Aplicación del software de planeación de transporte “VISUM” en la troncal 4 del sistema de transporte masivo metrovía de Guayaquil.

Abstract

This degree work, as a case study, the modeling of the integrated urban mass transport system of the city of Guayaquil, Metrovía, is presented, focused on Toncal 4. The aim was to show the benefits of a traffic simulation and transport planning software, VISUM from PTV Group, by comparing two scenarios, a base model of the transport network corresponding to conventional bus lines, compared to a proposed scenario referring to Troncal 4 and its feeders, which will replace the bus lines and provide service to the same demand. The most relevant result of the study was the demonstration of improvement in passenger travel time when choosing the integrated system, which invites users to choose this means as the primary transport option, in addition to comparing the fleet necessary to satisfy network demand. As a conclusion, it was shown that the VISUM software helps in a favorable way the analyzes that are traditionally carried out by hand, thanks to its precision it has greater effectiveness and can be a fundamental tool for future studies in the city of Guayaquil.