Posted Jul 31, 2008, 8:47 PM
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Bears of antiquity
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Via TOW: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/ma...00&oref=slogin
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“That competition is very hard,” says Paulo Schmidt, the president of URBS, the rapid-bus system. During peak hours, buses on the main routes are already arriving at almost 30-second intervals; any more buses, and they would back up. While acknowledging his iconoclasm in questioning the sufficiency of Curitiba’s trademark bus network, Schmidt nevertheless says a light-rail system is needed to complement it.
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