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BRAZIL'S BUSWAYS: A "SUBWAY" THAT RUNS ABOVE THE GROUND

Michael J. Major

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Abstract

An ancient Brazilian city, Curitiba, offers the rest of the world an innovative approach to mass transit by establishing a bus system similar to a metropolitan subway. Although this article will focus on the city's innovations in mass transit, the city's vision for public transportation was inextricably bound up with land use, housing, the reduction of both people and automobile congestion, the lessening of poverty and crime and heightening of education and the quality of life, and more.

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An ancient Brazilian city, Curitiba, offers the rest of the world an innovative approach to mass transit by establishing a bus system similar to a metropolitan subway. Although this article will focus on the city's innovations in mass transit, the city's vision for public transportation was inextricably bound up with land use, housing, the reduction of both people and automobile congestion, the lessening of poverty and crime and heightening of education and the quality of life, and more.

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An ancient Brazilian city, Curitiba, offers the rest of the world an innovative approach to mass transit by establishing a bus system similar to a metropolitan subway. Although this article will focus on the city's innovations in mass transit, the city's vision for public transportation was inextricably bound up with land use, housing, the reduction of both people and automobile congestion, the lessening of poverty and crime and heightening of education and the quality of life, and more.

Key concepts: Metropolitan area, Public transport, Transit (satellite), Transport engineering, Curitiba, Traffic congestion, Light rail transit, Business

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