Куритиба без книжных гангстеров

[taki_net]

Я до сих пор думал, что Куритиба - это выдуманный город, возле которого происходит действие романа И.Хмелевской (лучшего из ее романов, настолько хорошего, что его уже почти можно читать).

Оказывается, вовсе нет - это самый настоящий город (1,7 млн. жителей), и в нем лучшая в мире система общественного транспорта.

via altyn

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Как я понял, там не столько транспортную схему для города сделали, сколько город выстроили под транспортную схему. И оно, видимо, икнется.

Собственно, весьма симпатизирующий куритибскому эксперименту журналист недавно так и написал:

Unfortunately, the trends of bus usage are down. While the system has expanded to cover 13 of the cities in the metropolitan region, charging a flat fare that in practice subsidizes the trips of the mostly poorer workers who live in outlying areas, bus ridership within the Curitiba municipality has been declining. “We are losing bus passengers and gaining cars,” says Luis Fragomeni, a Curitiba urban planner. He observes that, like potential users of public transport everywhere, many Curitibanos view it as noisy, crowded and unsafe. Undermining the thinking behind the master plan, even those who live alongside the high-density rapid-bus corridors are buying cars. “The licensing of cars in Curitiba is 2.5 times higher than babies being born in Curitiba,” he says. “Trouble.” Because cars are status symbols, attempts to discourage people from buying them are probably futile. “We say, ‘Have your own car, but keep it in the garage and use it only on weekends,’ ” Fragomeni remarks. And the public-transport system must be upgraded continuously to remain an appealing alternative to private vehicles. “That competition is very hard,” says Paulo Schmidt, the president of URBS, the rapid-bus system. During peak hours, buses on the main routes are already arriving at almost 30-second intervals; any more buses, and they would back up. While acknowledging his iconoclasm in questioning the sufficiency of Curitiba’s trademark bus network, Schmidt nevertheless says a light-rail system is needed to complement it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20Curitiba-t.html