Estudio técnico de costos operacionales para la determinación de la tarifa de taxi convencional en el cantón Colta, provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

This research work “technical study of operating costs for the determination of the conventional taxi fare in Colta canton, Chimborazo province”. It is based on the creation of a methodology and the application of the provision expounded by the National Transit Agency of Ecuador, oriented in a socially fair rate, detailing operational costs, application of mathematical formulas and the design of a methodology based on the application to Colta. Therefore, observation cards were applied to drivers of commercial transport and surveys were carried out to the inhabitants of the canton. As a result, the public transport system has deficiencies in the quality of service. Furthermore, to know that drivers perform an average of 36 short, medium and long taxi rides. Once the ANT Methodology was applied, a value of $ 1,20 per day and $ 1,30 per night was obtained, and with the methodology of Costs per kilometer of 1 dollar daytime and 1,10 per night. For this reason the use of the Ant methodology based on a study and economic analysis. The competent authorities should emphasize compliance with what is suggested in this methodology, guaranteeing the right to work and based on ethical principles, free transit, mobility and improvement of the quality of life of the citizen and the owner of public commercial transport.