Zusammenfassung der Ressource
How Sustainable is
Curitiba's Transport System
- Economic Sustainability- Cheap to run and
maintain. Buses are locally made.
- Economic Sustainability- Creates jobs for
locals on buses and in Volvo factories.
- Social
Sustainability-
Allows even the very
poor to get to work
in the city centre
(rubbish exchange
programme)
- Environmental Sustainability- prevents 30
million car journeys a day so reduces air
pollution
- Environmental Sustainability-Buses run on
bio-fuel so there are less CO2 emissions and
global warming
- Economic
Sustainability-
Costs 500
times less than
the metro
system