Sustainable Curitiba

Jeff, Juliana, Lori and Ryan.

When did the city evolve

● The master plan for Curitiba was adopted in 1968;

● It was designed to minimize the urban sprawl, downtown

traffic and preserve Curitiba’s historic district.

www.historia.seed.pr.gov.br

Jamie Lerner

● Lerner was appointed as mayor in 1971;

● To increase public transit funding, he made the bus fare a

lottery ticket.

Urban Acupuncture

● “Urban Acupuncture” - focusing on small, subtle, bottom-up

interventions that harness and direct community energy in

positive ways to heal urban blight and improve the cityscape.

Pedestrianized Area

● In 1972 Lerner created a pedestrianized area.

http://www.dailygossip.org/curitiba-the-

ecological-capital-of-brazil-778

BRT - Bus Rapid Transit

The beginning...

● Deployed in 1974;

● Construction costs: Subway X BRT.

● Enhanced bus system that

combines flexibility of buses

with the efficiency of rail;

● Hierarchical system of

services with 11 types of

bus;

● Express buses operating on

five main arteries;

BRT - Bus Rapid Transit

● Features to approach the speed, efficiency, and reliability;

● Advanced technologies, infrastructure and operation investments;

- Ticket cost X technical fare (25 million dollars per year)

BRT - Bus Rapid Transit

● 2.3 million users per day;

● Travel time, total harmful emissions, and street congestion.

BRT - Bus Rapid Transit

Road System

● Based on the concept of a linear city, intended to maximise local

accessibility

● From 1974, urban design emphasized linear growth along a series of

structural axis

o total of 5 axis by 1982

o Each axis is consist a trinary road system

● Connector roads link the structural roads to city center

o Express routes

o Feeder routes

o Inter-district routes

o Direct routes

o Conventional routes

Road System

The Trinary Roads

The Trinary System

Trinary Roads

The Trinary Road System

Zoning Laws

● Set in place to design a direct linear growth by attracting residential and

commercial density along a mass transportation lane

● By 1992, almost 40 percent of Curitiba's population resided within three

blocks of major transit arteries.

The Green Exchange Program

● “Câmbio Verde”;

● Began in 1989;

● “Garbage that is not Garbage”;

● 70% in 1 year.

“Thinking of the city in integrated

ways – seeing how to integrate

functions and different social groups –

is one of the keys to Curitiba's work.”

(Jaime Lerner)

Some Advantages

http://wikitravel.org/en/File:Regions_of_Parana.png

Positive Planning for the Curitibanos

http://www.asla.org/ContentDetail.aspx?id=30875

Citizenship Streets

http://urb.im/sites/default/files/blgimg/ca130826cu-2_650x420.jpg

http://www.worldhabitatawards.org/images/projects/main/Curitiba%20header1.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7004/6549912497_72d150eb07_z.jpg

http://www.circulandoporcuritiba.com.br/2010_09_01_archive.html

Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano de Curitiba

(IPPUC)

A Lack of Land and Resources for All

http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/blogs/giro-pelos-bairros/93-dos-curitibanos-moram-em-favelas/

http://www.trilhosurbanos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Caximba-Zona-Sul.jpg

http://www.ultimategreenblog.com/tag/curitiba/

Some Disadvantages The Auto Industry

http://volvogroupatvolvooceanrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Curitiba-1.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_State_Car_(Brazil)

Conclusion

http://www.curitiba-parana.net/urbanismo.htm