November 2006
Brazilian urban planning guru, Jaime Lerner, has cracked the problem of getting a city to run well. His idea - to put people before cars - has vastly improved residents' quality of li...
November 2006 Brazilian urban planning guru, Jaime Lerner, has cracked the problem of getting a city to run well. His idea - to put people before cars - has vastly improved residents' quality of life.
Lerner has revolutionised transport in his hometown of Curibita, diverting traffic around the centre. Huge pedestrian areas and parks have replaced busy roads and congestion has been tackled with an efficient bus service. As Lerner explains; "If you want to make life better for people, make the cities better."
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As for tourists, there's plenty of places to see, however it is not worth an overseas trip (better visit places like Rio, Amazon, Pantal or the Northeast). It might not be a great place to visit, but as the video says it is certainly a wonderful place to live (specially when compared to other capitals in Brazil).
Update! Curitiba will have subway before 2014 (World Cup). The first stretch will cover the North-South stretch of the system, which is the busiest one. Once the system goes underground the street level (where the busses run right now) will be turned into parks, recreational areas and bike paths.
I was born in Brazil but was raised in the U.S and one day I decided to visit this so called '' cidade dos sonhos'' I'll tell you this , It is the most BORING place, BORING people I have ever been to, and not mentioning the BORING Canadians living there. There ain't nothing to do in that god forsaken place. I'd rather be in Fresno-California instead.
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amo de coração!
but they are fixing these streets right now... for my buses....
The first word of a sentence, or of a fragment, begins with a capital letter.
Lesson One:
Tee is spelled tea instead of tee is spelled tea. Because you are playing the Bitch Nazi teacher today. Your own sentence is not complete without a ( . ) .