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After the construction of terminals and the implementation of the unified
fare, the city wanted to develop busses and stations designed with the
intention of avoiding fare evaders. For this reason, busses are designed
with three doors, two doors for exiting and a front door for boarding.
In a category by itself, these urban busses are constructed with turbo
engines, lower floor levels, wider doors, and a convenient design for
mass transit. Curitiba also developed boarding tube stations that were
placed along direct routes and express lanes. To increase convenience,
boarding efficiency and reduce fare evaders the tubes elevate passengers
to the bus platform level where automatic doors operated by the tube conductor
open parallel to the bus doors. Passengers pay an entrance fare at the
turnstile and wait for their respective direct or express bus to pass.
Disembarking passengers leave the stations through a direct exit.
To further assist passengers, each tube station is equipped with station
and route maps and with small lifts situated beside the entrance of the
tube to help disabled passengers, strollers, and passengers carrying heavy
bags enter the tubes with agility. -
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