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• • Curitiba has introduced a number of initiatives to make it a sustainable city
• • it was the first city in Brazil to have a dedicated bus lane
• • 80 of travellers use the Bus Rapid Transport system and no one lives more than 400 metres from the bus stop
• • The bus fare is the same whenever you go and you can travel all day on one fare
• • passengers can recycle plastic and glass bottles to pay for a bus fare
• • the city has also increased its use of green spaces and these spaces stop favelas from encroaching into the city centre