July 04, 2019

30: Tim Maia

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19 minutes

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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July 04, 2019

30: Tim Maia

Listen Later

19 minutes

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

Support Causality on Patreon

Episode Gold Producer:

'r'.
Episode Silver Producers:

Carsten Hansen, John Whitlow and Joseph Antonio.

...more