Transportes públicos de Maputo, EP: tráfego, manutenção e controlo das receitas

Abstract

To assess the organization and functioning of Public Transport in Maputo, a collective, road and urban transport company serving the population of Maputo City, this study was designed. Given the size of the company and the complexity of the problems encountered, these were not analyzed as a whole, nor was the detail and scope that they required was reached. Only traffic management, maintenance services and revenue control were discussed, activities of great importance for the company's success. Based on this, some recommendations were proposed that, in a short time, could make the company profitable . The study contains a brief survey of the economic and financial situation in 1998 and in the first half of 1999, not considering any changes in data that occurred after that period. Based on this, an analysis of the traffic, maintenance and control of revenues was carried out, crucial areas for the design of a growth and development plan. Traffic analysis shows that it is possible to improve the quality and costs of transport by reorganizing traffic circuits. Maintenance analysis explores the possibility of minimizing the cost of maintenance through rationalization, purchases of accessories and spare parts. The revenue control analysis assesses the reliability of some of the established internal control procedures and exploits their vulnerabilities. The analysis shows that the internal restructurings recommended here would be achievable in a few months and would produce big improvements, enough to eliminate the financial crises, even without modifying the current tariffs.