Sistema cicloviário e suas potencialidades de desenvolvimento: o caso de Pelotas / RS.

Abstract

The need for mobility, in the last decades, has exponentially increased, mainly in urban areas, due to the population growth and the decentralization of residential areas. In this context, mobility is highlighted as a component of sustainability for the cities, concerning the way this circulation occurs and its relation to the urban structure. As a result, the bicycle plays an important role in the development of a sustainable urban mobility. The present work has the main objective of present the results obtained in the performance evaluation of the bike path. In order to do this, the concepts and methodological procedures of Post Occupation Evaluation (POE) to the bicycle path system, adopting the following: application of questionnaire to the people "using" the system, comprising, in this case, the bicycle riders to check their level of satisfaction resulting from using the system and the technical verification of structural conditions, related to the assumptions of the urban design.