Investor Presentaiton
AIR QUALITY IN URBAN CENTERS
Air quality in Brazilian cities was a focal point
of WRI Brasil activities throughout 2018. The
team developed and tested a tool to gauge the
impact of air pollution on Brazilian populational
health and the economy. The tool provides
insight into potential savings in terms of public
spending on health based on changing city
buses such as replacing diesel-powered fleets
with low-carbon vehicles. This calculation
demonstrates the costs and returns on public
investment in replacing bus fleets and can aid
decision making by public administrators. The
tool, which should be launched in early 2020, was
initially prepared for four specific cities: Rio de
Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Niterói.
In São Paulo, WRI Brasil hosted a seminar on
Air Quality in urban centers, bringing together
specialists and leaders to debate air quality
policies for Brazilian cities. Also in the São Paulo
capital, in partnership with the City Hall, WRI
Brasil tested low-cost sensors able to gauge
air conditions. In the cities of São Paulo, Belo
Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro, through joint
efforts involving city administration we assisted
in disseminating the concept of Clean Mobility
Zones, including the development of an action
plan to implement these areas in Brazilian cities.
ROAD SAFETY
IN FORTALEZA AND SÃO PAULO
With the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies, in
2018 WRI Brasil continued its efforts in the cities
of Fortaleza and São Paulo to improve road safety.
In Fortaleza, the capital of Ceará (Northeast
Brazil), two avenues with the highest rates
of death and accidents in the city (Osório
de Paiva and Leste-Oeste) were the target
of a series of road safety interventions: the
reduction of speed limits from 60 km/h to
50 km/h, new traffic lights and signage for
pedestrians, the implementation of cycling
lanes and dedicated bus lanes, among others.
Along Leste-Oeste Avenue, the changes
led to a 41% drop in the number of
accident-related injuries and accidents
involving pedestrians fell by 83%.
Fortaleza also relied on the support of WRI Brasil
to permanently implement a calm traffic area in
the neighborhood of Cidade 2000 - which was
approved by 93% of the local community (the
initiative also included the support of NACTO
National Association of City Transportation
Officials); to improve the safety of the Bezerra
de Menezes corridor, the city's first BRT system;
to offer safe driving capacity-building for bus
companies; and to implement a data collection tool
that tallies traffic accidents and provides deeper
insight into the causes of accidents, which then
allows for more accurate plans to be developed.
In São Paulo, throughout 2018, WRI Brasil
supported the city in the development of its Road
Safety Plan, which adopted the Safe Systems
approach, developed by WRI. Following a
recommendation by WRI Brasil, the city also
removed a bus lane running opposite to the
flow in the Brás reduced speed zone, prone to
a high pedestrian accident rate. In the Santana
neighborhood, two temporary road safety
interventions implemented with the support of
WRI Brasil and NACTO, involving two critical
intersections, were made permanent. Based further
on WRI Brasil's technical recommendations, São
Paulo improved cycling lane infrastructure at the
intersection of two busy avenues in the central area.
IN THE MEDIA
G1
GI
Brasil precisa resgatar tradição de
Inovação em mobilidade urbana
GLOBONEWS
Estadão | Brazil needs
to rescue tradition of
innovation in urban mobility
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LEIA
Menos de 6% das cidades
brasileiras têm plano de
mobilidade
Globo News | Less than
6% of Brazilian cities have
urban mobility plans
FOLHA DE SPALLO
Startups testam projetos de
mobilidade em 5 cidades
LEIA
Folha de S. Paulo |
Startups test urban
mobility projects in 5 cities
LEIA
EM MOVIMENTO
Grandes cidades brasileiras
planejam o futuro da mobilidade
G1 | Big Brazilian
cities plan the
future of mobility
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LEIA
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