The capital of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, Curitiba has  long been considered a model of sustainability, livability and  environmental progressiveness.

Many  of the city’s innovations in these areas took place under the Curitiba  Master Plan, which was adopted in 1968 and led to strict controls on  urban sprawl, reduced traffic in the downtown core and preservation of  the city’s historic sector. The city’s innovations in public  transportation include pioneering the now world-renowned bus rapid  transit (BRT) system, which is used by more than 2.3 million people  every day and has inspired similar systems in cities as divergent as  Guatemala City, Los Angeles and Kuala Lumpur.

Smart+Connected Communities Institute spoke with Eduardo Zifchak, advisor on new technologies and solutions at the Curitiba Institute of Informatics (ICI).

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