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OUR WORK IN 2020
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São Paulo/SP. Photo: Nelson Antoine/Shutterstock.
GLOBAL SUPPORT
FOR SAFE MOBILITY
DURING THE PANDEMIC
With support from WRI, cities around
the world took emergency measures to
promote safe urban mobility during the
pandemic. WRI Brasil's work with Buenos
Aires and Brazilian cities on strategies
and solutions for active mobility and
public transportation was an integral
part of that support. The initiative
was included among the WRI global
network's standout results in 2020.
18 WRIBRASIL.ORG.BR
I BUENOS AIRES EXPANDS
AND IMPROVES CYCLING
INFRASTRUCTURE
WRI Brasil started a partnership with
the city of Buenos Aires to implement
road safety actions. The city is one of
those chosen to participate in the third
phase of the Bloomberg Philanthropies
Initiative for Global Road Safety. Given
the need to promote safe mobility
during the pandemic, WRI Brasil
provided technical support to the
Argentine capital to improve its new
network of bicycle lanes along avenues.
In 2020, Buenos Aires implemented
17 kilometers of new bicycle
lanes on Corrientes Avenue and
Córdoba Avenue, which also saw
a reduction in the speed limit,
from 60 km/h to 50 km/h.
The new bicycle lanes have
stimulated an increase in female
cyclists from 11% to almost 30%
and an overall increase in the
number of cyclists of 146%.
WRI Brasil's activities included road
safety audits for this new cycling
network's most critical and complex
points, project recommendations,
and technical training with online
workshops on various cycling topics.
+17km
of bicycle lanes
on prominent avenues
Speed limit
reduced to
50km/h
146%
increase in the
number of cyclists
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