Catharina Cavasin
Architect and Urban Planner. Teacher of Architecture and Urban Planning in the University: UNIDAVI. Master of Research in Planning and Urban Mobility by the Federal University of Santa Catarina
Location Florianópolis, Brazil
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THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the learning!
I learned a lot and I will definitely apply it in my classes and, who knows one day, I will be able to apply it in practice, acting in my city.
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It would adapt the road network to implement BRT. I believe the most important would be Shift to different modes and Improve the transit with the BRT. Therefore, the backcasting program is to have the bus as the main mode of transport and the bicycle as a fundamental means for small trips, since the city has very steep areas. I believe it is a careful...
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We have the use of car and motorcycle as the main modes of transport in Florianópolis, Brazil. Despite this, we have the opportunity to promote the use of bicycles, which are already widely used in some neighborhoods, despite the lack of adequate infrastructure. Cable Cars are suitable for the city and for low-income neighborhoods in steep areas.
As a goal, I... -
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It is possible to see the presence of different actors in participatory processes. Neighborhood representatives, people in the real estate market and professionals in the field. There is often a clash between political and economic powers and the collective interest.
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Travel by bus:
Bored / Enthusiastic: +1
Fed up / Engaged: 0
Tired / Alert: -3
Stressed / Calm: -2
Worried / Confident: -2
Hurried / Relaxed: 0
Worst / Best: -1
Low / High standard: -2
Didn't work well / Worked well: +3
Its difficult to travel by bus in Brazil, specially during the pademic. I feel unsafe for beeing a woman.
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Cable cars / Highway
City Design: +2 / -2
Social equity: +2 / -1
Environment: +1 / -2
Economic: +2 / -2
Well-being: +1/ - 1For me, the principal aspects would be social equity and income increase of the population living in the steep areas.
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Cable cars:
Here in the island of Florianópolis, Brazil, we have a dense, low-income, steep and isolated areas. The idea of using the cable car to connect this area to the downtown could improve the acessibility of this population groups, providing access to public equipments (education, health service, parks), to jobs and to other transports...
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Case Study - Koto City:
Positive impact: redution on costs of retrofit by preparing the buildings with EV infraestructure.
Reasons for success: Preparation for Olympics and the interest in anticipate urban realities to decades ahead.
Transferable: We see some similarity in buildings constructed for higher income groups in Brazil.
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I can say that what has been exposed so far is applicable in Brazil. However, the high cost and difficulty of loading the vehicles could be a disadvantage.
The eletric taxi would be the most difficult to implement, because I believe that the priority should be public transport. In addition, I believe that a risk when implementing electric vehicles would be... -
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I agree with the use of biofuels for public transport.
The monocultures and the use of land would have a lot of impact, so I think the adequacy of the use is dependent of the mode of transport. -
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Great lecture! Thank you!
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I picked a street near from my former house.
This street is pretty unsafe for pedestrians and cyclists.
I redesigned it with a cyclepath and a bus lane: https://streetmix.net/-/1533159
The objective is to promote the walking and cycling in this area and to avoid the use of car, louwering the speed and providing a safer experience for those who already... -
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The Encicla example and the Ciclovía were examples that would fit in the context of Brazil. Here in Florianópolis, we have the same barriers of narrow streets, steep contexts and lack of cycle-lanes. Also, the example of the Car free day would be great for the university neighborhood. In addition, the provision of bike parking near from the transit stations...
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Let's dare to hope!
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The walking beetween the bus stop and my work in Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina.
People choose to walk, cycle and use public transport: 5
A diverse mix of pedestrians: 5
Environmental quality – good air quality, unpolluted: 3
Places feel safe – from road danger and for personal safety: 6
Not too noisy – low levels of traffic noise: 3
Streets are...
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So interesting! I wonder what the results show about the urban form and the perception of women.
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So inspiring
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Great examples.
I believe that, similarly to the example of Medellin, the Park in Bogotá should have a mechanism to ensure the presence of different income groups and avoid the segregation with the high land price. -
Thank you for sharing Marcos! It is really unnecessary to dedicate so much space to cars. I'm happy to see that you share the same opinion than me.
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Catharina Cavasin replied to mahsa khodayari
I saw o lot of similarity with Brazil. We have the iniciative but it's difficult to see it 100% complete.
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In Florianópolis we have this Mode share: Walking (11%) cycling (4%) public transportation (34%) and private car (41%). It's pretty similar to Singapore.
I think that the difference between cities is specially caused by the design and management of spaces and transportation infraestructure. The urban planning with long distance between the activities and a...
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Maybe it can be informal transport
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Thank for all the learning!
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My city don't have BRT.
We don't have a dedicated right of way. We only have off-board fare collection in some bus stations. We also dont have a platform level boarding, which leds to a lot of accidents since the buses are too high. The ticket is not integrated between the different cities of the metropolitan area. The acess is not universal and we don't have... -
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In my opinion, BRT and Cable Cars could be used in Florianópolis, Brazil, since we have montains and neighborhoods in areas very steep. I see a lot of similarity between Colombia and Brazil. We have a lot of informal settements in marginal and steep areas. This could improve de acessibility to the central areas and reduce the physical isolation of this...
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I have already used motorcycle taxis. It was a good and cheap option for me as the distance was long. This transport could be improved from Apps such as Uber, but aimed at motorcycles and lower-income populations.
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indeed, it can be explored not only for means of transportation but also to explore tourism.
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So interesting!!!
it made me wonder how much transport solutions change according to different spatial realities. Physical-spatial characteristics lead to context-specific solutions.
In my understanding, interventions like this should be accompanied by other interventions that provide urban infrastructure and public equipment to the local level, such as:... -
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Travelling by car is better because is more comfortable and quickly.
We don't have a good BRT system here in Florianópolis, Brazil, and the travel time of the bus its almost three times bigger than the car.
On the other hand, the price of gas is too high and we pay a lot of tax to have cars here. So is better to go by bus.
I'm not considering the... -
We need a better public transport here in Florianópolis, Brazil.
It is necessary to reduce travel times, cost of the journey and improve the quality of the routes (avoid overcrowding).
For a better experience throught walking we need better sidewalks, reduction of car speed and improve the security, specially to women. -
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---Public Transport
Instrumental factors: 1, 1, 1, -2, 2
I usually take the bus to go downtown. This trip is generally easy and fast. But if I go to the other districts of the city it could be more difficult to say that I agree with theses evaluation.
Affective factors: 2.1,-1,1,1,0.
Symbolic: -1,-1,2.
The bus is considered a low-income mode of... -
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Perfect video!
Great to see his opinion about public transport beeing public service. We all have the right of a good mobility. In my opinion, if it is called public transportation then it should be free. -
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Happy to see a woman driving the tram!
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@RomeoAlegre Thats interesting The jeepney and the tricycle are particular transports or public transports?
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Great lecture. Thank you for the rich lessons.
In São Paulo we have a over crowded BRT and Metro. In this cases, how can we offer more public transport? Is there a possibility to expand using The existent Services? What do you think would be a good solution? -
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I selected a street near from my home in Florianópolis, Brazil.
This is a intersection that involves different roadways. This intersection is always very busy and, although it contains cycle lanes (in red) on one lane, it has little or no space for other modes. The sidewalks are unsafe and bumpy, it is difficult to cross the street and we usually have to make... -
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In Brazil we have parking charging in the central areas during the workweek.
Here we don't have a lot of measures to reduce on-street parking¹. On the other hand we have laws requiring the provision of parking in buildings. This leds to the formation of large parking spaces in our cities.
In the island of Florianópolis we have bridges that connect the... -
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Here in Brazil we have laws that make parking mandatory and define the minimum number of spaces. This regulation leads to the construction of giant parking lots, distancing the stores from the sidewalk and increasing the insecurity of those who are walking. In that case, what do you think we could do?
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I Wonder how the cafe is run and how works this social enterprise. That is a interesting strategy to keep the urba vitality in different hours of the day. Like Jane Jacobs argues when She say about The combined uses and the eyes on The Street.
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Good point
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She is right, there are many concerns between urban planners in Brazil.
Specially when we see that the major national urban interventions take place with the aim of urban renewal due to preparations to host mega-events. We have a lot of autors here in Brazil that discuss the effects of these mega-events and the resulting urban interventions, there are... -
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It's great to see good examples of TDM and how it was implemented so early in the European context. Successful cases like Freiburg should be used as an example in low / middle income countries, especially in the pandemic scenario, where it is safer to walk and cycle than to use public transport.
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Great!!! Thank you for sharing. Following!
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Hey everyone! I'm an Architect and Urban Planner in Florianópolis, Brazil. I have a master in Urban Planning and I teach Architecture in an University here in Brazil. I dream of doing a doctorate abroad and studying about it. One day I wish to work with sustainable mobility and with the development of strategic policies.
The part I was so fundamental and I...
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I learned a lot from the course and fell in love even more with this area of knowledge. The contents are addressed in a clear and accessible to all. Exercises and discussion spaces help to absorb the content. I loved the lectures given by Professor Robin and by the invited professionals. The examples of urban development were very inspiring as well.
I would...
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Catharina Cavasin replied to Cliff Court
Yes, the universal design are increasingly present in discussions of urban design. It would be interesting to see a little more about it
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Walk - 8/15
Cycle - 1/5
Connect - 9/15
Mix - 15/25
Density - 13/15
Compact - 8/10
Shift - 7/15
Total= 57/100
I chose Praça 29 de Março in Curitiba, Brazil. In general, access to sidewalks is good, however bike paths are not present. We have an orthogonal grid layout and it is quicker to travel on foot than by car. The mix of uses and...
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Happy to see some evaluation about Brazilian regions
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I think that The problematic thing in Brazil is that The urban planning is not considered and valued in The same way as high-income contries.
Developments with a good infraestructure to walking and cycling is usually destinated to a small and privileged group of the population. Housing for low income groups is normally planned in isolation from other urban... -
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Its interesting to see that some developments dont necessarily seek to have sustainable urban developments in the firts place. But due to the potenciality of the DOT and due to its benefits in a multiplicity of dimensiona, it ends up being applied and resulting in an infinity of positive results not initially requested.
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Its good to see female professional in the videos. Thank you for diversifying
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Urban planning has a great capacity to promote healthy and sustainable behaviors. Also, can provide sociability and a sense of neighbourliness.
It must be amazing to live in these neighborhoods of Freigburg -
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I loved this city.
It's very exciting to see how cars can behave, in fact, as guests.
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Very informative, thank you for the lecture
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There are different aspects of the built environment that are related to the travel behaviour, such as: the 3, 5 or 7D's but also development site location and dimension of the settlement. On the other hand, we have socio-economic, cultural and attitudinal characteristics, self-selection, price of travel and etc.
The built environment can be used to limit the... -
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We need also to discuss the planning of mid-sized and smaller citie.
In addition, we neet to take a look at cities in metropolitan areas, focusing in the regional planning. -
what do you mean by freight?
I worry about the increase in online shopping. I worry about how much it can affect local economies and small traders. In addition, I am afraid of how much it can affect urban vitality. -
thank you for your answer!
I agree with you. -
My view: adopt walking as the main mode of transportation in Florianópolis, Brazil.
Some policies would be:
- plan the city so that its citizens reach everyday and frequent destinations within a walking distance;
- improve the quality and access to public transport;
- develop policies that guarantee a percentage of homes for low-income people in... -
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I'm happy to learn so much about all of these important concepts.
It is really difficult to predict the wide range of interests, cultural norms, preferences, habits and its relation with trips. I would say that it can relate to age, gender, culture and socioeconomic aspects and etc.. I.E.: an older adult have a different travel behavior than a teenager. In...
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Role 1-High-income employee: 4-2-3-6-5-1
This figure may think that the best project would be a new public space and a urban highway flyover.Role 2-Low-income mother: 1-6-2-4-3-5
For this figure a good public transport service could be more important. Bicycle routes also can be important but can increase travel time and can be interpreted as an unsafe... -
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Such a fundamental discussion!
Its intersting because these concepts reflects on our data. In Brazil we have a higher number of male pedestrians and we can assume that it is due to the feeling of insecurity of women walking on poorly lit and dangerous streets. In addition, we have a higher number of woman in the public transport, but they are also constantly... -
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I wonder how we can apply this new vision in countries with high rates of motorization?
How to insert popular participation and avoid entrenched aspects of car culture in planning discussions?Here in Brazil we have many difficulties in implementing policies that avoid the use of the car and shift to other modes. Mainly due to an individualism and a lack...
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Glad that you liked
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Thank you so much for all of this fundamental informations
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Thank you!! Very informative
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I'm a huge fan of Netherlands. I dream of living there and being able to ride my bike safely every day
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That is great!
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The project consists on the intermunicipal integration of the transit in the metropolitan area of Florianópolis. The project aims to integrate the transport with lower costs for users (social and economic impact) and the possibility of traveling between municipalities in the region (economic impact), not just the direct destination for the Capital,...
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This text broght a lot of insight. Specially this definition of sustainable transport: “A means to access activities, within environmental limits and equitably.”
The recognition of this concept would change the reality of my city a lot -
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In Florianópolis, Brazil, we have a lot of traffic caused by cars and motorcycles. I am constantly afraid to ride a bike during rush hours. Every week we have accidents involving cars, motorcycles and even pedestrians and cyclists. There is a lot of air and noise pollution (drivers love to honk). The number of bike paths is growing in the region, but they are...
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Perfect argument. There is a Brazilian author called Flávio Villaça and he comments on the issue of travel times and "time control". He argues that the presence of privileged locations generates the perpetuation of inequalities, with high travel times we have a population group that spends its day in transport and work, conforming the low levels of education,...
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You are totally right. In addition with sprawl and loss of urban vitality we also have increased insecurity and crime and the perpetuation of locational disadvantage
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For me the worst impact is in the planning and the inaqualities on mobility caused by this car-centered culture. The city planned for the cars results in the presence of highly accessible areas by car (for example, neighborhoods close to highways or city centers) with high land value. This high land value directs the low-income population to peripheral areas...
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I see a lot of increase in the use of bicycles in Brazil but most of it is for leisure and not for transportation
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I believe in a city where we first go to a single destination to resolve a demand, but the diversity of destinations and attractions promotes an experience. For me, going to the city center to put on shoes is an experience that involves walking, seeing other people, seeing the façades, eating something new, discovering new stores and so on. I think there are...
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Also, differently from other cities in Brazil, SP have a number of pedestrians that exceeds the number of car users, right?
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You also have the Congestion Charge Zone in Central London, right? What do you think about this strategy?
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City A could be Munich, because Germany has a lot of incentive to other modes of transportation, and City B is Warsaw.
Munich has had a decrease of 3,62% in cars per 1000 pop. from 1995 to 2012. On the other hand, Warsaw almost doubled the number of cars per 1000 pop., which corresponds to a 78,57% increase.
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Many cities share similar urban problems, but we can't presume that we share the same problems in the same degree or combination. Despite that, we can take advantage of the case studies to seek interconnections between different realities and be inspired by the strategies applied to the urban challenges
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Hi Kristel, I'm glad that you have such a well planned urban space. I think that, differently from Brazil, this travel behaviour is a result of the constant investment in urban infrastructure, quality of public transport and encouraging the use of other modes of transport, right? I wish I could experience this someday in Brazilian cities.
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I live in a Brazilian Island called Florianópolis. Since it is an island we have only one bridge that connects the island to the continent. Also, low income people can't pay to live in the island, so we have the car and the motorcicles as the principal transport mode. The public transportation is based on bus. The service is expensive, with no inter-municipal...
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Hello everyone!
My name is Catharina.
I'm an architect and urban planner here in Florianopolis, Brazil. I teach Architecture in a University and I have a Master Degree in Urban Planning. I'm excited to learn more about sustainable mobility and to pass this learnings troghout my lectures.
I'm so happy to see students from all the world here, especially a... -
Hii Conrado, good to see you here!
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All of these significant global health challenges turned our attention to the urbanization processes and the role of urban planning in relation to inequalities in urban acces to services, urban mobility, environmental resources and the impact in unequal health outcomes. I live in Brazil and here we can see that the inequalities created in the urbanized...
