An evaluation model for accessibility conditions of salvador bus stops

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the accessibility of people with disabilities and reduced mobility, running through urban mobility problems. The aim is to evidence the necessity of popular participation, through researches, in the development of public policies, in order to effect accessibility. This will provide an improvement in the general population mobility, making the city more inclusive for everyone, exerting the social function of the state. According to 2010 IBGE Census, almost forty-six million brazilians (about 24% of the population) declared they have some difficulty in, at least, one of the skills investigated (seeing, listening, walking or climbing steps), or that they have mental/intellectual disabilities, thus demonstrating the importance of the mattering subject. Therefore, in the present article, initially, is shown the concept of accessibility as a fundamental right, its normative evidence, and on urban mobility and its aspects in urban centers. In sequence, it is addressed the need to create a model to evaluate the accessibility conditions of urban facilities in the city of Salvador, using the “Map of Key Activities” (MKA) and georeferencing systems, also demonstrating the importance of georeferencing concepts and the analysis and developing of metadata based on the existing accessibility standards. Accordingly, it shows the need for this study to generate a change in specific public policies to ensure accessibility and universal access of the population to bus stops.