Curitiba

Question 1

Sustainable developments in Curitiba- transport

Answer 1

• arterial roads
• buses instead of subway- much cheaper
• express bus lanes- much faster
• the buses are affordable and passengers only need one ticket to make a journey regardless of how many times they change buses
• tickets are a single prices regardless of the length of the journey as they realised that a more expensive ticket with a longer journey disadvantaged the lower income families who tend to live on the outskirts of the city.
• public transport is now used by 75% of commuters on weekdays with the result that there is 25% less congestion in Curitiba and 30% lower fuel consumption than in other similar sized Brazilian cities
• To allow for more passengers, they have introduced bi-articulated buses with three compartments, each bus holding up to 270 people.
• faster loading and unloading.

Question 2

Sustainable developments in Curitiba- citizenship streets

Answer 2

• have been built along the five arterial roads close to some of the most heavily used bus terminals
• the major hospitals are located along the express bus routes
• total health care centres provide health care for all children up to 5 yrs for 24 hrs a day

Question 3

What were the advantages of the Environmental Cleanup Programme?

Answer 3

All of Curitiba’s citizens are provided with clean drinking water and 90% have access to sewage systems as a result of the Environmental Cleanup Programme.