EDGARD ANTUNES DIAS BATISTATHE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

KTH - STOCKHOLM - SWEDENeadb@kth.se

BICIROTA NACIONAL 1:

A PROPOSAL FOR THE FIRST BRAZILIAN NATIONAL CYCLE ROUTE

Brazil

- Large use of motorized vehicles (Car culture)

Example: Brasília

- Brazilian tourism: unexplored potential

- Alternative way of subsistence for the local population

- Tourists using sustainable modes of transportation

Bicycle

low cost

long life cycle

emissions-free

healthy

Bicycle transportation in Brazil

•Lack of concern for demands of cyclists;•Increase motorized traffic;•Increase of accidents involving bicycles;•Lack of parking spaces for bicycles;•Increase commerce of motorbikes;•Low cost of second hand cars;•Decrease of industrial jobs;•Increasing commuting distances;•The heavy publicity of cars;•The bad image of bicycles;•The motorized drivers disrespect; •The lack of bicycle paths (only about 350 km in 2001)

(GEIPOT, 2001)

Favourable Scenario

(PNMUS, 2007)

7.500.0007.500.0005.000.0002.000.000Budget in Brazilian Reais

2008200720062005Year

Budget to support non-motorized projects

National Policy of Sustainable Urban Mobility

The project of a Brazilian National Cycle Route

Brazilian Coastline

The North Sea Cycle Route

Feasible project

- Extensive use of paths that already exist:

Roads

Dirt roads

Beaches

- Only signalization in most of way

“A huge potential without demanding too much resources”

- Link the natural paths and the already constructed ones

- Benefits to local communities

Construction of new paths

Work to be done

Signalization

Construction of linking cycle paths (PPP)

Alternative transportations methods (over water, etc)

Website

Administrative office

Maintenance (Volunteers)

Prioritizing order for the choice of paths

1st – Safety;

2nd – Touristic point of interest;

3rd – Implementation costs;

4th – Shortest way.

Benefits

Global: Sustainability

National: Touristic product; sustainable transportation

Local: Sustainable commuters

Future developments:

National and continental network of cycle routes

Thank you very much!

References

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