www.TransformingTransportation.org

Insights from the Bremen /

Belo Horizonte Exchange

Michael Glotz-Richter, Senior Project Manager, Bremen

Presented at Transforming Transportation 2016

www.urban-mobility-solutions.eu

Making Twinning Work for Achieving

Development and Climate Goals

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Barcelona,

Bremen,

BudapestHangzhou

+ Thematic experts

+ Local take-up coaches

+ 9 Training Cities

• Asia (Matale, Hanoi, Xi’an)

• Latin America (Durango, La

Serena, Sao Jose Dos Campos)

• Mediterranean (Amman,

Casablanca, Sfax)

These cities will work in pairs on common/related problems and those solutions identified by the project as priorities.

SOLUTIONS Twinning

Insights from the

Bremen / Belo-Horizonte exchange

Making Twinning Work for Achieving Development and Climate Goals

Célio BouzadaPlanning Director Belo Horizonte’s Transportation and Traffic Company BHTRANS (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

Michael Glotz-RichterSenior Project Manager „Sustainable Mobility“ Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

• Capital of Minas Gerais state,Brazil’s 2nd most populous state;

• Population (2014): 2.5m(5.7 M in Metropolitan Area);

• Density (2014): 7,176 people / km2

1. Belo Horizonte

Inventory of greenhouse gases emissions

Municipal plan for greenhouse gases emissions reduction PREGEE (Plano de Redução de Gases de Efeito Estufa)

Emissions projection (millions tCO2e/year)

Municipal plan for greenhouse gases emissions reduction PREGEE (Plano de Redução de Gases de Efeito Estufa)

TOD – Transit Oriented Development

BRT – Bus Rapid Transit and Exclusive tracks for buses

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Pampulha integration station: 20 lines, 223 buses and 11 thousand

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Venda Nova integration station: 12 lines, 99 buses and 3600 passengers.

Vilarinho integration station: 19 lines, 177 buses and 8300 passengers.

BRT – Bus Rapid Transit and Exclusive tracks for buses

BRT – Bus Rapid Transitand Exclusive tracks for buses

Present status (2015)• 19,35 km BRT;• 10,95 km exclusive tracks for buses (faixas

exclusivas);• 7 integration stations.

Forecast (2030)• 150 km BRT;• 54 km excluvise tracks for buses (faixas

exclusivas);• 11 integration stations.

Pedala BH – Bike routes project

Cycle infrastructureimplemented up to August, 2015:

70,42 km.

Pedala BH – Bike routes project

Cycle infrastructureimplementation forecast (2020) :

411 km.

40 sharing bycicle stands (majorpart at the central area of BeloHorizonte and near touristicspots).

Pedala BH

Pedestrian actions

Pedestrian actions

Pedestrian actions

Pedestrian actions

Belo Horizonte won in Washington DC. the“Sustainable Transport Award – STP 2015”granted by ITDP (Institute for Transportation andDevelopment Policy) due to its well-succeededexperiences on transport field and urbanmobility like the improvement of publictransportation, the safety and access of cyclistsand pedestrians to the urban space, and thereduction of GHG emission.

“Sustainable Transport Award –STP 2015”

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Modal Split Bremen

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extension tram and PT prioritiy

… promote cycling

…develop a cycle highway network

… promote cycling

… more cycle parking

Car-Sharing: alternative to car ownership

12/2015: 11.000 users, 3800 cars taken of the road

European SUMP Award 2015

(April 2015)

Winner of European SUMP Award 2015

EU Commissioner for TransportVioleta Bulc

Bremen Senator for TransportJoachim Lohse

Stage 1: The Twinning

Stage 2: informal exchange / visit in HB

Stage 2: informal exchange / visit in HB

Stage 3: visit in BH / workshop

Stage 3: visit in BH / workshop

Stage 3: visit in BH / workshop

Stage 3: visit in BH / workshop

Stage 3: visit in BH / workshop

Stage 3: visit in BH / workshop

Stage 3: visit in BH / workshop

Public workshop / 140 participants

Stage 3: visit in BH / workshop

Public workshop / 140 participants

Stage 3: visit in BH / workshop

Stage 4: in-depth visit in HB

Key subject of interest: „Fahrradstraße“ (bicycle street)

Stage 4: in-depth visit in HB

Key subject of interest: „Fahrradstraße“ (bicycle street)

Stage 4: in-depth visit in HB

Stage 4: in-depth visit in HB

Key subject of interest: „Fahrradstraße“ (bicycle street)

Stage 4: in-depth visit in HB

Enjoying a tandem ride

‘30 Zones’

Proposal for the central area

• Reduction of car speed in orderto guarantee the pedestrians’safety.

• The red patterned areas indicatethe selection of possible regionswhere the 30 zones will beimplemented.

Stage 5: results for Belo Horizonte

• Ambitious partners with a vision for their city

• technical details, studying ‚in the field‘; experiencing the mobility culture

• Internal and public workshops = spread themessage / create support

• Enjoying the trustful exchange(best practice and not so good experience)

conclusions

Invitation