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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