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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1972 transport and road system dedicated lanes 5

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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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green line: BRT shaping a metropolitan axis

an alternative north-south axis integrating the metropolitan area

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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