Percepção do risco dos pedestres na travessia da EN1: estudo sobre a ponte aérea do Bairro Jorge Dimitrov em Maputo.

Abstract

This report analyzes the risk perception of pedestrians when crossing over an aerial point. This subject has been studied from the probabilistic statistical approach (considered as dominant) that considers the risk of crossing pedestrians without the use of the overhead bridge as something linked to mechanical factors (such as engineering problems, access stairs that are too narrow for the volume). pedestrians, lack of handrails and lack of pedestrian traffic education). If, on the one hand, this approach makes it possible to understand the perception of risk linked to mechanical factors, on the other hand, it loses sight of the dimension of the socio-cultural context of pedestrians that influences the perception of risk. It is based on the observation of the limitation presented by the probabilistic statistical approach that I proposed to conduct a survey, taking into account the socio-cultural dimensions of the pedestrians' context. This dimension influences the perception of risk when crossing the airlift in the Jorge Dimitrov neighborhood. In order to carry out the research, a quantitative approach combined with the ethnographic method was adopted, using observation techniques, informal conversations, semi-structured interviews and the use of photographs. In the collected ethnographic data, the study found that the perception of the risk of pedestrians is influenced by the objective of the pedestrians at the moment of crossing and by the possibility of choosing whether to cross or not using the air bridge. If you cross the bridge with some people, as safe, for others, the bridge is considered risky, time consuming, requires a great physical effort as well as adrenaline that the risk provides for some pedestrians. The study also shows that, if we talk about disobedience of traffic rules and the consequent increase in risk, we can not only look at the pedestrian, but also at the traffic police officer who has the role of ensuring that this disobedience does not occur.(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)