Brazil (country focus)Current status & future trends of urban transport in cities "
Transforming Transportation 2014"
! Presented at Transforming Transportation 2014!
! Toni Lindau!! Director, EMBARQ Brazil!
Country focus:Brazil Toni Lindau (moderator) Panelists:
Ciro Biderman Clarisse Linke André Dantas Shomik Mehndiratta Márcio Nigro
Objective: explore current status and future trends of urban transport in Brazilian cities through efforts of the public and private sector
Brazil: background
Many challenges: address social issues, fix existing cities, …
of total pop. already in cities
84%
World´s 6th
economy
Car ownership in large Brazilian cities reaching the 1980’s European average
cars / 1,000 inhab.
350
Deaths/100k pop
22.5 Brazil among the top countries in road traffic deaths
of infrastructure abandonment
30 yrs
Three decades of little investment in urban infrastructure (1983-2013)
people on the streets June 2013
1M+
Demanding higher quality urban transportation
US$32+25 = $57 B
for investments in urban public transport
The era for sustainable transport in Brazilian cities may be starting…"
100 cities 1,500+ km 8M+ pass/day
Opportunity: Promote Transit-Oriented-Development by influencing multi-billion multi-year investments
Investments in housing and transportation will shape Brazilian cities for decades to come
Great challenges for the public and private sectors!