Study of the current law and of the groundings of sustainable urban mobility applied on Joaquim Amazonas Campus, UFPE, Brazil

Sustainable mobility measures were imposed on cities with the enactment of the Federal Laws “City Statute” (Brazil, 2001) and the “Mobility Law” (Brazil, 2012). Large university campuses have areas equivalent to districts and deserve attention regarding these standards. The empirical study was carried out on Joaquim Amazonas Campus (also known as Recife Campus) of UFPE. Considerations were made to improve the application of these laws on campuses. For active transportation to be effective in these environments, the number of bicycles and the proximity between stations must be greater than in ordinary urban network. This attitude encourages multimodality for monomodal car users. Safety in active commutes will be effective with interventions that reduce traffic speed such as mini roundabouts, two-way streets that reduce the number of lanes to half and the physical separation of sidewalks and cycle ways from the road system. The reduction of distances in active commutes contributes to sustainable urban mobility because facilitates its practice. Reducing distances of car routes promotes decarbonization, legitimizing the opening of some driveways on campuses. Finally, a bus connection construction work for transferring passengers to Campus and the wording of the “Mobility Law” were discussed.