Uploaded on 2015-04-22 by marianarwitt

Public transport in the city of Porto Alegre comes down to the bus because there is no subway in the city. There is only one intercity rail link connecting the metropolitan area, the TRENSURB. In the picture we see one of the pathways that lead to the top of the city of Porto Alegre, the Farrapos Avenue that connects various neighborhoods to the historic center, plus the background we see the Cairu Terminal, one of the public transport stations closest to the train station. We also see taxis, important means of transport in the city. Within the visible information is the great road flow, there is an average of one vehicle for every 2.27 people, according to the Public Company of Transportation and Circulation (EPTC). We also see the various means of transport that connect. As the EPTC, more than a million people use public transport every day, if you count the metropolitan area that figure rises to two million. The increase in private vehicle fleet has two main reasons, ease of financing and inefficiency of public transport. Several multinationals have established themselves in Brazil in recent years and the government encouraged the credit for the purchase of passenger cars, on the other hand did not basic infrastructure works and what we have today are avenues absolutely crammed with vehicles. Another question, which I believe to be the main, is the total precariousness of public transportation. All buses go to the old town, if you want to go from one neighborhood to the other must go to the center and from there to pay another bus to go to your destination. This leads to the travel time of double and traffic buildup in the center. A few years ago the city proposed building perimeter linking these radial in order to relieve the center, proposed three perimeter, among them only fulfills its function, it connects the north to the south of the city. There is also the dependence of the bus, Porto Alegre is 243 years old and has no subway, emerged a project to run before the World Cup in 2014, but so far failed to materialize. Lately the city has invested in bike paths, is proposed the construction of over 20km of cycle path through the city, but so far have been built 9.4 Km. See how city dweller that with a larger look at the data that the city generates could think of better solutions, for example, the region that the photo was taken was predominantly industrial and nowadays are virtually abandoned neighborhoods, called 4th District with negative censuses and per capita income falling. Thinking revitalize this area that is strategically located mixing uses, proposing new, more sustainable means of transport and bringing people of their work already would solve part of the situation. [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14297415966578434.jpg