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TOD in Curitiba: how BRT may reshape a city
fábio duarte city council advisor + professor at the graduate program in urban management www.pucpr.br/ppgtu
2 Curitiba, 24th of July, 2013
1.8 million inhabitants 3 million in the metropolitan area 430 km2
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a growing city
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1972 transport and road system dedicated lanes 5
PLANO DIRETOR DE 2004
2012 high density along the transport corridor 6
dedicated lanes specific terminals and stops
special vehicles operation and service plan
fare collection information technology systems
marketing
elements of a full brt
the success of brt results from a permanent struggle to fulfil all demands that should be provided by rail 7
tubes special stops for special vehicles 8
express lines longer buses stopping only at the terminals 9
. fleet 1,920 buses
. lines 355
. terminals 30
. tubes 362
. daily km 478,000
. private operators 11 . passengers / day 2.3 million (1.2 million fares paid, due to integration and 15% of gratuities)
Curitiba Metropolitan Area Integrated Demands 92% 73% Costs and Revenue participation 75% 25%
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transport and the city
the success of curitiba’s BRT has been never a matter of buses, but of planning urban
development and transport together.
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brt in curitiba
curitiba’s public transport is based on 4 elements
. a complex network of feeder lines
. link between transport and road system
. link between transport and land use
. BRT corridors keep the city at a human scale
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operation lines, purpose and vehicles: dealing with complexity 13
RIT brt as a transport network 14
transport and zoning
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system . transport and zoning
. transport and road system . transport hierarchical network
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structural axes transport and land use 1972
structural axis central lane: exclusive for brt
lateral lanes: slow traffic
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dedicated bus lane + slow traffic
fast traffic
zoning high density
structural axes transport and land use 2010 18
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contemporary challenges metropolitan scale
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boarding passengers
skyline
verticalization x boarding passengers so
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green line: BRT shaping a metropolitan axis
an alternative north-south axis integrating the metropolitan area
north
center
south
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green line: BRT shaping a metropolitan axis
former federal highway: transport and land use 23
green line: BRT shaping a metropolitan axis
TOD needs to transform the city, not only transport. 24
obrigado // thank you // merci // ध"यवाद 25