TY - JOUR
T1 - Operational challenges and mega sporting events legacy
T2 - the case of BRT systems in the global south
AU - Ferranti, Emma
AU - Andres, Lauren
AU - Denoon-Stevens, Stuart
AU - Melgaco Silva Marques, Lorena
AU - Oberling, Daniel
AU - Quinn, Andrew
PY - 2020/2/21
Y1 - 2020/2/21
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - bus rapid transit
KW - global south
KW - mega sporting events
KW - sustainable transport
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85081261757&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/su12041609
DO - 10.3390/su12041609
M3 - Article
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 12
JO - Sustainability
JF - Sustainability
IS - 4
M1 - 1609
ER -