Jaime Lerner: Sing a song of sustainable cities

http://www.ted.com Jaime Lerner reinvented urban space in his native Curitiba, Brazil. Along the way, he changed the way city planners worldwide see whats possible in the metropolitan landscape.

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[Lu Paludetto]

i lived in Curitiba for 24 years. I have lived in London uk for 10 years now. I still go back every year and it amazes me how much Curitiba has grown and developed. People who say that Curitiba have overcrowded busses and trafic have probably never been to a major city. Yes, trafic is getting heavier, busses are getting fuller, but when you compare with other towns like Sao paulo and London, curitiba is by far the best structured city. I can only praise Lerner for the great work he has done!!

[biggesthitter]

a truly revolutionary and healthy talk, I really enjoy Jaime Lerner's style of delivery and mental attitude.

Attitude + Sustainability = Good Things, Real Good Things.

[abr0wnman]

"creativity starts when you cut a zero from your budget." mass public transportation is the future of transportation. trains are where its at.

[cradrap]

It's possible, it's possible, you can do it, you can do it! hahaha

[Maradovitch]

Jaime Lerner = maior filho da puta da história do Paraná.

[sputnikpanicpuppet]

They must be really really saturated for you to say this, because rush hour isn't nice AT ALL in, for example, big European cities with much more money than Curitiba...

[Talcoeucalol]

Depois há quem diga que "Jaime Lerner" é apenas um arquiteto; discordo, este homem é um gênio. Curitiba deve tudo a ele, pois depois dele, ninguém mais teve a capacidade de transformação de uma cidade e especialmente sendo esta cidade, capital de um estado, tão próxima de grandes eixos como São Paulo e Rio e tão pouco reconhecida!.Este desconhecimento, se deve aos maus políticos, aos "sempre-do-contra", aos "comedores de mamonas" que nada fizeram, todavia, sempre acham defeito em tudo.

[rochelimit55555]

All of this sustainable city movement is saying that Le Corbusier principle is a failure

[Biciklo Akt]

legend portuguese?

[taismainardes]

incredible!!!!!

[João Dias]

The transportatiom system is over its cappacity by far. Those red articulated busses that Lerner showed at the rush hours are like riding in a can. I think that Curitiba sold the idea to ourselves that its transport system was so good, that only few change has been done and any major change is quickly denied.

The result is that the midlle class that 15 years ago used the busses, but now if you have a car (like i do) hardly ride a bus and the traffic is becoming worse each day