Curitiba

Jeff, Juliana, Lori and Ryan

Smart Transportation Planning

● Integrated land use and transportation at opportune time;

○ Population grew along the transportation system.

● A pragmatic, integrated, cost-effective, & efficient transport

system;

● The bus way system is under 2 agencies:

○ IPPUC for planning

○ URBS for delivery

● Institute for Urban Research and Planning (IPPUC)

● Monitor, implement, and update the Master Plan

● Reinforced zoning regulations and created the trinary road

system

● Held public debates between citizens and private sectors.

IPPUC

Zoning

● Maintains the infrastructure and oversees the bus

companies

● Granted licenses and reimbursements to companies

according to number of miles traveled instead of number of

passengers carried

● Implemented to solve problem of destructive competition

among bus companies that was clogging the main roads

● Companies compete for more routes in general, instead of

with other buses for the most popular routes

URBS

FAILURES IN PLANNING & DESIGN

BRT

● The usage of the BRT system has decreased by 14 million rides in the past four years (4.3 %).

● “It does NOT respect me,” “It is NOT a good use of my money.”

BRT: Other problems

http://www.circulandoporcuritiba.com.br/2009_07_01_archive.html

● Loss of ability to innovate and develop alternative modes of transportation.

○ Monopoly of companies.

Inertia and Past Trend

http://www.fabiocampana.com.br/2013/05/beto-richa-e-michel-temer-se-encontram-em-maringa-2/ http://www.bicicleteiros.com.br/2011/10/as-bicicletas-e-as-estatisticas-do-governo-

richaducci-a-frente-da-prefeitura-de-curitiba/

Social Problem: BR-116

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1342945

● “It does NOT take me where/when I want to go!” (suburbs do not have good access to the center).

SUCCESSES IN PLANNING & DESIGN

Eco-Friendly

http://www.urbs.curitiba.pr.gov.br/transporte/sustentabilidade

Pedestrian-Friendly

http://www.opengreenmap.org/es/greenmap/mapa-verde-curitiba/rua-24-horas-6223 http://www.mrm.mendes.nom.br/2006-119-curitiba-13.jpg

Bike-Friendly

Twelve Point Plan (Plano Cicloviário):

1. A cycling microgrid, with 19.5 km of roads linking different parts of the city. Deadline: 2014.

2. Road calming on 6.3 kilometers of roads, with bike-priority areas at intersections. Deadline:

2014.

3. Bike Rental terminals and segregated bicycle parking. Deadline: 2016.

4. Upgrading existing bike lanes and bike-sharing facilities. Deadline: 2016.

5. Completion of a 47km city park circuit linking eight city parks. Deadline: 2014.

6. Completion of cycling infrastructure projects currently underway across the city.

7. Bike lanes on Avenida Marechal Floriano Peixoto (3.84 km), the Green Line BRT route (1.76

km) and on Avenida Comendador Franco (19.2 km). Deadline: October 2013.

8. Creation of a cycling plaza in downtown Curitiba. Deadline: 2014.

9. Installation of 25 sets of bicycle parking facilities on pavements. Deadline: 2013.

10. Installation of 20 sets of bicycle parking facilities at bus terminals in the city. Deadline: 2016.

11. Publication of a ‘manual of cycling infrastructure’, documenting technical guidelines and

unifying standards and procedures. Deadline: October 2013.

12. Passing a law which allocates 5% of parking areas for bicycles and motorcycles in residential

and non-residential areas. Deadline: In preparation.

http://thisbigcity.net/curitibas-twelve-point-plan-for-creating-a-cycle-friendly-city/

http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/

Future planning

● Develop a new Master Plan Center for Curitiba and its major centers,

neighborhoods for its traffic and transport of different model;

● Project Brazil Green Light;

● Produce and deliver 15,000 houses for the low-income population;

● Withdrawal of risk areas of population to the settlement of 10,000 lots;

● Easing red tape in the approval process of popular lots, setting deadlines

for approval;

● The Metro.

Metro

● Replacing the BRT;

● Span 22.4 km and 21 stations;

● The company that wins the

plan get paid after it’s first

customer;

● The concession period is 34

years, four for construction and

thirty for operation and

maintenance.

Lines

Lines

Lines

Metro

● 4.7 Billion Reais (US $2.5 billion) investment;

● Complexity and Political movement;

● RFP denial.

Issues with Metro

"You have to remember at the time all these ideas [BRT] were very

innovative, there is a logic of learning from best practices. You can have

solutions to problems that are proven to be effective, and this is prevalent in

many other disciplines. Those ideas travel around the world. Sometimes ideas

keep on traveling, even when they're outdated."

Needs: Innovation and Creativity