3. Fortaleza (CE)
Manaus (AM)
Natal (RN)
Recife (PE)
3.7 M inhab
Brasília (DF) Salvador (BA)
Cuiabá (MT)
Belo Horizonte (MG)
5.3 M inhab
São Paulo (SP) Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Curitiba (PR) 11.3 M inhab
3.2 M inhab
Porto Alegre (RS)
4.1 M inhab
Olympic Games 2016 + FIFA’s World Cup 2014
9 of 12 cities = 503 km of BRT
4. Rio’s Agenda of Mega Events
2011 Military World Games
2012 UN Conference Eco Rio + 20
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
2014 FIFA World Cup
2015 Rio de Janeiro 450 years anniversary
2016 The Olympic Games
7. Rio’s Master Plan for improving Public
Transport: 4 Pillars
Rio’s Master Plan
New
New Integrated Institutional Management Infrastructure
Ticketing System Reorganization and Control and Vehicles
8. Rio de Janeiro is committing US$2.5 Bn from 2009-2015
to improve Public Transport for the future of the city
Key issue
Optimizing the supply
of public transportation
17. BRT + Metro will be the transport backbone
providing connections to mega events
BRT TransCarioca: Barra– Penha
(North Zone)– Intl. Airport
BRT TransOeste: Barra –
Guaratiba (West Zone)
DEODORO MARACANÃ
BRT TransOlimpico: Barra -
Deodoro (Nortwestern Zone)
BRT Av.Brasil: North Zone – COPACABANA
Downtown
BARRA
Metro L4: Barra - Ipanema (South
Zone)
Metro L1: Copacabana –
Downtown (implemented)
18. BRT TransCarioca Travel time in public transportation
(minutes)
96
47
-49
today With BRT
28 km
38 stations
380,000 pass/day
250 articulated BRT vehicles
ITS control
Central dispatching
Integrated fare and services
24. Current crash record:
where TansCarioca will be implemented
3500
3000
2500
Crashes per
2000
No injury
year
1500 Injury
1000
500
0
2008 2009 2010
Source: CET-Rio
25. Current crash record:
where TansCarioca will be implemented
22 injuries/km/year
Higher than other BRT corridors
audited/inspected by EMBARQ
2 crashes with injuries per day
20% of total crashes have injuries
Brazilian average for urban areas is 14%
Source: CET-Rio, IPEA
26. Yearly costs of crashes
Every year, crashes where TransCarioca
BRT is to be implemented cost the city =
12 million USD (*)
(*) based on cost of crashes reported by IPEA
Institute for Applied Economic Research (Brazil)
27. Changing the status quo
Road Safety Auditing
Incorporates road safety
measures in the conceptual
phase of a project
Much cheaper than altering
projects already implemented
Potential to reduce approx.
30% of crashes (typical cases)
28. Example of road safety
issue identified by audit
Expected flow of
Then island will have to
passengers (each
side of the central accomodate 100
BRT platform per passengers every traffic
traffic signal cycle): signal cycle.
100 pass
Traffic signals: different
signal phases for BRT and
mixed traffic.
29. Benefits from auditing
Transcarioca corridor
Reductions in crash severity
Yearly avoidance:
800 crashes
200 injuries with 10 deaths, assuming 5% fatality rate
30. Impact of the first audit
Created desire for more auditing across
many public transportation projects
Convinced of need for internal capacity
building in road safety auditing and
inspection
