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Curitiba, Brazil. Garrett Bolella, Tim Chan, Greg Khirallah, Dave Miele, Becca Ruitto. Guiding Principles. Growth needed to be channeled down structural axes Most powerful tools to direct growth Land Use Management Transportation Investment Mobility of people rather than cars. Premise:
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Curitiba, Brazil Garrett Bolella, Tim Chan, Greg Khirallah, Dave Miele, Becca Ruitto
Guiding Principles Growth needed to be channeled down structural axes Most powerful tools to direct growth Land Use Management Transportation Investment Mobility of people rather than cars
Premise: “Put the mobility needs of people before the mobility needs of automobile” Solutions: Stricter transportation and land use planning The Master Plan
Controlling the Cities Growth Introduced a new standard of urban space design Linear Model (Plan of Avenues) Concentric Model
Key Contributors • IPPUC • Jaime Lerner • Cassio Taniguchi
Creating a Sense of Place • Closing off streets to vehicular traffic • Redeveloping the city center
Land Use Regulations • Zoning Regulations • Siting of Shopping Centers • Parking
Trinary Road Design • Dedicated Bus Lanes • Auxiliary One-Way Couplets • High Capacity One Way Roads • Local Roads
Prioritizing Transportation • Buses • 27 million fewer car trips per year • Lowest fuel per capita consumption in Brazil • Lowest rate of ambient air pollution in Brazil • Walking • 50 blocks of pedestrian-only streets throughout the city • Biking • 150 km of bike paths throughout the city
Bus Transit • Express Service • Red Buses “Express Buses” • Direct Line Service • Gray Buses “Speedy Buses” • Complimentary Service • Green and Orange Buses
Parks, Pedestrian Only Streets, BRT, and other aspects of Transit Walking and Biking in Curitiba
Accommodations for Non Vehicular Modes of Transportation • Bikes are not allowed in BRT Right of Way Lanes • Most bicycle fatalities are due to people riding illegally • Bike lanes and sidewalks differentiated from network
Integration with Public Transit Revolves around pedestrians not personal vehicles Bike paths connect bus stations Buses allow bikes to be carried on Platforms extend out of the buses to the stations to allow for handicapped and bike use. The BRT stations are on average ½ km apart • Walking connects all of the modes of transportation together
Future Plans • New Metropolitan Corridor ($200 mil) • Improvement of road networks and public transportation ($100 mil) • Healthy City
Learning from Curitiba • Goal: Transport People Not Cars • Keeping Things Simple • Surrounding cities in Brazil have failed while this one has flourished • Commitment to sustainability