Mobilidade urbana na pandemia: os impactos no transporte público de Maceió

Abstract

The covid-19 pandemic has caused a turnaround in the way the world's population lives. For the public transport sector, it was no different: the challenges generated by the coronavirus brought uncertainty about how the sector can maintain and recover after the reduction of passengers and their search for other means of transport. This work aimed to bring some aspects of public transport in the city of Maceió - AL before the new coronavirus pandemic and the most current consequences brought by it to the sector, such as the reduction of almost 50% in the number of passengers. In addition, a compilation was carried out on the measures taken to adapt the use of the public transportation to the new reality of social distancing and to show some solutions that have been adopted. To carry out this work, a bibliographical study was carried out on urban mobility and public transport in Brazil, urban development and the emergence of public transport in the city of Maceió and the search for data on the impacts that the pandemic brought to the mobility sector. In general, one can see many changes in the public transport system: the worsening of the financial crisis that was already happening, the decrease in the number of passengers in Brazil and also the search for measures that can minimize the consequences left by the pandemic and bring new perspectives to the sector. More specifically, the city of Maceió reflected this national scenario, with a reduction in the number of passengers (44.58% between 2019 and 2020) and insecurity and migration to other means of transport by bus users.