As part of Rio's preparations for the Olympics in 2016 a cycling pathway was built adjacent to a narrow, congested roadway along a picturesque shoreline. When a section collapsed only months before the opening ceremony killing two people, the world looked on with growing concerns about the imminent Olympics.
With John Chidgey.
Links of potential interest:
- Deaths on Collapsed Rio de Janeiro Bike Path Deal Safety Blow to Olympic Host
- Anger Grows Over Rio Bike Path Failure - WSJ
- Questions Continue After the Collapse of Rio’s Cycle Path
- Faulty Planning Blamed for Deadly Collapse
- Padlocked and Falling Apart: Rio’s Olympic Legacy
- Bike Lane Collapse Kills People on Beach
- Are Brazil’s Corruption Scandals Finally Hitting the Olympics?
- Rio, the Olympics, and Broken Promises
- Architects Say Rio’s Olympic Bike Path Was Destined to Collapse
- Petition Calls for Complete Demolition of Cycle-path
- Judge Orders Closure of Rio Cycleway
Photo Gallery Links:
- Gallery of A Stretch of Rio de Janeiro’s Tim Maia Bike Path Collapses
- The Collapsed Area of the new Cycle Lane
Links of Interest (Portuguese):
- Queda da Ciclovia: Doações à campanhas feitas pela CONCREMAT e os Grandes Jogos
- Tweet: “‘Podre, tem que fazer tudo outra vez’, diz vice-prefeito sobre ciclovia Tim Maia, no Rio”
- PETIÇÃO PARA A DEMOLIÇÃO DA CICLOVIA DA AVENIDA NIEMEYER
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