1 / 18

Curitiba

Curitiba. “Curitiba is a system which provides a third-world solution to a third world problem… not to entice passengers out of their cars but rather to provide basic public transport for an impoverished population” –Transit Australia. Early History .

lamont
Download Presentation

Curitiba

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Curitiba “Curitiba is a system which provides a third-world solution to a third world problem… not to entice passengers out of their cars but rather to provide basic public transport for an impoverished population” –Transit Australia

  2. Early History • Founded in 1693, official capital of Parana in 1842

  3. Early History • Two economic cycles of maté and wood, led to the construction of the Paranagua-Curitiba railroad

  4. Early History • Immigrants came in waves between the 18th and 19th centuries for labor • Adopted ideas of urban planning and city management

  5. History of Planning • French Urban Planner Alfred Agache • 1943 - The Agache Plan

  6. History of Planning • Ivo Arzo • Called for new plan • Jaime Lerner • 1965 Curitiba Master Plan

  7. “Simplicity Is Our System” • Mayor Jaime Lerner (1971) • Former president of the Curitiba Research and Urban Planning Institute (IPPUC) • Election gave power to IPPUC

  8. “Simplicity Is Our System” • Curitiba Master Plan • Growth planned along designated axes rather than in all directions • Trinary Road System • Integrated Transport Network (Rede Integrade de Transporte)

  9. Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano de Curitiba (IPPUC) • Founded 1965 • IPPUC was created as a Municipal Independent Public Authority.

  10. Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano de Curitiba (IPPUC) • Participate in every development phase of the Curitiba Preliminary Urban Plan

  11. Integrated Transport Network • Zoning- trinary road system • Separated into four different zones • Structural sector • ZR 4 • ZR 3 • ZR 2

  12. Integrated Transport Network • The bus system was designed to function like a subway system • In terms of amount of people it could trasport (up to 20,000 pple/hour during rush hour) and frequency • off-vehicle fare collection • No additional payment for interchanging between buses • Bi-Articulated busses • 80.4 meters in length • Five passenger doors • 270 pple/ 57 seats • Bus stops 400-500 meters

  13. Facts about the busway network • Station and Terminals • Tubes with off-vehicle fare collection • High platform boarding at the tube (handicap accessible)

  14. Facts about the busway network • Bus routes • 1550-1600 buses • 340 bus lines • 60km segregated busways • 26 major and moderate size integration-interchange terminals • 1.9-2.1 million trips per day (demand)

  15. Facts about the busway network • Bus routes • Five different buses • Different color buses for different routs

  16. Ecological Capital of Brazil • 1970 – Less than 1 sq meters of green space per person

  17. Ecological Capital of Brazil • 2002 – 52 sq meters of green space per person • Government Incentives • Tax Breaks • “Green Exchange” • “Garbage That’s Not Garbage”

More Related