Cidades caminháveis: as influências do espaço urbano na caminhabilidade

Abstract

The private car, formerly seen as a symbol of mobility, is now seen as a mobility villain. When pursuing solutions to the mobility crisis it is important to foster active modes and public transport. To advance in the paradigm shift, starting from a car-depent city to a walkable city, it is opportune to study the factors that impairin the pedestrian displacements. This research’ general objective is to identify the influential relations betweenurban space and the pedestrian displacements, and it is part of an master project, with the same title and theme, in an initial stage . The variables used to investigate influences on walkability were defined based on the literature review. The study area is the neighborhood of the Tower, in the city of João Pessoa - PB Besides a technical evaluation, the study will have the participation of pedestrians. In the end, the hypothesis that the spaces of transition between public-private are the variables of urban space that most influence pedestrians' displacements will be refuted or confirmed.