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datestamp: 2022-04-28 08:37:53
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Drost, Lotte
creators_id: S3647234
creators_email: lottedrost@gmail.com
title: A transport equity analysis of a 2016 Olympic Games Legacy  Project: Bus Rapid Transit in the  city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Mega events can have many benefits for the host city and its residents that may last for long after 
the end of the event. This study analyses the consequences of a mega sport event on transport 
equity. The case study is the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, with a Bus Rapid Transit 
system as one of its Legacy Projects. Since its goal was to improve the mobility of the urban poor, this 
study focuses on vertical equity. Residents’ perceptions were studied during five in-depth semi-structured interviews. The findings suggest that at the start of the implementations, the BRTs offered 
many benefits to its users, especially with regards to travel time, user safety and accessibility, 
thereby adding to transport equity. However, a few years after the Games, the condition of the 
stations and buses has deteriorated in such a way that most positive effects have disappeared, 
making place for negative effects. Both previous research and data from the interviews suggest that 
political interests and short-term planning have played a role in this. Future research should continue 
investigating how the situation evolves in the future, specifically after the current COVID-19
pandemic. In addition, a solution has to be found for residents who depend on Bus Rapid Transit in
their daily mobility.
date: 2021
pages: 19
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Dijk, T. van
tutors_name: Kuper, B.J.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Planologie
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Bureau Onderwijs
tutors_email: T.van.Dijk@rug.nl
tutors_email: B.J.Kuper@rug.nl
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keywords_local: Mega events
keywords_local: Transport equity
keywords_local: Bus rapid transit
keywords_local: Rio de Janeiro
keywords_local: Social inequality
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2022-04-26
citation:   Drost, Lotte  (2021) A transport equity analysis of a 2016 Olympic Games Legacy Project: Bus Rapid Transit in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3815/1/Final%20version%20Lotte%20Drost%20Bachelor%20project.pdf