Análise da demanda pelo transporte coletivo por ônibus de Maceió

Abstract

The proposal of this work is to approach a pertinent theme in the life of the urban citizen of Maceió, the strong relationship with urban public transport, the modal by bus. The non-use of the modality implies negative externalities, both for the user of the public transport system and for the user of another modals, such as individual transport. By means of bibliographic research, using the work of authors from the transportation area and data analysis in the GRETL software. The research compared theories related to the demand for public transport with the bus operations of the Maceió system. Atypical of a city with low income level in relation to the national average, the population of Maceió presented a behavior in which the bus presents itself as well inferior, the quality of the service is a more important factor than the price of the fare. Thus, with the increase in the income level of a more part of the population of Maceió, the tendency to migrate to individual transport arises, this can also explain the behavior of semi-public transport, only the transport per application with its flexibility in price and quality, can influence part of the demand for transport by Maceió. Contextualized here through the behavior of demand for public transport and analysis of effects that may associated with decreased demand as analyzed data. To create new propositions and refute any existing before, and if possible to determine factor the consumer's preference about bus transportation. Maceió counts on the presence of the railway modal, but it does not have its true potential explored, overloading the functions of the bus, and as a consequence, public transport becomes an inferior goods of according to the microeconomics.