Guaratiba: Site of the Field of Faith
Guaratiba, a neighborhood in Rio’s Zona Oeste (West Zone), is the location of the World Youth Day’s Campus Fidei (Field...
July 23, 2013Topic
BRT
Transoeste BRT Faces More Questions
Questions as Rio continues to develop its transportation plan of BRT (Rapid Bus Transit) to better its infrastructure prior to...
April 9, 2013
Transoeste BRT Construction Faults: Daily
The contractor in charge of the construction of the BRT Transoeste line, Scenario, recently came under fire as potholes left...
January 8, 2013
First Metro Construction Site in Leblon: Daily
Workers have moved into the first construction site located in Leblon's Praça Sibélius, the first of eight that will be...
September 9, 2012
BRT Accidents Causing Concern in Rio
To improve infrastructure for the 2016 Olympics, Rio has launched a transportation plan of BRT (Rapid Bus Transit) lanes, but...
September 4, 2012
Vila Autódromo Resists With Plano Popular
The favela community of Vila Autódromo is resisting relocation for 2016 Olympic infrastructure development with their Plano Popular da Vila...
August 7, 2012
Building Bridges in Rio: BRT Transcarioca
Construction is underway on Ponte Estaiada do Fundão, a Cable-Styled bridge that will span 400m between Ilha do Fundão and...
August 7, 2012
Work Starts on Rio’s Olympic Park
Officials gathered in Barra da Tijuca to begin work on the Olympic Park, a planned complex of sporting facilities that...
July 17, 2012
Rio 2016 Transoeste BRT Inaugurated
People from the west of the State of Rio, in Santa Cruz and Campo Grande, now have the opportunity to...
June 12, 2012