The Olympics becomes the plan and so you can only measure it against itself. But no doubt I would have chosen a subway line here instead of spending on Olympic venues. Mayara da Cruz is from Taquara, a neighborhood from which ordinary buses used to depart in all directions.
She complains their substitution for jam-packed BRTs means she has to make connections that increase transit time to everywhere in the city -- except Barra da Tijuca, home of the Olympic Park. On June 29, she watched her child tumbling while dozens of others played volleyball and learned jiu-jitsu. Paes said City Hall will launch a tender before Tokyo for the long-overdue dismantling of two temporary arenas, including the handball stadium that will be transformed into four public schools, which he said his predecessor neglected to do.
The next major event is the Brazilian School Games, in October, with 6, athletes. In June , the IOC approved proposals to change the bidding process, including creation of commissions with the power to control host selection. Hundreds of joggers, dog walkers, skateboarders and picnicking families come each day. Samba dancers perform in the "Cidade Maravilhosa" segment of the ceremony. Fireworks explode over the stadium. Members of the Australian delegation take a selfie.
The cauldron that held the Olympic flame is seen after the flame was extinguished. Athletes cast shadows as they wave flags. Dancers perform during the ceremony. Singer Mariene de Castro performs in front of the Olympic Cauldron before the flame was extinguished. The Olympic flag is lowered. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives on stage. Tokyo will host the Summer Olympics. Artists perform during the closing ceremony.
The words "thank you" are projected in Portuguese and Japanese. A dancer is seen up close during the ceremony. Brazilian singer Lenine performs during the "Recognition of the Volunteers. From left, men's marathon silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia, gold medalist Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya and bronze medalist Galen Rupp of the United States are seen on a giant screen as they stand on the podium during the closing ceremony.
Athletes parade during the ceremony. Dancers perform the "Bringing Clay to Life" routine. Dancers perform the "Lace Making" routine. Athletes walk through the stadium.
Jackie Briggs from the United States wears Olympic ring sunglasses. Dancers perform during the closing ceremony. Members of Team Great Britain hold up their illuminated shoes. Athletes wearing illuminated shoes march during the closing ceremony. New museums, urban light rail and sports venues have appeared in recent years. The odd project has missed the Olympic deadline but in time-honoured Brazilian fashion, most work is being finished before Friday's opening ceremony and the arrival of more than half a million tourists.
Indeed, in those areas where tourists congregate there is a palpable sense of anticipation that the Games are almost upon us. Concerns about Rio's extraordinarily high levels of crime are allayed by the presence of 85, soldiers and police on the streets. The new metro line linking the hotel zone to the main Olympic Park has just been inaugurated and, for the duration of the Games, will only be used by Olympic officials, journalists and those with tickets for the events.
It's been tight but all is just about coming together - at least for the competitors, visitors and the press. It's an almost criminal abrogation of responsibility, say many critics including Christopher Gaffney, now a professor of urban planning at Zurich University but a long-time student of and specialist on big projects in Brazil.
Rio organisers and supporters, like Mr Paes, are quick to counter. Their strongest defence is that Rio has spent much less public money than either London or Beijing to put on the Games. There has, instead, been a heavier reliance on private spending by big construction firms that stand to make substantial profits from Olympic spaces and buildings once the Games are over.
Olympic officials often say the International Olympic Committee IOC should not be compared to Fifa, the governing body of world football. With the Olympics, there is a clear social dividend, say officials like Tania Braga, the Head of Legacy and Sustainability at Rio There probably isn't an Olympic city that, somewhere along the line, hasn't come up short in delivering some of the lofty commitments it made during the bid process.
Guanabara Bay is the huge, wineglass-shaped lagoon around which this "marvellous city" is built. Arriving at Barra, there is real integration with BRT.
In less than 10 minutes you arrive at Barra Shopping mall or the Alvorada Bus Terminal, without needing to get out of the station. There was the promise that all this would be connected by infrastructure for bicycles, but this dream was lost.
By the way, it is already possible to go by bicycle non-stop from the Botafogo Beach in the South to the Bus Terminal Novo Rio in the North through bike paths and pedestrianised streets, completing a route of 12 km. The motorised mind of those who planned transport during the games, and even after, wasted part of the opportunities for cycling in the event and in the city. However, the population, delegations and technical committees showed them the potential of cycling, invading the event venues with bicycles everywhere, forming a sort of bicycle fest.
Who planned, forgot that some athletes would have to commute for distances shorter as 5 km, from the Olympic Village to other clusters, which could be easily done by bicycle. Within the Rio Olympics horizon there were many legacies. But it is still lacking the connection of bicycles with these efficient high-capacity modes of transport.
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