Metodologia de desenho de sinalização rodoviária. estudo de caso: avaliação da sinalização semafórica no cruzamento das Avenidas 25 de Setembro e Guerra Popular na cidade de Maputo

Abstract

In recent years, the city of Maputo has shown difficulties in traffic mobility, especially during peak hours. The intersection between Avenue Guerra Popular and Avenue 25 de September, in downtown Maputo, has a high flow of vehicles, especially during peak hours. Avenue 25 de September and Av. Guerra Popular, being the point of convergence for Passenger Public Transport, Semi-Collective and Private Vehicles, coming from the Municipalities of Matola, Boane and other peripheral neighborhoods of Maputo City, where the population looks for shopping malls, public service centers and commerce, faces long queues and congestion at the intersection between the two aforementioned avenues, which in a way reduces the flow of vehicles in a satisfactory way, thus causing inconvenience to users of the same. Due to the growing volume of the car park, in addition to Public Passenger Transport, the intersection of 25 de September and Guerra Popular avenues no longer responds satisfactorily to traffic regulation, through the existing traffic light device as the main regulator of traffic and pedestrians, becoming need assistance from the Traffic Police to improve traffic regulation control, especially during peak hours. In order to improve the problem of traffic congestion at peak times, at the intersection of the avenues in question, the candidate, being an engineering student, understood the fact and decided to develop a study to fill or improve the flow of traffic at that point, which passes for carrying out an analysis of the existing situation and producing an adequate proposal to solve the problem.