New Priorities
There is tremendous momentum to improve mobility in Brazil's cities. Photo by CTS-Brasil.
"We must understand that investment in urban mobility is an investment in the improvement of people's lives."
- President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil
In 2009, Brazil's Federal Government committed $6.6 billion to improve urban mobility, with a priority on bus rapid transit. The country's sustainable transport agenda gained significant international attention when it won the bid to host two of the world’s biggest sporting events: the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
CTS-Brasil will help the Ministry of Cities establish criteria for federal financing of an additional $10 billion in sustainable transit solutions. CTS-Brasil contributed to a BRT manual for the Brazilian National Association of Bus Transit Operators—a document that is being distributed to all urban and metropolitan bus operators in the country.
President Lula declared sustainable mobility a priority for Brazilian cities in a speech during an event hosted and organized by CTS-Brasil and Challenge Bibendum. It was the first time ever that a president of Brazil attended an international sustainable urban mobility event.
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Brazil plans to implement about 500 kilometers of BRT systems in eight FIFA World Cup host cities, almost doubling the current length of Latin America’s existing BRT corridors.
Photo by whl.travel.
