Gestão de mobilidade metropolitana: uma análise do Expresso Metropolitano na Região Metropolitana da Grande São Luís

Abstract

This paper has as main objective the analysis of the management of the transport service denominated Expresso Metropolitano, implanted in 2015 in Greater São Luís Metropolitan Region. Thus, the intention is to reflect on the model that was inserted, in the context of the restructuring of a Metropolitan Region that has a history of nonexistent governance. From a theoretical conceptualization about the phenomenon of metropolization and the formation of the national metropolitan regions, we understood the context of the society that originated the present metropolises, as well as a study of one of its phenomena: the pendular movement, which is linked to the context of intermunicipal mobility. In order to analyse metropolitan mobility management, the study used the institutional frameworks to understand the weaknesses of the services, as well as the processes that help to achieve an efficient management, using two different contexts of Brazilian metropolitan regions for a future comparative analysis. This study was also based on the socioeconomic and pendularity data of the Metropolitan Region of Greater São Luís, to analyse its mobility dynamics. After examining the context of metropolitan transport and an interview at MOB - agency responsible for its management, the analysis of the Metropolitan Express service found the precariousness of the solutions used as a way to reduce the fragility of this transport, where it was possible to observe the lack of a management and planning, due to the absence of a full and shared metropolitan management among the municipalities that form the Greater São Luis Metropolitan Region.