CITY CHALLENGE! Based on the three cities given and your knowledge of urban sprawl and city planning which city is designed in the best layout to prevent future problems. FCA #1: Must be at least 3 paragraphs (4-5 sentences per paragraph) in length FCA#2: Must have a thesis and conclusion UNDERLINE FCA#3: Construct and defend argument using at least five pieces of evidence from the documents (support/ defend your thesis) LET THE CHALLENGE BEGIN!!

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Red= GovernmentYellow= EducationDark Pink= Bus/Train Center Green= ParkLight Pink= City Center

TRANSPORTATION IN RIO Mass transit is very important in Rio de Janeiro. More than one half of all travel is on the Metro, commuter railways, buses and informal vans. In recent decades, the rail share of travel has been falling substantially, while the van share of travel has increased substantially. Vans have also made serious inroads into mass transit ridership in other urban areas of Brazil. This dependence on transit does not mean that the roads are uncongested. For example, Avenida Brasil, the main arterial leading to Centro from the North carries more than 200,000 vehicles each day, a figure that exceeds that of many US urban freeways. A new peripheral freeway is under construction arcing around the urban area from west to east.

RIO METRO MAP

FAVELAS According to a 2010 Census, about 6% of Brazil's population live in favelas or shanty- towns - around million people across the country, roughly the population of Portugal. The expansion of the favelas - and their irregular and unregulated nature - means that these areas often lack basic services and public investment.

2016 OLYMPIC GAMES Rio is set to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games- much to the dismay of many citizens. “Instead of creating a space of conviviality, a space of shared culture, of community, of conversation, you are going to have this very isolated element where after 5 o'clock in the afternoon, it's going to be dead. You are creating banks, parking lots, Trump towers. It's been rezoned for 50-story buildings. Because private money is financing much of this development, it's putting public spaces into private hands, to the detriment of the city's poorer denizens.”