ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1136452/maceio-can-opening-streets-in-a-park-improve-traffic Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:49:00 +0000 Ruan Victor Amaral https://www.archdaily.com/1136452/maceio-can-opening-streets-in-a-park-improve-traffic This is not the first article to address this, nor will it be the last. Numerous studies and pieces have pointed out the inconsistency of promoting car-centric urban policies as mobility solutions. I myself wrote in 2021 about the need to stop building overpasses and claiming they will solve mobility issues. Recently, however, Maceió’s Municipal Transport and Traffic Department (SMTT), a local government agency, launched a public consultation to gather feedback on opening streets within the city's largest linear park, the Vera Arruda Corridor. The proposal aims to improve "mobility" and "traffic flow" in an area that "suffers" from rush-hour congestion.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1127764/stop-building-viaducts-to-solve-mobility-problems Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:05:00 +0000 Ruan Victor Amaral https://www.archdaily.com/1127764/stop-building-viaducts-to-solve-mobility-problems Thirteen years ago, the then-mayor of Maceió, Cícero Almeida, inaugurated two major projects in the city: the Washington Luiz and João Lyra overpasses. At the time, they were expected to provide a potential solution to the capital's urban mobility issues by improving traffic flow in the area. Over time, however, the growing vehicle fleet brought back the specter of rush-hour congestion, and the projects that promised to solve mobility in the city were no longer enough.

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