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Figure 3.6 Evolution of the Integrated Bus Network in Curitiba, 1974–95 and 2009 Source: IPPUC (2009a).
Figure 3.7 The Trinary Road System in Curitiba Source: Author compilation (Hinako Maruyama) based on IPPUC (2009a), Hattori (2004), and pictures supplied by IPPUC. Note: km/h = kilometers per hour.
(figure 3.7). In addition, to avoid concentrated traffic in the city center, a previous mayoral administration transformed selected streets in the city center into pedestrian walkways on which cars are prohibited. Through these measures, Curitiba’s spatial growth and urban land use patterns have been
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efficiently controlled and defined. Traffic is diverted from the city center or the axes thanks to an effective mixture of land use planning and a well-conceived public transportation network. Because housing, service facilities, and job centers have been incrementally developed along the axes and linked to the BRT sys-