This project aims to provide some analysis and visualization of Porto Alegre's bus fares and companies.
A few questions I would like to explore are:
- What's the market/passenger share between the bus companies?
- Did the fare rise proportionally to economic growth/inflation?
- What's the passenger revenue in the last 10 years?
- Has the quality and security of the bus service improved over the last 10 years?
- Does the number of cars have an impact of the bus service/revenue?
It's inspired by the following blog, which provides a visualization of São Paulo's transport system: http://www.oeco.org.br/datacidades/27318-raio-x-do-sistema-de-transporte-municipal-de-sao-paulo
The raw data was extracted and stored under 'data/raw'.
The following organizations were used as sources of data:
- EPTC: http://www2.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/eptc/default.php?p_secao=155
- Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV): http://portalibre.fgv.br
- Portal Brasil: http://www.portalbrasil.net
Individual raw data sources:
Source | Data | Link | Extraction Date |
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EPTC | Passengers transported by bus | passageiros_transportados_2012.pdf | 2013-07-04 |
EPTC | 'Equivalent' passengers transported by bus | passageiros_equivalentes_2012.pdf | 2013-07-08 |
EPTC | KMs travelled | media_mensal_rodagem_2012.pdf | 2013-07-08 |
EPTC | Bus fare increases | evolucao_tarifaria_2012.pdf | 2013-07-08 |
EPTC | Robberies in buses | media_mensal_indice_assaltos_2012.pdf | 2013-07-08 |
EPTC | Service complaints | reclamacoes_2012.pdf | 2013-07-08 |
EPTC | Bus trips completed | indice_cumprimento_viagens_icv_2012.pdf | 2013-07-08 |
EPTC | Failed maintenance checks | vistoria_2012.pdf | 2013-07-08 |
EPTC | Fleet age | idade_frota_2012.pdf | 2013-07-08 |
FGV/Portal Brasil | Inflation (IGP-DI) | igp.html | 2013-07-09 |