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Transit Adaptive City (Dense Corridor): Curitiba, Brazil

Transit Adaptive City (Dense Corridor): Curitiba, Brazil. Curitiba: Desire vs. Reality. Goal:. Cover the entire city with a subway system Goal: Could only afford single LRT line Design “surface subway” system using buses to get network up and running. Problem:. Solution:.

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Transit Adaptive City (Dense Corridor): Curitiba, Brazil

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  1. Transit Adaptive City (Dense Corridor):Curitiba, Brazil

  2. Curitiba: Desire vs. Reality Goal: Cover the entire city with a subway system Goal: Could only afford single LRT line Design “surface subway” system using buses to get network up and running Problem: Solution:

  3. Curitiba: Transit/Land Use Goal: Ensure land uses support transit investments. Goal: Viability of transit depends on density. Require virtually all density to be located within one block of mainline corridors. Problem: Solution:

  4. Curitiba: Transit/Land Use

  5. Curitiba: Buses and Roads Goal: Make buses run faster. Buses always get stuck in traffic. Create bus-only “roads within roads,” with traffic signal priority, both reducing running time and making the system more reliable. Problem: Solution:

  6. Curitiba: Make Buses Like Metro Goal: Make buses run like subways. Buses take so long to load. Use mass-produced “tube stations” with platform-level loading, multiple doors along vehicles, and payment at station entrance, reducing “dwell time” to under 30 seconds per stop. Problem: Solution:

  7. Curitiba—Speedy Network Goal: Reduce transit trip times. Longer trips involve many stops. Create an overlay network of “speedy” buses directly linking major transfer centers and demand generators, thereby cutting 30 minutes off average trip. Problem: Solution:

  8. Curitiba—Implementation Goal: Problem: Extend “rapid” transit services as quick as possible Goal: Need to keep capital costs low Bus-based system “colonizing” existing rights-of-way has led to extra-ordinarily rapid system expansion Solution: Problem: 74 79 84 Solution: 89 94 97

  9. Curitiba—Increasing Capacity Goal: Increase bus capacity.Buses can’t compete capacity-wise with rail. Have Volvo build 260-passenger double-articulated buses. Problem: Solution:

  10. Strategic Approach to Land Use: Intensity Linked with Transit Modal Strategy: Mode Is Less Important than System Performance Systems Approach to Planning: The Value Is In the Network Service Strategy: Systematically Design Time Out of the System Curitiba—Key Lessons The real lessons of Curitiba are not the hardware they developed (tubes or long buses), but the process they followed to get there.

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