Análisis operativo de los accesos a la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana Campus Sur en la avenida Morán Valverde y avenida Rumichaca Ñan; y su incidencia en el congestionamiento vehicular de las zonas aledañas

Abstract

Quito, being the capital city of the country, experiences a constant development in practically all areas, this clearly influences the growing need to transport people and goods, mainly in the urban area. Over the time, this need has produced an increase in the vehicle fleet, creating a big road demand, this in turn entails a growing demand for control systems in daily circulation traffic, these combined factors generate congestion problems. Transit engineering provides us the guidelines to solve these problems and satisfy the demands of the users. Over the time, the signalized intersection of Morán Valverde Avenue and Rumichaca Ñan Avenue has become a critical point in the south of the city since they connect important points such as commercial, educational centers, and residential areas. The purpose of this technical project is the evaluation of the operational behavior of the signalized intersection of Morán Valverde Avenue and Rumichaca Ñan Avenue, this analysis was carried out using the HCM 2000 analysis methodology as tool, this methodology is based on the principles of the traffic engineering the same ones that require real information obtained in the field, which later will allow us to present possible solutions in the medium and long term, optimized and taking the capacity of this intersection to the maximum possible and thus improve the quality of service presented to users.