Rio Starts Ban of Public Transit Vans: Daily
By Maria Lopez Conde, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Mayor of Rio Eduardo Paes issued a decree banning public transport vans from operating in most of the city’s Zona Sul (South Zone) yesterday. This comes as the final measure in a week marked by attempts to crack down on van networks in the [...]
Salvador Emerging as Economic Hub
By Stephanie Foden, Contributing Reporter SALVADOR, BRAZIL – The capital city of Bahia state – Salvador – may be best know for holding a Carnival rival to Rio’s, and will soon make it onto the global circuit as a host city for this year’s Confederations Cup and next year’s 2014 World Cup. Although Salvador was [...]
Transoeste BRT Faces More Questions
By Samindra Kunti, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As Rio continues to develop and implement its transportation plan of BRT (Rapid Bus Transit) in a bid to better its infrastructure prior to hosting the 2016 Olympics, some reports of poor services and a series of deadly accidents have continued to raise questions about [...]
Bus Overpass Fall Kills 7 in Rio: Daily
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Seven people have been killed and nine others injured after a bus fell ten meters (nearly 33 feet) from the Brigadeiro Trompowski overpass onto Avenida Brasil below in the center of Rio on Tuesday. The roadway links one of the city’s main arterial routes to the [...]
Floor Plans in Rio by Piso Plano Design
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – When it comes to real estate, visual layouts are instrumental in understanding dimensions, arrangements, and proportions of properties, especially in lieu of seeing the space in person. Now English expatriate Charlie Crocker has launched a Copacabana-based business, Piso Plano Design, specializing in providing professional floor [...]
Commutes in Rio Take 31% Longer
By Leo Byrne, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Commuting to work in Rio and São Paulo takes on average 31 percent longer than in other Brazilian cities, according to a recent report by the IPEA, Institute for Applied Economic Research. In Rio programs like the Bus Rapid System (BRS) lanes and the Bus [...]
Streets of Lapa Reopened for Traffic
By Anna Kaiser, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The city government has announced that some Lapa streets will no longer be pedestrian only on weekend nights starting this Friday, March 22nd. Since July 2010, these streets have been closed to traffic from 10PM to 5AM on weekends, which has increased the popularity of [...]
Thousands of Fish Die in Rio’s Lagoa: Daily
By Leo Byrne, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Residents around the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio have had their usually picturesque surroundings spoiled this week as low oxygen levels in the water, caused thousands of fish to suffocate and float to the surface. In response, Rio’s waste disposal company Comlurb employed 180 [...]
Macaé Real Estate Market Set to Grow
By Maria Lopez Conde, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Macaé, located 180 km north of the city of Rio, today is a city transformed. Since the discovery of enormous oil and gas deposits in the Campos Basin in 1974, the once modest fisherman’s village of Macaé has grown by leaps and bounds, with [...]
Wages Outpaced by Property Prices in Rio
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The rate at which average Rio property prices have risen over the past five years is four times greater than that at which average wages have gone up, according to a report by O Globo newspaper. Industry experts say wealthy Brazilians have encouraged skyrocketing [...]
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