Cycling Infrastructure Expansion Program

MEET FORTALEZA[BRAZIL]

Chicago

DESIGNINGCITIES 2017

Since 2014, Fortaleza, a city in the Northeast of Brazil, has been highlighted for its achievements in cycling transporta-tion reflecting in several benefits to the city: urban mobility, public security, healthiness, envorinment, economic sustai-nability and social inclusion.

The cycling network went from 68 km (2013) to 219 km (2017), increasing 222%. Fortaleza City Hall has been im-plementing around 50 new kilometers of bike lane projects per year. The goal is achiving 524 km as planned by Fortale-za Cycling Plan.

All the improvement on the cycling network and other bike-related projects have led to a 39.5% reduction on deaths of cyclists from 2011 to 2016.

Di�erent bike lanes solutions to build safer streets

2013

68km2017

219km

before the intervention

1Bus stops overpass 2 Bike lanes protected by

parking bu�er 3 Narrowing tra�c lanes 4 Eliminating tra�c lanes

after the intervention

Three kinds of bike share systems

- User can stay with bike for up to 1 hour

- 80 stations

- ArouNd 5 trips per bike

- 1.800.000 trips

BICICLETAR INTEGRADA MINI-BICICLETAR

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- The user can stay with bike for up to 14 hours

- 5 stations in Transit Terminals

- Totally free

- Big stations (around 50 bikes)

- Kids-focused bike share system

- 5 stations: squares and public spaces

- Educational initiative

- Building city for the future

Partnership for Safer Streets

MEET FORTALEZA[BRAZIL]

Chicago

DESIGNINGCITIES 2017

Fortaleza is a city located in the northeastern part of Brazil where the City Sta� along with BIGRS partners are making great policy improvements on road safety issues. In 2016, for the first time, the deaths due to road crashes were below 300 per year, what represents 161 lives that were saved since 2014. From 2010 to 2016, there was a reduc-tion of 30% in deaths. Until the end of the year, we esti-mate that 23 lives will be saved compared to 2016.

A lot has been done to achieve this results, specially urban redesign for safer streets. Some elements like raised cros-swalks, refuge islands and curb extensions were built, and now, for the first time in the city, a pop-up/interim interven-tion was implemented in order to show people the poten-cial of a public space at Cidade 2000, a really vivacious area in the city.

“Cidade da Gente”: Giving the city back to the people

before the intervention

after the intervention

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POPULATION GROWTH X DEATH FROM ROAD CRASHES PER 100,000 INHABITANTS

30% REDUCTION ON THE DEATH RATE BETWEEN

2010 AND 2016

before the intervention

after the intervention

of the business owners approved the intervention 86%

78% 80%

felt unsafe before the intervention

feel safe after the intervention

before the intervention

after the intervention

A pop-up that became definitive: The people organized a petition to keep the intervention and managed to keep the space open for pedestrians until the final project is implemented.

A new public policy: “Cidade da Gente” is now a public policy of Fortaleza City Hall. The team is already planning the next intervention, this time on the outskirts of the city.

more people have access to new sidewalks infrastructures

FOR MORE INFORMATION: BEATRIZ@BIGRS.ORG

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