O uso indevido dos espaços públicos: estacionamentos privativos em calçadas e passeios de uso comum

Abstract

This article aims to present a study on a practice repeatedly observed in the majority of municipalities, which is the conduct of some commercial property owners and their intended parking for exclusive use of their customers on public sidewalks and pathways, favoring the customers of these establishments at the expense of pedestrian citizens, causing thus the deviation from the natural destination of driveways and sidewalks that were supposed to be free for the pedestrian traffic, damaging the citizen walking on foot, impairing their right to go and come, mainly for the disabled, elderly and children. Through a bibliographical research, it was searched as if of the o improper use of the public spaces, the privative spaces in sidewalk and strolls of common place that make it difficult the free locomotion of the pedestrians, inquiring as the legislation in national level and local of some cities it foresees the correct occupation of the space for the pedestrians. The public space of the cities was urgently concluded that necessary to be thought, not only for the transit of vehicles and yes for public interest, in rational way, aiming at the interest of all, drivers and pedestrians.