Estudio de calidad y seguridad vial en entornos escolares de la ciudad de Loja

Abstract

Abstract: The present work has been thought based on a research about road safety parameters in school environments with the objective to promote the development of children s autonomy and decrease the risk of children displacement from first to seventh grade of basic education. This study consists of 3 phases. The first being the information gathering, through obtaining sinister registers, interviews with traffic control workers; and also polls, applied to students, parents and teachers. Followed by elaborating mobility maps, establishing influence zones in the school radius based on circulation paths that allowed the urban space diagnose development, road infrastructure, traffic signing, and transport. Finally, the obtained data was processed and the vulnerability factors that children are exposed to were identified. In this sense, an improvement plan has been made, with the participation from the school community, the municipality and transit agencies, which main purpose is to potentiate low risk paths and develop a safe displacement model.