City Showcase in Latin America

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DAY 1	Monday 23 March 2015
Opening and keynote presentations
	Welcome to Rio de Janeiro	Mr. Alberto Nygaard, Transport Municipality of Rio de Janeiro
	Overview of the Viajeo Plus project and objectives of the city showcase in LA	Ms Manuela Flachi, ERTICO– ITS Europe
	2016 Olympic Mobility Plan – Brazil transport challenges	Ms Simone Silva, Transport agency in the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro
Best mobility practices implemented in Latin America cities
	Innovative Public Transport Solutions and enabling Infrastructure in Brazil	Mr. Stenio Franco, UITP Latin America and Brazilian Association to Public Transportation
	Introduction to transport policies in Cariacica city (Brazil)	Ms Simone Franco Garcia, Chief of the Mayor Cabinet of Cariacica city
	TURBLOG transferability case study in Cariacica	Dr. Paul Timms, University of Leeds
	Attractive and sustainable mobility – Mexico City	Dr Magnus Kuschel, Commute Greener
	Logistics services in Brazilian cities	Mr José Haerdy, Michelin Brazil
Best mobility practices implemented in European cities
	Best mobility practices in Madrid	Mr. Sergio Fernandez Balaguer, EMT, City of Madrid
	Best mobility practices in Lyon	Ms Diana Diziain, Communauté urbaine de Lyon
	Best mobility practices in Istanbul	Ms Betul Guney, IMM, City of Istanbul (TBC)
	Sustainable public transport in Gothenburg	Mr. Mats Rosenquist, Gothenburg, Volvo
Fare and ticketing system implemented in world cities
	BIP Cuneo and Regional Service Centre: multi-operator ticketing and clearing”	Mr.Guido di Pasquale, on behalf of ATI Saluzzo – Association of Cuneo Province PT
	Tolling payment for Public Transport Development	Ms Hanne Bertnes Norli, Ruter, Oslo City
	Fight against frauds in the public transport sector	Mr. Cândido André Rodrigues , Empresa 1, Fortaleza

DAY 2	Tuesday 24 March 2015
	Technical site visit B: BRT for large events in Rio de Janeiro
	Technical site visit C: Gondola Lift system in Rio de Janeiro (on the bus)

     

DAY 3               Wednesday  25 March 2015
	The importance of cooperation between Europe and Brazil on sustainable urban mobility	Dr. Augusto de Albuquerque, EU delegation to Brazil
	Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs)	Ms. Nívea Oppermann Peixoto, EMBARQ Brazil
Green Urban Mobility
	Brazilian Scenarios on Electric Vehicles	Mr. Ricardo Takahira, Magneti Marelli – ABNT
	EV and innovative clean mobility – the Twizy use case	Mr. Jean- Grebert, Renault
	e-Mobility implementation in Brazil	Ms Silvia Barcik, Renault Brazil
	Smart cities and effective mobility management solutions	Mr. Samson Tsegay, SWARCO
Sustainable Transport Award 2015 – Three winner Brazilian Cities
	Cycling network for bus and bikes lanes	Mr. Tadeu Leite Duarte, Traffic Engineering Company of the São Paulo City
	MOVE BRT – pedestrian-only streets and a 27-km cycling network	Mr. Ramon Victor Cesar, BH TRANS

The metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro has a total population of 12.6 million inhabitants. Rio has hosted large events such as the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and is getting ready for the Olympics Games in 2016. Such events require major changes in transport infrastructure.

To create a sustainable transport network, the city has massively invested on public transport over the last years. As 71% of all daily trips are made by bus, the number of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lanes is increasing. New Metro lines 3 and 4 and a Light Rail Transit line in downtown Rio are also under construction.

The showcase included:

• Rio Operations Center (COR): It integrates 30 entities that monitor the city, 24 hours a day, every day. Currently they integrates all stages of crisis management: detection, prevention and immediate response to events such as heavy rains, landslides and traffic accidents. The COR cordinates the activities of more than 30 municipal and state departments plus private utility and transportation companies.
• BRT for large events: The main response to the increasing mobility demand relates to the expansion of BRT lanes. The Transoeste, TransCarioca and Transolímpica BRTs have already reduced user’s travelling time by up to 50%. The Transoeste and TransCarioca lanes are currently being expanded.
• Gondola Lift system: Latin American cities such as Rio de Janeiro, Caracas, Medellin and La Paz are using Cable Public Transport to complement its public transport services. This infrastructure is used in areas with abrupt orography where access by road is complicated. In Brazil, the Gondola lift in Rio is now integrated into the city’s public transport network, providing a quick and safe transport solution for those who live in the mountainous neighborhoods of the city’s suburbs.

São Paulo is the is the biggest financial center in Brazil and the sixth largest cit in the world, with around 21 million inhabitants. It hosts more than 200 events every day.

São Paulo owns a complex transport system due to the size of the urban area and the intense movement between the cities within the metropolitan region. The city has an extensive bus network with around 16,000 buses, several urban trains and metros managed by different operators, and 57 km of monorails under construction.

The showcase included:

• Leisure Operating Cycling lines: São Paulo local authorities have applied an innovative approach to allow flexible use of road space. This approach consists of transforming middle or left lanes on roads into cycling lanes on Sunday and public holidays from 7:00h to 16:00h.
• Intermodal Public Transport and Integrated Ticketing: Public Transport modes in São Paulo include busses, trains, monorail and Metro, interconnected by means of physical infrastructure and an integrated ticketing system. In addition, the installation of parking facilities near the Metro and a system that enables drivers to get a round-trip ticket in the public transport in exchange for the parking fee aim to reduce traffic in the city.
• Metro network and Monorail: São Paulo Metro is operative since 1974 and includes 5 lines, 4 under public management which remain open every day from 4:40h to midnight. The Metro network is integrated with the railway network in the metropolitan region, composed by 6 lines. Moreover, São Paulo aims to create the highest capacity Monorail in the world. The Monorail Line 15 Silver, powered by electricity, will operate with 58 trains which will moveat a speed of up to 80km/h.
• Expresso Tiradentes BRT: Although Brazil is the birthplace of BRT, São Paulo has only a 10 km long corridor called Expresso Tiradentes. Operated since 2007, Expresso Tiradentes has 3 terminals which are integrated with metro stations and 6 bus stops. At rush hours the headway is every 2 minutes and the travel time of the entire route is 13 minutes with an average speed of 37.5 km/h.
• Eco-Frota Programme: This programme was launched in 20011 to comply with a piece of legislation which aims the entire system of public transport in São Paulo to operate with renewable fuels by 2018, through gradually reducing the use of fossil fuels by at least 10% each year. The measures needed to achieve this goal include the use of biodiesel, ethanol, sugar cane diesel, electricity powered engines, hydrogen, hybrids and battery technologies.

 

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