Proposta para a Mobilidade Ativa: Sob o olhar da caminhabilidade na Av. Dr. Jair de Andrade

Abstract

The Contemporary cities suffer with the process of densification that presses and ignores the public spaces of the city. The emphasis on the use of individual vehicles results in smaller spaces for the pedestrian, hampering urban living and walking in cities. The city of Vila Velha-ES is precarious in terms of active mobility, with routes that, despite the flow of people, do not value the pedestrian. From this scenario, the present article investigates the application of the concepts of pedestrian urban vitality, walkability and valorization - based on Jacobs (2000), Gehl (2013) and Speck (2016) theories - for the development of quality public space projects, especially for the improvement of walking, having as case study the Av. Dr. Jair de Andrade, municipality of Vila Velha-ES. The research still elucidates the techniques of analysis: photographic survey, flow count, questionnaires, behavioral observation, field diary and walk test. The proposal was based on the valorization and protection of the pedestrian, on increasing the social and environmental quality of the road, on stimulating active facades and on the rescue of the bicycle path, in order to improve the quality of urban space on urban roads.