“Curitiba is a system which provides a third-world solution to a third world problem… not to entice

passengers out of their cars but rather to provide basic public transport for an impoverished

population” –Transit Australia

Curitiba

Early History

Founded in 1693, official capital of Parana in 1842

Early History Two economic

cycles of maté and wood, led to the construction of the Paranagua-Curitiba railroad

Adopted ideas of urban planning and city management

Early History

Immigrants came in waves between the 18th and 19th centuries for labor

History of Planning

French Urban Planner Alfred Agache 1943 - The Agache Plan

History of Planning Ivo Arzo

Called for new plan

Jaime Lerner1965 Curitiba Master Plan

“Simplicity Is Our System”

Mayor Jaime Lerner (1971) Former president of the Curitiba

Research and Urban Planning Institute (IPPUC)

Election gave power to IPPUC

“Simplicity Is Our System”

•Curitiba Master Plan•Growth planned along designated axes rather than in all directions•Trinary Road System•Integrated Transport Network (Rede Integrade de Transporte)

Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano de Curitiba (IPPUC) Founded 1965 IPPUC was

created as a Municipal Independent Public Authority.

Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano de Curitiba (IPPUC)

Participate in every development phase of the Curitiba Preliminary Urban Plan

Integrated Transport Network Zoning- trinary road system

Separated into four different zones1. Structural sector2. ZR 43. ZR 34. ZR 2

Integrated Transport Network The bus system was designed to function like a subway system

In terms of amount of people it could trasport (up to 20,000 pple/hour during rush hour) and frequency

off-vehicle fare collection No additional payment for interchanging between buses Bi-Articulated busses

80.4 meters in length Five passenger doors 270 pple/ 57 seats Bus stops 400-500 meters

Facts about the busway network

Station and Terminals Tubes with off-vehicle fare collection High platform boarding at the tube (handicap

accessible)

Facts about the busway network Bus routes

1550-1600 buses 340 bus lines 60km segregated

busways 26 major and

moderate size integration-interchange terminals

1.9-2.1 million trips per day (demand)

Facts about the busway network

Bus routes Five different buses

Different color buses for different routs

Ecological Capital of Brazil

1970 – Less than 1 sq meters of green space per person

Ecological Capital of Brazil

2002 – 52 sq meters of green space per person

Government Incentives Tax Breaks “Green Exchange” “Garbage That’s

Not Garbage”