Operational Challenges and Mega Sporting Events Legacy : The Case of BRT Systems in the Global South
| Autor: | Lauren Andres, Lorena Melgaço, Andrew Quinn, Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens, Emma Ferranti, Daniel Fontana Oberling |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Transportteknik och logistik
media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies TJ807-830 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law Mega TD194-195 Renewable energy sources Extreme weather Temporalities 0502 economics and business GE1-350 Resilience (network) Environmental planning Bus rapid transit Transport Systems and Logistics media_common 050210 logistics & transportation bus rapid transit sustainable transport Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 05 social sciences Global South 021107 urban & regional planning Public good Environmental sciences Sustainable transport Service (economics) Business mega sporting events |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 12 Issue 4 Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 4, p 1609 (2020) |
| Popis: | This paper examines the bus rapid transit (BRT) legacies of mega sporting events (MSEs) held in the Global South cities of Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro. It discusses the extent to which these transport systems have been operationally sustainable, post-MSE in other words, their ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level and hence their ability to act as public good as planned and according to specific needs. It argues that in both cities, long-term operational challenges have emerged due to conflictual temporalities between the priorities of the MSE and the mid/long term requirements of a transport system, supplemented by a poor spatial contextualisation of BRT design. These include financial viability, providing a service with appropriate frequency and capacity, integration with other transport systems, and resilience to external shocks such as extreme weather. These findings have key academic and policy implications both by opening further areas of research towards MSEs as a tool to deliver sustainable urban transport, and provides important lessons for future MSE hosts and cities considering BRT. |
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