Civil Society
Rocinha Says No to Cable Car
For the original in Portuguese on Canal iBase click here. A heated debate took place at the Engineering Club last Friday July 19 over the Rio state government’s attempt to install a cable car in […]
Transportation
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Families Resist as Providência Cable Car Nears Completion
As part of the city’s Porto Maravilha port revitalization program, the City of Rio is implementing a controversial cable car in Providência, Rio’s first and most historic favela, set to launch shortly. But to make room […]
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Without Transportation for Minha Casa Minha Vida
The federal program’s dwellings are being constructed in peripheral areas without urban mobility, studies show. Click here for original article in Portuguese in O Globo by Alessandra Duarte and Carolina Benevides. The federal program that became the hallmark of the Dilma […]
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Questionable Participation at TransOlímpica Public Consultation Meeting
Last week, citizens packed the Clube dos Portugueses in West Zone neighborhood Taquara for the public meeting presenting the TransOlímpica highway and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project which will connect Barra da Tijuca and the […]
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Transcarioca: Irregularities and Evictions in Olympic Roadworks
Clique aqui para Português Connecting Barra da Tijuca and the Olympic Park with the International Airport, the Transcarioca highway and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route is the most visible transport infrastructure work the city of […]