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Flashcards by Alice Kimpton, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Alice Kimpton
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| Question | Answer |
| Where is Curitiba? Population? | Curitiba is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. The city's population numbered approximately 1,879,355 people as of 2015. |
| . Who was elected major 1971? . Why was the major so good at transporting management? | . Jaime Lerner first elected mayor of Curitiba, in 1971 (until retiring 2002). . With background in architecture and urban planning, Lerner was at the forefront of innovative transport initiatives that have attracted global interest. |
| What is IPPUC? | He was leading figure behind creation of IPPUC, Curitiba’s urban planning institute. Their architects and engineers perceive the necessity for an integrated system and believe that it is far easier to achieve though this single organisation than if the city had variety of independent firms and contractors. |
| What runs east to west? | Curitiba has five structural arteries that run east to wet, and development along these has been encouraged, diverting traffic from city-centre and allowing it to become a more pedestrian-friendly area. 5 main arterial traffic roads into and out of the city. |
| What did these routes have? | These routes had a central bus lane that was totally dedicated to 2 directional public transport; not the car. This was to speed the journey for commuters on the bus. This boosts the number of passengers per bus from 1,000 per day to 2,000. The arterial roads were also used as growth corridors of the urban and economic growth of the city. |
| What has been designed and to do what? | Bus service has been designed to function like a subway system, transporting large numbers of people along numerous routes, and has proved more reliable and easier to use than a private car. |
| Bendy buses | Triple articulated buses (bendy buses!); this further boosted the number of passengers per bus to an incredible 4,000 per day and Learner claims that it can move more people than a subway yet is 100 to 200 times cheaper. |
| Buses coloured according to their functions: | . Red busses were express buses with fewer stops, . Orange busses bring people from outlying districts to the express routes, . Green buses bring suburban people to the express routes, . And grey buses take suburban dwellers direct to the city centre but make many more stops. There is only one fare and people can change busses on the same ticket. There are interchanges across the city so people can change directions and busses |
| What happened to old buses? | The old, noisy and polluting buses have been replaced with cleaner and more efficient models. |
| Where were new buses made? | These are locally assembled by Volvo, reducing transportation costs for city that would’ve been vastly inflated had the buses been imported. |
| How do passengers get on buses? | Passengers board and alight via a special tube on Curitiba’s central transit routes so that boarding is not delayed by fare collection. |
| How are bus drivers paid? | The bus companies are paid per km driven not per passenger, this means the bus companies still want to run services on less popular routes, not argue over the more popular routes. |
| What do the glass tube stations provide? | The glass tube stations provide citizens with a clean, protected area in which to wait for the bus. The platform at the tube station is parallel to that of the buses, so there are no awkward steps to climb and the bus is ‘wheelchair accessible’. Where people could shelter and buy their tickets, speeding up the journey. The bus doors are wider and open directly into the tube, maximising access for all types of users including the disabled. Faster loading and unloading on the bus means less idling and cuts the bus travel times. |
| What would be an alternative? | The alternative might have been excavation for a subway, but this can take years if not decades, and the money that Curitiba has saved has been allocated to other social causes. |
| Give example? | For example, in 1976, the city adopted a slum relocation plan to assist low-income families in building low-income housing near centre of city. |
| . What was created? . What happened by meeting needs? | . Created socially integrated neighbourhoods that provide healthcare, education, daycare and recreational services. . By meeting needs of poorest, city also saved money and energy because low-income neighbourhoods, with all necessary amenities, reduce needs for travel. |
| When do buses arrive? Rate of pollution? How have the schemes grown? | During peak hours busses arrive every 60 seconds and are always full. Curitiba has one of the lowest rates of pollution as a result. An initial 25,000 passengers and that grew to over 2 million passengers. It is totally funded by the people who use it and has no government subsidy. |
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