Modelo de planeación y consenso en los sistemas de autobuses de tránsito rápido: el caso de Metrobus en la Ciudad de México y Mexibus en el Estado de México

Abstract

The planning process for public passenger transport, has social, economic, urban and environmental implications in every city, in this sense, the implementation of systems for bus rapid transit as a novel and effective mass transit alternative, further emphasizes the issue of establishing consensus among existing transport operators affected and government authorities responsible for their implementation, for these reasoons in this doctoral research is studied and analyzed these processes in the case of Metrobus in Ciudad de Mexico and Mexibus in Estado de Mexico, with the objective of proposing a model that considers the planning and consensus process on the implementation of future systems bus rapid transit within the Mexican cultural context. In this qualitative research, it was used the research method under the inductive, transversal and exploratory-descriptive approach. The data collection strategy included the application of semi-structured interviews to managers of operating companies and transport government authorities involved on the implementation of the Metrobus system and / or Mexibus, also it was consulted secondary sources to supplement the information collected. To achieve the research objectives were used to support information analysis Atlas.ti software, which allowed triangulate the data analysis and grounded theory building. As a result of this research, it is propose a model of planning and consensus in implementation for bus rapid transit. Finally, the results of this research allowed for dealer recommendations to public transport operators, mass transit government authorities, as well as future research.