Conducted research on sustainable transport in Brazil

Ideas that directly or indirectly improve urban mobility

Southeast Region

“The project aims to introduce an alternative in terms of sustainable development based on the production of food in poor communities with great demographic concentrations to alleviate the situation of those populations at risk, acting positively on issues of social, economic and environmental relevance.The project aims to set up community garden nuclei in the east side of the city of São Paulo, in an effort to improve the living conditions of those more afflicted by the social scourge, involving them in a participatory project through the creation of job opportunities, vocational training for participants and their dependents and the systematic generation of income with the selling of the produce obtained with the project.Its scope of action is chiefly concentrated in the east side of the city of São Paulo, an area characterized by a high concentration of unemployed, the low schooling levels of its residents, high crime rates and for the lack of job opportunities for youths and teenagers. Income and urban-jobs generation, adding value to the produce of the community gardens and the social integration of the communities with the environment are the project’s main working axes.”

Urban Agriculture and Community Gardens ProjectOrganization Cities Without Hunger

http://cidadessemfome.org/en/project/

How is it linked with Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility in Urban HealthThe Project brings to the local people, health food and work near their home.

Will run in Sao Paulo the first electric taxis in Brazilhttp://www.tudodecarro.com.br/noticias/rodaram-sao-paulo-os-primeiros-taxis-eletricos-do-brasil/

Now Brasil will have the first electric taxis in Brasil. The government with political progrmas is helping the taxi drives to buying it.This iniciative is such important thinking about the reduction of the air and sound polution for people health.

Rio's favelas will have escalators inspired in system of Medellínhttp://thecityfixbrasil.com/2012/04/19/favelas-do-rio-terao-escadas-rolantes-inspiradas-em-sistema-de-medellin/

The design of the escalators is successful in Medellin have increased by urban development and was greeted with optimism in the capital of Rio, as both social and physical characteristics are similar in the slum.

Santos and Sorocaba have joined the bicycle as a means of transport

http://thecityfixbrasil.com/2012/02/29/santos-e-sorocaba-ja-aderiram-a-bicicleta-como-meio-de-transporte/

The incentive for the use of bicycles among municipalities is quite simple: whoever crosses the ferry with the bike, pay nothing. If you walk, spend $ 2.20. For this reason, the use of bicycles already accounts for 8% of all locomotion made between the two cities. Another important contribution is the bike lanes Santos: In addition to the topography of the urban area, nearly all flat, favoring the use of bicycles, cycling the network structure is also very good. There are even exclusive semaphores, which ensures the safety of those who adopt the alternative means of transport.

ONU launches campaign on sustainable urban mobilityhttp://invertia.terra.com.br/sustentabilidade/rio20/noticias/0,,OI5844496-EI20323,00-ONU+lanca+campanha+sobre+mobilidade+urbana+sustentavel.html

ONU launched at the “Forte de Copacabana”, the campaign “I'm a City Changer”, so that people become aware that, with little change in routine actions, it is possible to achieve a standard of living more sustainably.

The focus of the campaign in Brazil will be urban mobility and people will be asked to choose less polluting means of transport.

Chairlift as a mean of transportation in Riohttp://www.arcoweb.com.br/arquitetura/jorge-mario-jauregui-estacoes-teleferico-rio-

janeiro-24-01-2012.html

One of the biggest slums in Rio won in 2011 an unusual mean of transportation in Brazil. The Chairlift (Teleférico) is the first system of transport by cable in Brazil and takes three thousand passengers per hour.

Public Bicycles System in São Paulo and Rio http://www.mobilicidade.com.br/bikesampa.asp

http://www.mobilicidade.com.br/bikerio.asp

Bike Rio and Bike Sampa, is a city hall’s sustainability project in partnership with Itaú bank and the bicycles system SAMBA. The bicycles are available is stations distributed in strategic points in the city, easing the “come and go” of the people in the urban center.

Sao Caetano will have public bycicles starting from September

http://www.dgabc.com.br/News/5963922/sao-caetano-tera-bicicletas-publicas-a-partir-de-setembro.aspx

The initiative aims to encourage non-motorized transport. The applicant will register and receive the card to release the vehicle. It is not necessary to deliver it at the same point.

Sao Caetano is engaged and concerned with the National Policy on Urban Mobility, which aims to prioritize non-motorized transport and public, as well as accessibility.

Southern Region

Curitiba development of transport system because of Copa

http://www.transparencia.gov.br/copa2014/curitiba/mobilidade-urbana/

The projects prioritize the implementation and improvement of public transportation systems and non-motorized modes - aimed at pedestrians and cyclists - as well as the integration between different modes of transport, with the constant concern to achieve the concept of universal accessibility, ensuring mobility of the elderly and people with disabilities or restricted mobility.

The Buses of Brazil: Connectivity - Intelligent Transport Solutionhttp://unfccc.int/secretariat/momentum_for_change/items/6639.php

Ericsson has deployed an innovative transport solution based on 3G/WCDMA mobile broadband for URBS who is responsible for the operation and supervision of Curitiba’s transportation and transit systems. The system uses Ericsson’s F3607GW module, a fast mobile broadband module with reduced power consumption and high-performance GPS.

A machine-to-machine communication solution developed by local partner Dataprom gives the Curitiba public transport authority URBS a wide range of information about its fleet. URBS can now monitor bus routes, time spent at bus stops, speed, distance traveled, and times for arrival and departure. Fleet management systems, controllers can access information about and monitor their fleet.

More efficient public transport, reduced emissions and energy use, and a modern mobile broadband network for bus passengers: mobile broadband modules from Ericsson are making life better for people in the Brazilian city of Curitiba.

The news “paraciclos” of Vidal Ramos – Florianópolis(SC)http://bicicletanarua.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/os-novos-paraciclos-da-vidal-ramos/

Vidal Ramos revitalized the main street with more space to people and bicicles.The paraciclos are a structure to stop the bike, they invented a usefull structure, thinking about urbanism and space use.

How is it linked with Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility in Urban Health

The revitalization is attracting both new customers, moving by bicycle to reach the region today and allow visitors to use this vehicle to avoiding future problems of urban mobility.

Bus with front rack in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sulhttp://www.caloi.com/home/

In Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, a bus with front rack to carry two bikes at time is already in operation, and other Brazilian cities have spoken to test the system, as São Paulo.

Electric Tricycle (Hurry) in Blumenau- Santa CatarinaUsed as mean of internal transport in companies, and several shopping outlets.

http://www.oficinadaspalavras.com/noticias_ver.asp?noticia_id=632

Recently, two developments in southern Brazil started using Hurry as a means of transportation.A highlight of the Hurry is economy. For less than a penny, you can go one thousand meters. The equipment can travel 25 kilometers with a full load. helps in reducing the emission of gases in the atmosphere, offers greater stability to the conductor, making the use quite simple.

Line of Small Business in Porto AlegreThe project is a way to expand the service SMIC and SEBRAE

http://www2.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/smic/default.php?p_noticia=139687&LINHA+DA+PEQUENA+EMPRESA+ENTRA+EM+OPERACAO+SEGUNDA-FEIRA

This project will take to Porto Alegre’s neighborhoods formalization, professional training and microcredit. The bus has a technician of each entity to attend the public offering business management orientation, small business formalization, microcredit, charter and municipal licenses , etc.

The BRT's construction started in Porto Alegrehttp://thecityfixbrasil.com/2012/03/09/obras-do-brt-de-porto-alegre-comecam-segunda-feira/

The project is part of the body of work listed in the Responsibility Matrix Cup, and has a great mission to qualify the public transport system, and alleviate the problem of traffic chaos that the Porto Alegre experience every day.

Porto Alegre wins new bicycle pathhttp://thecityfixbrasil.com/2011/12/22/porto-alegre-ganhara-nova-ciclovia/

Porto Alegre in 2012 will win a bike lane in one of its main avenues, Avenida Ipiranga. The bike path will be 9.4 kilometers long and runs on one side of the slope of the Arroio Dilúvio.

Northern Region

Abare I in Tapajós RiverAn innovative strategy of healthcare for coastal communities.

http://abare.redemocoronga.org.br/ http:// janelaamazonica.com

The Boat Abare offers several health care focused on the population that is on the banks of the Tapajós river and do not have easy access to other health centers by land, constituted as an innovative and sustainable, serving 2785 people near their homes. Besides doctors and nurses, the boat has other professionals such as art educators and clowns leading information and entertainment for the children involved.This project is conducted through a partnership of the Health & Happiness, Municipal Health - SEMSA, with the support of Terres des Hommes Foundation, Netherlands.

Afua’s sustainable carsCars moved by human traction are the principal means of transportation in this city

http://globotv.globo.com/rede-globo/globo-natureza/v/globo-amazonia-bicicletas-de-afua/1313742/

Afuá is a city constantly flooded by the city’s river, disabling the use of the conventional car prohibited by law in this location. Thinking about it 11 years ago Raimundo Gonçalves do Socorro Souza, a resident seeking more comfort for a walk with his family invented what is now the primary means of transportation in the city. Vehicles with three or four wheels, pedals for propulsion equipment and cars as seats, steering, lights, play DVDs, etc.. This sustainable mean of transport requires no fuel and is made from reused bikes and parts for cars.

Riverine bank agency in ManausSocioeconomic development and included bank to local population

http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/caixa/agencia-barco-caixa-percorre-amazonas-617836.shtmlhttp://www.brasil.gov.br/noticias/arquivos/2011/07/12/agencia-barco-da-caixa-realiza-mais-de-10-mil-atendimentos-no-rio-solimoes.

With the objective of assisting municipalities in the Amazon Basin, the Chico Mendes river bank agency of Caixa Economica Federal Bank, travel in an area of about 153 000 people with mobility difficulties providing access to banking services and social programs.

Northeast Region

Save small companies adopting sustainable measureshttp://g1.globo.com/natureza/rio20/noticia/2012/06/pequenas-empresas-economizam-ao-adotar-medidas-sustentaveis.html

Initiatives include training of employees and cutting waste.

Jamilton Pereira, a restaurant owner, (Camaçari, Bahia) decided to partner with a timber to use the surplus resulting from the sawdust; all the garbage generated is separated and sent for recycling; the remains of food is donated to a swine producer in the region, which uses them to feed the pigs; architecture more "green" natural lighting.(…)Paulo Gomes, a washhouse owner, (Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso) decided to take the heat from the local weather to dry the clothes and automate the washing equipment, which meant that spent less water and chemicals. (…)

Itatira (Ceará) - Apiarist MuleTo help in the acess in collection areas and charge transport, a producer creates a protective clothing for the animal walk between the hives without fear.

http://revistagloborural.globo.com/GloboRural/0,6993,EEC1686273-2869,00.html

Itatira is the biggest producer of honey in Ceará. Vieira, the apiarist, created a protective clothing for the animal walk between the hives to help in the acess in collection areas. Before the apiarist mule, the producers had to take the collection on foot or in small cars (handcarts) to the seat of the Association of Itatira’s Producers of Honey.

“Cuscuzeira” Car – João Pessoa Pernambucohttp://www.cadernodematerias.com/1568-novo-modelo-exclusivo-para-as-estradas-do-nordeste.html

It’s a exclusive car model to Northeast Roads. This mean of transportation is not custom-made. You can have only if you order.

“Caminho da Escola” ProgramFor children do not stop studying . Houston Business and the government offer 205 thousand bicycles

http://www.euvoudebike.com/2011/06/houston-fornece-205-mil-bicicletas-para-estudantes-da-area-rural-do-nordeste/

Students of the rural area earn from the Houston Business and the government 205 thousand bicycles that will help in locomotion to school. This attitude intends to help in education and culture.

West Central Region

Federal District will build more 235 km of bike laneshttp://thecityfixbrasil.com/2012/01/19/distrito-federal-vai-construir-mais-235-km-de-ciclovias/

The Federal District government promises to expand its network of bike lanes in at least 235 km. With an estimated investment of $ 66 million, already approved the work should start in 2012 and still cover 12 cities - including the capital Brasilia. The aim of the project is that increasingly brasilienses use the bicycle as a means of transport for their daily activities.

General Information

Law allows the transport of bicycles on the subway in Brazil is regulated

http://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/cidades/2012/02/13/interna_cidadesdf,289801/lei-que-permite-o-transporte-de-bicicleta-no-metro-e-no-vlt-e-regulamentada.shtml

Was published in “ Diario oficial do DF”, the decree ° 33.529, of february 10, 2012 which regulates the law n° 4.216/2008, allowing the passengers that use subway system can transport your bikes or similar in subway cars. São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte States, also joined the law, but with some diferent rules like operating hours, number of bikes allowed in the bus (...)

Sustainable mobility for all - the culture of cycling moves in Brazilhttp://thecityfixbrasil.com/2012/04/11/mobilidade-sustentavel-para-todos-%E2%80%93-a-cultura-da-bicicleta-avanca-no-brasil/

Brazilian cities are beginning to invest in this system, and often this desire for change comes from the population, which is saturated with traffic jams, polluted cities and ashes. As we have shown in this post here, young people today have a different vision of where they live and do not want to get stuck in cars in canned jam. (…)

http://www.wri.org/wri-e-rio2012/embarq-brasil

EMBARQ Brasil

The EMBARQ Brazil helps governments and companies in developing and implementing sustainable solutions to the problems of transport and mobility in cities. By promoting sustainable transport, EMBARQ Brazil is working to reduce pollution, improve public health, reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and create urban public spaces safe, accessible and pleasant to the living

Rio de Janeiro opens the first BRT corridor

It is estimated that the system should benefit about 220,000 people daily, they will have more comfort and halve the current travel time.

EMBARQ Brazil and Rio, a partnership for sustainability

- BRT Simulator - Road Safety Audits- Workshop of Marketing- Strategic Alignment- BRT Experience : Missions and Technical Press

1st. World Bicycle Forum of Porto Alegrehttp://thecityfixbrasil.com/2012/01/12/1%C2%BA-forum-mundial-da-bicicleta-em-porto-

alegre/

1st. World Bicycle Forum of Manaushttp://www.pedalamanaus.org/forum/

The shares will be held in various parts of the city, from bike rides to lectures and workshops and safety guidelines for cyclists.

Network of municipalities Potentially Healthyhttp://www.redemunicipiosps.org.br

Is constituted as an integrated network of cities coordinated by Dr. Ana Maria Girotti Sperandio with a mission to "collaborate in the construction of healthy public policies in a participatory and articulated through the various representatives." Account with the technical support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO / WHO), the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP / Faculty of Medical Sciences / Department of Preventive and Social Medicine), Institute of Special Research Society (IPES) , members of the 40 municipalities in five states (SP, MG, RJ, AM and PR) and partners such as the Watershed Committee of Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiaí - PCJ.

Experiences with community gardens

Conchal besides being part of the project MASSUr, is among the several municipalities of the Network of Potentially Healthy Municipalities that have implemented community gardens, bringing work practices and healthy foods close to their residents, resulting in income, physical and mental health to their participants.

Source: http://www.conchal.sp.gov.br

Velocity 2012: Building A Faster, Stronger Webhttp://velocityconf.com/velocity2012

The only things expanding faster than new techniques and technologies to build a faster, stronger web are the expectations of web and mobile users.Velocity is the best place to learn from peers, exchange ideas with experts, and share what has worked (and equally importantly, what has not worked) in real world applications. The focus is on practical, large-scale web development, presented by experts.

The Objectives of Walk21 are to respond to the growing demand for a partnership of the world’s policy makers, researchers, campaigners and practitioners to:

- Confirm the importance of walking issues at political and policy levels

- Provide an international platform for an inclusive discussion

- Acknowledge the research, practice and promotion undertaken so far and to highlight best practice

- Identify the need for future research and opportunities for funding future networking.

International delegates attending a Walk21 conference do so to have the opportunity to hear from leading professionals about programmes, policies and projects that really work and explore those themes in action through walking tours and visits arranged in the host city.

WALK 21 CONFERENCEShttp://www.walk21.com/conferences/default.asp

FIA FOUNDATIONhttp://www.fiafoundation.org/Pages/homepage.aspx

Very interesting web site.

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