“Análisis, alternativas y propuestas de mejora al servicio de transporte público en el Corredor Sur Occidental de Quito antes, durante y tras la pandemia de la covid-19”

Abstract

The following academic project aims at the reactivation of public transportation in the South Western corridor of the city of Quito, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. First, a thorough investigation of the origin of the disease was developed, from its beginnings to the appearance of the first confirmed case in Ecuador. After this, we proceeded to see the negative aspects and impacts in the city of Quito, taking public transportation in the capital as the main axis. Once the problems in transportation due to the pandemic were known, the different public transportation subsystems in the city of Quito were identified and the main emphasis was placed on the South Western Corridor. We present structure and origins, as well as technical data such as supply, demand and costs of the consortium, to know the economic losses of the company during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was necessary to know the stops that make up the corridor, number of buses, circuits, schedules and intervals. For a more detailed analysis, a count of passengers per unit on their respective routes was performed. With the data collected and the information provided by the consortium, spreadsheets were made from the beginning of the pandemic until January 2021, the date up to which the study was cut off. With the spreadsheets prepared, statistical tables and percentage diagrams of the most important aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic are detailed. This to make comparisons of before and after the disease. Finally, through a multi-criteria matrix evaluated by different transportation experts, different improvement proposals were presented for the reactivation of public transportation in the Southwest corridor as well as in the other transportation subsystems of the country.