STEM TRANSPORTATION PLAN, CURITIBA, BRAZIL

A DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN OF THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN DEVELOPED FOR CURITIBA, BRAZIL, WHICH IS BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF A LINEAR DEVELOPMENT AS DISTINCT FROM A RADIAL-CONCENTRIC PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT. TAKING THE PLACE OF THE PREVIOUS HIGHLY CONGESTED SIX-LANE MAJOR ACCESS ROUTE, THE TRANSPORTATION LINEAR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF THREE ACCESS WAYS IN WHICH THE OUTER TWO ARE FAST ONE-WAY CAR ROUTES, WHILE THE CENTRE ONE CONSISTS OF THREE TWO-LANE ROADWAYS. THE CENTRAL TWO LANES ARE RESERVED FOR EXPRESS BUSES WHILE THE OUTER LANES ARE FOR SLOW-MOVING LOCAL TRAFFIC. TERMINALS ARE PLANNED EVERY 800M ALONG THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TO PROVIDE CHANGE OF MODE FACILITIES. THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE CITY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AS A SYSTEM OF ONE-WAY STREETS, PEDESTRIAN AREAS AND TRANSPORTATION TERMINALS.

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  Athens Center for Ekistics

  P.O. Box 471
  Athens 13L,   Greece 
• Authors:
  • BELL, G
• Publication Date: 1974-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 398-402
• Serial:
  • Ekistics
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 223
  • Publisher: Athens Technological Organization
  • ISSN: 0013-2942

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Area traffic signal control; Buses; Central business districts; Express buses; Intermodal terminals; Modal split; One way streets; One way traffic; Passenger terminals; Pedestrian areas; Pedestrian malls; Public transit; Rapid transit; Shopping centers; Traffic flow; Traffic lanes; Transportation planning; Urban development; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Segregation
• Geographic Terms: Brazil; South America
• ITRD Terms: 669: Area traffic control; 8012: Brazil; 1272: Bus; 2771: One way street; 341: Pedestrian precinct; 744: Public transport; 1181: Rapid transit system; 350: Segregation (traffic, pedestrians); 320: Shopping centre; 8104: South America; 311: Town centre; 671: Traffic flow; 2827: Traffic lane; 374: Urban development
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083251
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1982 12:00AM