webinar: embarq brasil and rio - a partnership to implement a brt network for the olympics 2016

EMBARQ Brasil and Rio: a partnership to

implement the BRT network

Luis Antonio Lindau, PhDPresident Director, EMBARQ Brasil www.embarqbrasil.org

EMBARQ Network

EMBARQ Brasil mission:

Promote sustainable transport and urban mobility

solutions to improve quality of life in Brazilian cities

HIGH-CAPACITY

BUSESWIDE DOORS

FOR FAST

BOARDING

PLATFORM-LEVEL

BUS FLOOR

SAFE

PEDESTRIAN

ACCESS

DEDICATED

BUS LANES

About BRT (Bus Rapid Transit)

A safer, faster and more reliable alternative to conventional

bus services

PRE-BOARD

PAYMENT TO SPEED

BOARDING

source: Bloomberg Philantrophies

Mega-events in Rio

Rio’s BRT System

Integrated Transit Network

2010

source: SMTR Rio de Janeiro


2012



2014



2016


2016 Rio’s BRT System10

TransOeste

TransBrasil

TransOlímpica

TransCarioca

TransCarioca

TransOeste

TransOlímpica

BRT Corridors ConectionsBRT - train

BRT - bus

BRT - BRT

BRT - metro

Internacional Airport

Via Dutra (interstate highway)TransBrasil

Rio’s BRT corridors

Extension

Number of

stations/

terminals

Estimated daily

demand

TRANSOESTE 63 km 57/3 220.000

TRANSCARIOCA 39 km 44/2 650.000

TRANSOLÍMPICA 23 km 12/2 130.000

TRANSBRASIL 32 km 26/5 1.000.000

TOTAL 157 km 139/12 2.000.000

Rio’s BRT corridors

TransOeste

TransCarioca

TransOlímpica

TransBrasil

Infrastructure

Tunnel, viaducts,

exclusive bridges

Overtaking at

most stations

Stations

Safe access and universal

accessibility

Real-time information

Low energy consumption

Security cameras

On-level boarding

Picture by SMTR Rio de Janeiro

Pictures by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil

Buses

High-capacity buses

Regular and express

services

Real-time information

inside buses

Communication with

operational control center

GPS tracking

Digital TV

Operation Control Center

TransOeste

Inauguration:

June 6th, 2012

“This is the first BRT of a series that is coming.

It's a cultural change in the way of traveling

around the city.” Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro

EMBARQ Brasil contribution to Rio’s BRT

EMBARQ BRT Simulator

Strategic alignment

Road safety audits

Public health assessment

Marketing for BRT

BRT experience: press missions

EMBARQ BRT Simulator

Evaluate the performance of BRT corridors being proposed for

the 2016 Olympic Games

Objective:

estimate BRT capacity to handle the Olympic Games

identify the potential for increasing BRT performance

Ligação C T5

Barra-Lagoa

BRT Barra-Lagoa (now part of TransOeste)

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Pq. Bossa Nova

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BRT T5 (now part of TransCarioca)

Tested alternatives

Slight adjustments in the

corridor, with minimal

additional costs => + 50%

capacity

TransOeste: simulating safety improvements

Main safety recommendations (from road safety inspection):

Lowering the speed limit to 60 km/h (37 mph) in urbanized sections

Adding mid-block signalized crossings

Improving signal timing to reduce pedestrian delays

Capacity is constrained by station layouts

Safety recommendations do not impact capacity

TransOeste: simulating safety improvements

Impact on passenger capacity

Key finding:

Magnitude of operational impacts negligible compared to safety benefits

TransOeste: simulating safety recommendations

Performance indicator

BaselineWith safety

recommendationsChange Source

All crashes n/a n/a -12% to -30%Elvik and Vaa 2004; Duduta, Lindau, and Adriazola-Steil 2013

Operating speed 32 km/h 29.6 km/h -2.4 km/h Microsimulation

Travel time 71 min 77 min + 6 min Microsimulation

Speed variability 0.19 0.16 - 0.03 Microsimulation

Capacity(pax/h/direction)

18,800 18,800 No impact Hidalgo et al. (2011)

BRT TransBrasil

Imposes a challenge in terms of peak hour demand

Extension: 31 km

2 lines per direction in most part of the corridor

28 stations with bypass

4 terminals

60,000 pax/h/dir in the critical section

Missões Terminal Margaridas

Terminal

Deodoro

Terminal

Santos Dumont

Terminal

BRT TransBrasil

2016

BRT TransBrasil


Pictures by T. Lindau of TransMilenio30

Pictures by T. Lindau of TransMilenio

BRT TransBrasil

Need to optimize bus services: collaboration with PUC, Chile

BRT TransBrasil

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demand

+

demand

Simulating the performance of alternative services & docking configurations

BRT TransBrasil

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BRT TransBrasil

Simulating alternative routes

The importance for conducting a strategic alignment

Wider Myopic

Strategic Alignment

Strategic Alignment

Roadmap workshops for BRT implementation

define opportunity and success

map actors

identify implementation risks

develop a risk management strategy

frame project and identify critical paths

Strategic Alignment

Roadmap framing workshops

including risk assessment

October 2010: BRT network

August 2011: Phase I of

TransOeste

Foto

Foto

Road Safety Audits

BRT TransCarioca,

Phase I:

28 km

AUDIT

BRT TransOeste:

40 km

AUDIT +

INSPECTION

Road Safety Recommendations

To increase safety, EMBARQ proposed:

SPEED REDUCTION PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS SIGNAL TIMING

TransOeste: typical section at stations

FLEXIBLE

COTA

FLEXIBLE

COTA5,15m7,00m

TRAFFIC

7,00m

Local TrafficSidewalk Sidewalk7,00m

BRT7,00m

BRT

7,00m

TRAFFIC

7,00m

Local Traffic




i.e., reduce speeds along

av. das Américas


i.e, improving fences at stations

i.e.,

introducing

lateral

barriers at

stations

1.3 million deaths/yr


Mobility has big impact on public health


Noise: stress, other diseases

Public Health Assessment – BRT TransCarioca

Road safety

Air quality

Physical activity & quality

of life

Public Health Assessment – Road safety

Roadways where TransCarioca will be implemented

Crash data (January 2008 to October 2010)All crashes: 2,781/yr

Injury crashes: 562/yr (20% of total crashes)

Injury crashes60% vehicle crashes

30% pedestrian crashes

Crash density (crash/km/yr)Highest on Av. Ayrton Senna = 110 crashes/km/yr

Public Health Assessment – Road safety

RecommendationsReduce speeds

50 km/h where pedestrian flow is high

Prioritize pedestriansHigher quality sidewalks

Safer transfer points between feeder lines and the BRT

Guardrails on sidewalks and on islands to guide pedestrians

Use of pedestrian signals

Special attention near schools Implement speed reduction measures

Public Health Assessment – Air quality

Concentrations of air pollutants

PM2.5 and NO2 at 3 fixed locations (current bus stops and future BRT

stations)

Mercadão de Madureira

Vicente de Carvalho

Penha

PM2.5 inside buses


ResultsPM2.5 concentrations

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Maximum concentration

at Mercadão Madureira

Average at stations

24-hour mean guideline of WHO

Maximum on rainy days,

windows closed - inside buses

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ResultsNO2 concentrations


24-hour mean guideline of WHO

Average at stations

Maximum concentration

at Mercadão Madureira


Recommendations to improve air quality

Adopt cleaner bus and fuel technologies

Optimize feeder routes and services

Plant trees and greenery along the corridor

Public Health Assessment – Physical

activity & Quality of Life

Household survey

3,000 residents living within 500 m

of 3 future BRT stations

Madureira

Vicente de Carvalho

Penha

Overall physical activity levels of residents along corridor (%)



*Leisure does not include sports and exercise

**Levels of activity (min/week) as defined by WHO

Physical activity (min/week) according to main

mode of transport



Resident´s access to modes

34% to car

28% to bicycle

8% to motorcycle

19% satisfied with public spaces for bicycles

24% satisfied with conditions of sidewalks



Recommendations

Provide high quality BRTenhanced security at stations

safe and comfortable access to attract car users

Improve quality of sidewalks

Provide bike lanes and bike parking increase catchment area of BRT

cycling as alternative to feeder buses

Adequate environment in parks and public spacespromote physical activity

increase desirability of neighborhood



BRT Marketing Workshop:

How to Attract and Captivate Users

ObjectiveShare world’s best practices

Encourage investments in marketing for

BRT

Step by step: how to develop a marketing

plan

Marketing for BRT

Marketing plan based

on EMBARQ’s manual:

“From here to there”

Globo TV, Brasil TV, Jornal Extra, CBN Radio, Bandeirantes

TV, Record TV, Band News Radio, Jornal O Dia

BRT Experience: press missions

TransOeste: Satisfaction Survey

93% of passengers are satisfied with

TransOeste

89% indicated speed as main

advantage

Source: Fetranspor - May, 2013

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Chile

August 23rd, 2013 at 11am EDT

Presenting how our design algorithm works and some

results of its implementation on a simple network

Thank you!

Special thanks to a highly

motivated and qualified team

of partners, colleagues and

collaborators


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