Challenges for public transportation: Consequences and possible alternatives for the Covid-19 pandemic through strategic digital city application

Public transport was already one of the biggest issues for all municipalities where people are highly concentrated at the same space at the same time. With COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing consequences, mass transportation is actually the main barrier for students and workers dependents of tr...

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Main Authors: Luis Andre Wernecke Fumagalli, Denis Alcides Rezende, Thiago André Guimarães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Urban Management
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Bus
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585621000340
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spelling doaj-bbde04b09ace409686c81c852bfea6362021-06-11T05:14:45ZengElsevierJournal of Urban Management2226-58562021-06-0110297109Challenges for public transportation: Consequences and possible alternatives for the Covid-19 pandemic through strategic digital city applicationLuis Andre Wernecke Fumagalli0Denis Alcides Rezende1Thiago André Guimarães2Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR). R. Imaculada Conceição, 1155 - Prado Velho, 80215-901, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; FAE Business School (FAE). Av. Visconde de Guarapuava, 3263 - Centro, 80010-100, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; Corresponding author. FAE Business School (FAE). Av. Visconde de Guarapuava, 3263 - Centro, 80010, Curitiba, Brazil.Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR). R. Imaculada Conceição, 1155 - Prado Velho, 80215-901, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; Strategic Digital City, 2013-2014, School of Public Service (DePaul University, Chicago-EUA), USA; USP University, Brazil; Information Technology and Public-Private Strategic Planning, UFSC University, Brazil; Information Technology, UFPR University, BrazilResearch Group of Technology Applied to Optimization (GTAO), Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Av. Prefeito Lothário Meissner, 632, Jardim Botanico, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil; Department of General and Applied Administration (DAGA), UFPR University, Brazil; Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Paraná (IFPR). Visiting Researcher at the Center interuniversitaire de Recherche sur les Réseaux Entreprise, la logistique et le Transport (CIRRELT), Université Laval in Québec, Canada; Operational Research by the Graduate Program in Numerical Methods in Engineering), Area of Concentration: Mathematical Programming, at UFPR, BrazilPublic transport was already one of the biggest issues for all municipalities where people are highly concentrated at the same space at the same time. With COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing consequences, mass transportation is actually the main barrier for students and workers dependents of transport to go back to their daily routines with comfort and safety. Thus, the objective is to determine a demand control able to equalize the number of passengers in each car, respecting the COVID-19 social distancing protocols. The number of passengers in each time-of-day range were combined in four different models that included independent variables related to passenger's behavior indicating that almost 90% of all passengers are following a very strict and straight daily routine that can be coordinated and scheduled creating enough time space one from the other to avoid undesirable concentrations inside buses and bus stops. In conclusion, a very accurate urban management tool can arise from the study and may be able to solve not only the pandemic issues but also to improve local public services efficiency, to attract private investments and to improve citizen's quality of life.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585621000340COVID-19Public transportationStrategic digital cityBus
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Thiago André Guimarães
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Thiago André Guimarães
Challenges for public transportation: Consequences and possible alternatives for the Covid-19 pandemic through strategic digital city application
Journal of Urban Management
COVID-19
Public transportation
Strategic digital city
Bus
author_facet Luis Andre Wernecke Fumagalli
Denis Alcides Rezende
Thiago André Guimarães
author_sort Luis Andre Wernecke Fumagalli
title Challenges for public transportation: Consequences and possible alternatives for the Covid-19 pandemic through strategic digital city application
title_short Challenges for public transportation: Consequences and possible alternatives for the Covid-19 pandemic through strategic digital city application
title_full Challenges for public transportation: Consequences and possible alternatives for the Covid-19 pandemic through strategic digital city application
title_fullStr Challenges for public transportation: Consequences and possible alternatives for the Covid-19 pandemic through strategic digital city application
title_full_unstemmed Challenges for public transportation: Consequences and possible alternatives for the Covid-19 pandemic through strategic digital city application
title_sort challenges for public transportation: consequences and possible alternatives for the covid-19 pandemic through strategic digital city application
publisher Elsevier
series Journal of Urban Management
issn 2226-5856
publishDate 2021-06-01
description Public transport was already one of the biggest issues for all municipalities where people are highly concentrated at the same space at the same time. With COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing consequences, mass transportation is actually the main barrier for students and workers dependents of transport to go back to their daily routines with comfort and safety. Thus, the objective is to determine a demand control able to equalize the number of passengers in each car, respecting the COVID-19 social distancing protocols. The number of passengers in each time-of-day range were combined in four different models that included independent variables related to passenger's behavior indicating that almost 90% of all passengers are following a very strict and straight daily routine that can be coordinated and scheduled creating enough time space one from the other to avoid undesirable concentrations inside buses and bus stops. In conclusion, a very accurate urban management tool can arise from the study and may be able to solve not only the pandemic issues but also to improve local public services efficiency, to attract private investments and to improve citizen's quality of life.
topic COVID-19
Public transportation
Strategic digital city
Bus
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585621000340
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