URBAN DRAWINGS (S): A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSIT CLAIMS
AND PLANNING IN THE CITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI
Drawing, Urban, Human Scale, Mobility, São João Del-Rei
The investigation comes from a personal nuisance, as a citizen of San Juan, a cyclist - and a pedestrian - of moving
around the city. Hence, studies on mobility and walkability emerged with a focus on urban design, the morphology
of the medium-sized city and its relationship with the rate of traffic accidents1, specifically in São João del Rei. One
of the first questions raised was why the sidewalks are so narrow and occupy such a small strip of the street? There
is room for widening sidewalks and setting up cycle paths, for example, but why is this not done? And yet, because
what is done is the opposite: increase the space for cars at the expense of space for pedestrians and non-motorized
ones? A first bibliographic research points in some directions to seek these answers, as in the relationship between
space and society, capital and politics, involving the whole question about urban formation in the world and in Brazil,
with its specificities and locations. The proposed investigation crosses the concept of Human Scale applied to mobility,
an object to be investigated through urban design - an integral part of the design-planning-management tripod, in
which design is more linked to form, planning to the elaboration of a plan and management to implementation and
maintenance. For this, there is a spatial cutout that covers part of the Matosinhos neighborhood, in the city of São
João del Rei - Minas Gerais. The area draws attention due to the large number of traffic accidents and their consequent
victims, highlighting the need to create and implement a cohesive mobility plan. The first stage, according to the
Municipality of São João del Rei, is already ready and continues in the legislative process, however the document
has not yet been made public and there is no news about it, leaving a vacuum with regard to the theme in City.