Políticas públicas e mobilidade urbana: uma década de “vermelhinhos” e tarifa zero em Maricá (RJ)

Abstract

Maricá is a municipality located at the east border of Rio de Janeiro state. It is a city that grows quickly, economically, due to the gathering of petroleum royalties, and also demographically. Therefore, through this financial compensation, Maricá city, under the administration of the Worker’s Party (PT), has been putting effort in programs, actions, and public policies that seek to benefit local citizens. One of these actions is the implementation of the Zero Fare Bus, also known as “Vermelhinho”. In this context, the current work seeks to understand the insertion of the “Vermelhinho” buses and its impacts among Maricá municipality, performing an discussion of the Urban Mobility. Regarding concepts as urban mobility, public policy and royalties as the leading elements of the research. As a methodological strategy, it highlights the qualitative aspects. The current work utilizes the bibliographic surveys of the main topics, beyond the theoretical references, it was utilized statistics, maps analysis, laws and photographies. In conclusion, it implies that the insertion of the royalties in Marica’s economy and the implementation of the “Vermelhinho” buses lead to a social and spatial impact to the municipality of Maricá, which also involves Urban Mobility.