Estudio de factibilidad para la implementación de un sistema de scooters eléctricos públicos, como alternativa de reactivación turística en el cantón Baños de Agua Santa, provincia de Tungurahua

Abstract

The feasibility study for the implementation of a public electric scooter system in the canton of Baños de Agua Santa aims to promote sustainable development through the use of a shared transportation alternative. Since it was a mixed quantitative and qualitative research, it is worth mentioning that the research design corresponds to the descriptive type, for the reason that research tools such as the survey and technical data sheets were applied for the collection of information on the physical characteristics of the roads, these surveys were applied to 375 national and foreign tourists arriving in the Baños de Agua Santa canton. As a result of the tabulation and analysis of the results, it was possible to know the generating and attracting points of travel, the most used type of transportation, the reason for travel, the acceptance, and availability of the service rental payment, at the same time it was possible to establish the available routes for the circulation of these personal mobility vehicles, so it is proposed to acquire 196 electric scooters with its 14 stations that will provide vehicles to users and 22 parking lots; the same that will allow proper functioning of the system in a schedule from 06:00 am to 19:30. Once the financial analysis was carried out through financial indicators such as the Net Present Value (NPV) with a value of $ -418,337.51 and an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of -0.14% it was determined that the project is not economically profitable, however, based on some indicators such as environmental and social feasibility that presented an acceptance of 91% make the present project viable.