Diagnóstico de dispositivos de control de tráfico en la calle 72 entre las carreras 68 y 72 Engativá-Bogotá

Abstract

The present work of degree, aims to present the diagnosis of traffic control devices both horizontally and vertically, in order to ensure order, comfort, fluidity and safe movement of road users in the town of Engativá, case study in 72nd street between race 68 and race 72. In the first phase of the diagnosis, a state-of-the-art study was developed of international, national and local studies on accident rates and traffic congestion, as a consequence of the lack of traffic control devices. The result of the analysis was the identification of the methodologies implemented for the collection and analysis of the information, as well as the structure of road signage proposals. This bibliographic base allowed the formulation of the methodology to carry out both the field work and the analysis of the information gathered, in order to establish basic guidelines for the improvement of the road corridor. The report involves the analysis of accidents in the study area, the identification of signaling parameters, according to Colombian regulations and the analysis of variables that influence the generation of accidents in the section. To assess the accident levels in the study area, the databases provided by the Mobility Secretariat were consulted, indicating that in 2017 there were 537 deaths from road accidents in the city of Bogotá, identifying that the actor The most vulnerable road on the road is still the pedestrian. For the identification of compliance with the road signaling parameters in the study area, the "Manual of Road Signing, Uniform Devices for the Regulation of Traffic on Streets, Roads and Bike Roads of Colombia" was taken as reference, issued by the Ministry of Transportation in 2015 For the diagnosis, routes were made on the 72nd street corridor, in which were found findings such as vertical signs in poor condition, poorly located, in other cases they do not exist and horizontal signs in poor condition and in some cases nonexistent. Additionally, in the tours, photographic records of all the vertical and horizontal signs were made, taking into account the intersections with which the corridor counts. Finally, a road signage proposal was developed for the 72nd Street section between Carrera 68 and Carrera 72, which involves the georeferenced location of the vertical signs and horizontal signs.