Transportation Case study on Curitiba.

1. Curitiba
Jeff, Juliana, Lori and Ryan

2. 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

3. IPPUC
● 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.

4. Zoning

6. URBS
● 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

7. FAILURES IN PLANNING & DESIGN

8. BRT
● “It does NOT respect me,” “It is NOT a good use of my money.”
● The usage of the BRT system has decreased by 14 million rides in the past four years (4.3 %).

9. BRT: Other problems
http://www.circulandoporcuritiba.com.br/2009_07_01_archive.html

10. Inertia and Past Trend
● Loss of ability to innovate and develop alternative modes of transportation.
○ Monopoly of companies.
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/

11. Social Problem: BR-116
● “It does NOT take me where/when I want to go!” (suburbs do not have good access to the center).
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1342945

12. SUCCESSES IN PLANNING & DESIGN

13. Eco-Friendly
http://www.urbs.curitiba.pr.gov.br/transporte/sustentabilidade

14. 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

15. 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/

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. Lines

19. Lines

20. Lines

21. Metro

22. Issues with Metro
● 4.7 Billion Reais (US $2.5 billion) investment;
● Complexity and Political movement;
● RFP denial.

23. Needs: Innovation and Creativity
"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."