Curitiba, Brazil
Curitiba is the largest and one of the most important cities of Southern Brazil, being a cultural, political and economic center. Curitiba’s main airport Afonso Pena International Airport is the most modern Brazilian terminal and the main international airport in southern Brazil.
Transportation
Curitiba has a very simple and practical transportation system. Public transportation consists entirely of buses. There are several different types of bus, each with a different function.
Moving around in a car can be difficult in and around the city centre because of the many one-way streets and constant traffic jams. This makes the public transportation system more attractive if one wants to go there. The trinary system allows quick access to the city centre for car drivers. Some avenues are spacious and laid out in a grid, and apart from some points around the city centre, Munhoz da Rocha Street and Batel Avenue, traffic jams aren’t thus severe.
Recently, the city installed around 200 traffic radars, causing much discontent among drivers in general. This technology uses sensors under the pavement which trigger a digital camera if the car is above speed limit. The picture, including the date and time it was taken, is sent to the driver’s home, as a speeding ticket. The system can send these tickets to drivers anywhere in Brazil.
The speed limit is usually 60 km/h on avenues, but can be 40 km/h in dangerous places or where many pedestrians cross the street.
Afonso Pena International Airport is Curitiba’s main airport. It is located in the nearby city of São José dos Pinhais and all commercial flights operate from this airport. It is integrated into Curitiba’s transportation system, with rapid buses and executive buses connecting the airport to the city.
Small aircraft may also use the Bacacheri airport, which today hosts a flight school and an airbase.
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