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PHOTOS of Curitiba's BRT System (Brazil) |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Tue Jan 18 17:21:03 2011 Here is another set of teasers from the new Brazil section at my website.Curitiba is known worldwide for its BRT system featuring dedicated bus lanes and signal prioritization in corridors that connect nearly every part of the city. Additionally, fares are prepaid at high level platforms to expedite boarding. As a result of these innovations to make buses the fastest mode of transport in the city, about 2.3 million one way trips are made on the Curitiba Rede Integrada de Transporte each day in a city where the entire metropolitan area has under 4 million residents. I didn't actually ride any of the BRT routes proper. (I did ride the tourist loop, which operates every 30 minutes and you buy a ticket good for 5 boardings, so you can get off at any one of about 20 stops throughout the city and then get on a later bus to continue around the loop. The bus also makes announcements describing each stop and passing points of interest in Portuguese, Spanish, and English.) There are different types of buses that make up different parts of the network, and buses are painted according to what type of route they operate on (i.e. express routes (red bi-articulated buses), direct lines (silver buses), and so on. I also had the pleasure of having a one on one meeting with former Curitiba mayor and Parana state governor Jaime Lerner. I heard him speak at the Jerusalem Municipality a little bit over a year ago, though I was familiar with the concepts that exist in Curitiba prior to that presentation. However, it turns out that his sister-in-law is the administrative assistant at the Masorti (Conservative) synagogue in Curitiba, so when I emailed to inquire about attending Shabbat services there and she asked me what I was doing in Curitiba and why I chose to visit there, offered to see if the former mayor would have time to meet with me. As a result, I had a conversation with the former mayor where I got to ask him some questions about topics that he doesn't typically address in his formal presentations, and he offered me his opinion of the Jerusalem LRT system that is currently under construction. Anyway, here are photos:           Boarding platforms:     Tourist bus:  Obrigado por olhar! (Thanks for looking!) |
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