🌆Case Study - Curitiba Flashcards

1
Q

Where is Curitiba

A

. Capital city of the Parana state in Brazil
. South east Brazil

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How many live in Curitiba

A

Nearly 2 million

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3
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Bus system cost vs metro

A

Bus system costs 200 times less than a metro system

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4
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What % of BRIT users previously travelled by car?

A

30%

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5
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Curitiba uses ___% less fuel per capita and ___ less car trips

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. 30%
. 30 million

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6
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What does the ticket do on the BRIT?

A

Pays for itself

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What % of commuters use the BRIT

A

80% - 50x higher than the numbers who used buses previously

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8
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What % of their income do Curitiba spend on transport?

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10%

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9
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Subway vs BRIT cost to build

A

Subways can cost $2 billion/mile whereas the BRT cost $40million/mile

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Average bus speeds on express routes compared to other routes

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Average bus speeds are 19mph on the express routes compared to 12mph on the other routes

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How many passengers a day?

A

25,000 - 2mi

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12
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How often do buses arrive?

A

Every 60 seconds

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13
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You are never more than ____ from a bus stop

A

400m

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14
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How many users did the bus system loose between 2008 and 2014

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14 million

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15
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What is car ownership in Curitiba compared to the national average?

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Car ownership in Curitiba is 0.63 cars per resident compared with a national average of 0.27 cars per resident

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16
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Why is Curitiba’s car ownership so high?

A

Increasing levels of wealth in the city (Curitiba now has the second highest HDI ranking in Brazil)

17
Q

City’s spending on landscaping vs housing

A

The city spends more on landscaping than it does on housing

18
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What % of the population live in sub standard housing?

19
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Why has the BRIT been criticised?

A

For stopping at the city limits rather than extending into the poorer suburbs

20
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How many bus line?

21
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How many buses?

22
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How many trips a day?

23
Q

What does Curitiba offer its residents?

A

. Happy clean environment to live in
. Peaceful
. Good QOL

24
Q

5 kilos of waste =

A

1 kilo of fruit

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How quickly can a park be built?
2 months
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What have parks done to properties?
Increased their prices
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Concrete wall costs
100m of concrete wall = cost of school so money can be spent on other things
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Green space per inhabitant
4x recommended level
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What are the slums built on?
Illegally on wet land
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What will happen to residents once the slums are demolished?
Rehoused
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Who is designing the new houses to replace the slums?
Free architects designing homes with low interest mortgages