scholarly journals The equity implications of TOD in Curitiba

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
André L. B. Turbay ◽  
Rafael H. M. Pereira ◽  
Rodrigo Firmino
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Transit Oriented Development ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Socioeconomic Groups ◽  
Spatial Inequalities

In this paper we analyze how socio-spatial inequalities have been shaped by transport and land-use planning in Curitiba (Brazil), a city internationally recognized for its Transit Oriented Development (TOD) planning based on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). We examine how the spatial organization of the BRT system is associated with the distribution of population densities, socioeconomic groups, and real-estate values and its implications in terms of inequalities of access to employment and health services. The results show that Curitiba's TOD has had limited influence on population densities, but has shaped the concentration of high-income classes and premium real-estate along its main BRT corridors. These effects contribute to the peripheralization of low-income communities with limited accessibility benefits from the transit system. Our findings suggest that Curitiba’s success story should be seen as a cautionary tale about the consequences of TOD planning, which perpetuate the spatial concentration of resources and reinforce inequalities of access to opportunities.

Re-directing developers: New models of rental housing development to re-shape the post-apartheid city?

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Todes ◽  
Jennifer Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Regulatory Pathways ◽  
Built Form ◽  
Critical Attention

The role of developers in shaping the built environment has attracted considerable critical attention, often focussing on the overbearing role of powerful, globalised actors in urban development. But there is also evidence that regulatory pathways shape outcomes. Through the case of a large-scale initiative in Johannesburg, South Africa, the “Corridors of Freedom”, we consider whether there is potential for developmental benefit to be gained from redirecting developer interest to create new kinds of built form. Linked to investment in a bus rapid transit system and agile bureaucracy, a model of closely managed low-income rental housing is emerging, although there is evidence of some displacement of the poorest from more informal housing. The study suggests the importance of reassessing the political complexion and potential of state–developer co-operation in urban development, and of looking more closely at the diversity of developers as well as the array of forms of finance mobilised for urban development beyond financialisation.

Transit and Real Estate Rents

2017 ◽  
Vol 2651 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur C. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Light Rail ◽  
Rail Transit ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Commuter Rail ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
Corridor Location ◽  
Office Rent

Although the literature is mixed on the association between transit proximity and real estate values, it is scant in relation to transit proximity and real estate rents. With CoStar asking-rent data for real estate within 1-mi corridors of several light rail transit (LRT), bus rapid transit (BRT), streetcar transit (SCT), and commuter rail transit (CRT) systems, the association between transit corridor proximity and rents at 0.5 mi and between 0.5 and 1 mi of transit corridor centerlines is estimated. For the most part, SCT has the most robust outcomes. This result is notable because economic outcomes to SCT systems may be the least understood given their recent emergence. LRT systems also have significant, positive associations between rents and corridor location. In contrast, results for BRT are mixed, with no statistically significant association with office rent, a negative association with the retail first 0.5-mi distance band, but positive effects for rental apartments. Across all development types, proximity to CRT corridors either has insignificant associations or significant, negative ones. On the basis of transit type, implications are offered for land use planning along transit corridors.

scholarly journals Ridership and the Built-Form Indicators: A Study from Ahmedabad Janmarg Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS)

Urban Science ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Md Islam ◽  
Mark Brussel ◽  
Anna Grigolon ◽  
Talat Munshi
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Transit Oriented Development ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Job Accessibility ◽  
Built Form

Although the Janmarg (people’s way) Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) system in Ahmedabad, India, achieved worldwide accolades since its introduction, it has not reached its expected ridership. In analyzing ridership, research shows that external factors of BRTS such as built-form indicators have a potentially greater effect on ridership than its internal factors. In order to assess the ridership of the Janmarg BRTS, a methodology was developed based on built-form indicators that were quantified using the “5D” approach. The use of appropriate geo-information science (GIS) techniques helped to analyze the built-form spatial data effectively. The calculated built-form indicators were used as inputs in a regression analysis. The consulted literature suggests a relationship between built-form indicators and ridership. However, in the present study this relationship was not confirmed. Moreover, land-use diversity, road connectivity, and job accessibility by BRTS were found to be relatively low. Several policy recommendations were suggested along the BRTS corridors in line with the existing policy such as the utilization of full Floor Space Index potential, the application of Transit Oriented Development strategies and the integration with non-motorized modes to increase the accessibility to the most important job locations.

scholarly journals The Approaches on Assessing the Influence of a Bus Rapid Transit System on Urban Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutfi Prayogi ◽  
Yeptadian Sari
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Transit Oriented Development ◽  
Transit System ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Transit Ridership

Bus rapid transit (BRT) has been recognized compatible to be built in conjunction with transit-oriented development (TOD). However, little has been explained on how a BRT system may support TOD, including how a BRT system may influence urban development. This article explores the utilized approaches to assessing the influence of a BRT system on urban development under the TOD framework. It explores the justification, methodology, and typical findings of each approach. This article was written through literature review processes that are reviewing the TOD goals and principles and reviewing the utilized approaches. It was found out that there are currently two partially appropriate utilized approaches on assessing the influence of a BRT system on urban development under the TOD framework, that are evaluating the premium brought to properties around the system and assessing the transit ridership change around the system. It was concluded that the two utilized approaches need to be developed, and other new approaches need to be invented.

Life cycle emissions from a Bus Rapid Transit system and comparison with other modes of passenger transportation

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohen Cuéllar ◽  
Rodrigo Buitrago Tello ◽  
Luis Carlos Belalcazar Ceronn
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Passenger Transportation

scholarly journals The smart grid as a security device: Electricity infrastructure and urban governance in Kingston and Rio de Janeiro

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004209802098571
Author(s):  
Francesca Pilo’
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Spatial Inequality ◽  
Technical Failure ◽  
Spatial Inequalities ◽  
Urban Security ◽  
Security Device

This article aims to contribute to recent debates on the politics of smart grids by exploring their installation in low-income areas in Kingston (Jamaica) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). To date, much of this debate has focused on forms of smart city experiments, mostly in the Global North, while less attention has been given to the implementation of smart grids in cities characterised by high levels of urban insecurity and socio-spatial inequality. This article illustrates how, in both contexts, the installation of smart metering is used as a security device that embeds the promise of protecting infrastructure and revenue and navigating complex relations framed along lines of socio-economic inequalities and urban sovereignty – here linked to configurations of state and non-state (criminal) territorial control and power. By unpacking the political workings of the smart grid within changing urban security contexts, including not only the rationalities that support its use but also the forms of resistance, contestation and socio-technical failure that emerge, the article argues for the importance of examining the conjunction between urban and infrastructural governance, including the reshaping of local power relations and spatial inequalities, through globally circulating devices.

scholarly journals Bus Rapid Transit System Introduction in Johor Bahru: A Simulation-Based Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4437
Author(s):  
Sitti Asmah Hassan ◽  
Intan Nurfauzirah Shafiqah Hamzani ◽  
Abd. Ramzi Sabli ◽  
Nur Sabahiah Abdul Sukor
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Urban Mobility ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Bus Priority ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Mobility Solution

Bus rapid transit (BRT) is one of the strategies to promote improvements in urban mobility. In this study, BRT scenarios, which integrate exclusive bus lanes and bus priority signal control in mixed traffic scenarios, were modelled using a VISSIM microsimulation. Three scenarios of BRT were modelled to represent 16:84, 38:62 and 54:46 modal splits between public transport and private vehicles. It was found that Scenario 4 (the 54:46 scenario) offers better benefits in terms of delay time saving and economic benefits. In general, it was found that the BRT system enhances the functioning of the transport system and provides people with faster and better mobility facilities, resulting in attractive social and economic benefits, especially on a higher modal split of public transport. It is regarded as one strategy to alleviate traffic congestion and reduce dependency on private vehicles. The finding of this study provides an insight on the effective concept of the BRT system, which may promote the dissemination of an urban mobility solution in the city. The results can help policymakers and local authorities in the management of a transport network in order to ensure reliable and sustainable transport.

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