Cargnin1,2, Thaísa Leal da Silva1,2, Emanuela Siqueira2, Alcindo Neckel1,2, Laércio Stolfo Maculan2 and Lauro André Ribeiro1,2

Marcela Juliana Cargnin^1,2, Thaísa Leal da Silva^1,2, Emanuela Siqueira², Alcindo Neckel^1,2, Laércio Stolfo Maculan² and Lauro André Ribeiro^1,2