Understanding continuity in sustainable transport planning in Curitiba

Jean Mercier, Fabio Duarte, Julien Domingue and Mario Carrier
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Jean Mercier: Université Laval, Canada
Fabio Duarte: Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana, Brazil
Julien Domingue: Université Laval, Canada
Mario Carrier: Université Laval, Canada

Urban Studies, 2015, vol. 52, issue 8, 1454-1470

Abstract: The Brazilian city of Curitiba has long been recognised as an exemplary success in urban planning, particularly its sustainable urban transport, with modal splits strongly favouring public transit. Its success was achieved principally through rigorous and detailed planning, beginning in the 1970s, using policy tools that have been described, and sometimes criticised, as technocratic. After 40 years of a quite successful experience in transport planning and implementation, Curitiba, like many world cities, faces new challenges, particularly in the form of metropolitanisation and increased aspirations for citizen participation. In this paper we investigate which policy tools are being used to face these emerging challenges in Curitiba, whether they are the same as those used in the past and which led the city to be a recognised urban transport success case, or different, more flexible and participative tools presumed to be more in tune with the emerging context of metropolitanisation and increased demands for participation. The answer, coming from interviews within Curitiba transport representatives, current literature review and limited comparisons with other successful transport cities of the Americas, suggests a continuation of Curitiba’s proactive format, one which has led to its past successes, with some modest overtures to more interactive and participatory policy tools.

Keywords: Curitiba; policy instruments; sustainable transport; urban governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098014538526

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