Inteligência Geográfica E Tecnologia Na Contribuição Ao Acesso De Pessoas Com Deficiência Ao Transporte Público No Recife / Geographic Intelligence and Technology in Contributing to the Access of People With Disabilities to Public Transport in Recife

Abstract

The motivation for this work was due to the realization of the difficulties that people with disabilities face on a daily basis when they travel by public transport, and the possibilities that technology has to collaborate on this issue. Although there are already some initiatives regarding the improvement of accessibility for people with disabilities, this project aimed through a partnership with the State Information Technology Agency (ATI), the Greater Recife Consorcio de Transporte (CTM) and the Federal Institute of Pernambuco (IFPE) contribute to the elaboration of a geographic intelligence platform called SIGABEM that has a SigWeb and an application for mobile devices. Sigabem Web is intended for the management and analysis of information regarding the movement of users with disabilities, enabling investments and improvement actions in a localized manner. The Sigabem App, the object of this article, is an application for smartphones, intended for people with disabilities that can be used collaboratively, feeding Sigabem Web. In it, users will be able to contribute information about the most used lines and stops, access conditions for stops, conditions of the service provided by the bus companies, in addition to enjoying differentiated and innovative functions in concept and complexity, aggregating different georeferenced data. It is possible to make consultations and services such as bus stops, bus schedules, various notifications, re-registration, weather forecast, request to the driver for support for boarding, registration of complaints about problems in access to public transport, conditions of accessibility of stops, etc.. from data currently made available and operationalized by the Intelligent Operation Monitoring System (SIMOP) already used by CTM. For this, several meetings were held both with partner institutions and with representatives of people with disabilities to develop architecture, survey requirements, available data, expand the register and the needs of the sectors involved. The Sigabem App is undergoing tests with users with

Projeto Sigabem: Migração de aplicações desenvolvidas em software livre para a plataforma ArcGIS

“…• Sigabem App -Aplicativo para smartphone desenvolvido para ser utilizado pelas PCD, com as seguintes funções: consultas às paradas de ônibus; consultas aos horários dos ônibus em determinada parada; recebimento de notificações do CTM; opção de adicionar uma linha de ônibus como favorita; registro de reclamação, elogio ou sugestão ao CTM. Integrando as aplicações foi criado um banco de dados para armazenar uma série de camadas geográficas como a divisão de bairros do Recife e a divisão de municípios que compõem a RMR e uma API própria (Guimarães et al, 2021).…”