Análise da demanda por transporte ferroviário na Microrregião de Toledo Paraná

Abstract

The existence of an adequate infrastructure for the transport of cargoes can boost the business activities and provide a better quality of life in a region. Thus, this study presents an analysis of the demand for rail transport in the microregion of Toledo/PR, in order to identify favorable products to the use of this modal, considering relations of transported quantity, traveled distance and sensitivity to the value of the freight. The used methodology consists of the collection of primary data through unstructured interview and observation, followed by documentary research to collect secondary data, aiming to describe the economic scenery of the microregion and to understand how the cargo movement occurs nowadays. It was found that there isdemand for rail transportation in several products, given economic dynamism, the regional characteristics geared to agribusiness, as well as the lack of investment in this modality, both for the outflow of production and for the arrival of products that dynamize the local and regional economy.