INCREASE IN THE VEHICLE FLEET AND ITS EFFECTS ON URBAN MOBILITY IN SMALL TOWNS

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The increase in the vehicle fleet negatively impacts Brazilian municipalities. Understanding how it impacts Alegre, a virtual public survey was held with its licensed drivers in 2019. In 10 years, its fleet of cars and motorcycles grew faster than its stagnant municipal population growth and faster than municipalities almost four times more populous than it. In mid-2019, of about 104 respondents, 90% had cars and 44% had motorcycles, relative percentages above obtained in a similar survey in Londrina, which has 20 times its population. About 86% of interviewees considered the lack of parking to be a problem and 80% believed that limited waiting could improve urban mobility in Alegre if it had affordable prices. The increase in the vehicle fleet in Alegre causes urban mobility problems. However, its population receives the implementation of a limited waiting system well, contributing to the implementation of public management practices. However, implementing limited waiting alone is insufficient; some Brazilian municipalities combined the implementation of the system with awareness-raising and (re)education of drivers and education of children.