operational briefing today`s highlights

OPERATIONAL BRIEFING
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS | SEPTEMBER 9
The Rio Operation Center newsletter would like to inform today’s main interventions in
the city’s streets for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. The highlight of the day is:
- Copacabana: Avenida Atlântica will be closed in both directions between Rua Joaquim
Nabuco and Rodolfo Dantas Street, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm for athletes to get
familiar with the route.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS
Tomorrow (10) and Sunday (11) are the days of the triathlon competition in
Copacabana, with the closure of Av. Atlântica, between Rua Joaquim Nabuco e a Rua
Rodolfo Dantas, from 12:00 am to 4:00 pm.
TODAY’S ROAD CLOSURES
COPACABANA REGION
For the Triathlon competition, the beachside lane of Avenida Atlântica has been closed
since September 6, between Rua Francisco Otaviano and Miguel Lemos. Today,
September 9, the region will have road closures for athletes to get familiar with the
route, as follows:
From 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
• Reversible lanes on Avenida Atlântica, on the lanes close to buildings, starting at Rua
Francisco de Sá
• Reversible lane on Avenida Delfim Moreira and Avenida Vieira Souto;
• Left-hand traffic on Avenida Vieira Souto, between Rua Joaquim Nabuco and Rua
Francisco Otaviano;
• Closure of Avenida Atlântica, on the lanes close to buildings, starting at Rua Joaquim
Nabuco and Francisco Sá;
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Closure of Rua Joaquim Nabuco;
From 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
• Closure of Atlantic Avenue, in both directions, between Rua Joaquim Nabuco e Rua
Rodolfo Dantas.
BARRA REGION
Olympic Park
The Olympic Park, in Barra da Tijuca, is the site with the largest number of
competitions of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. The car bans in the surroundings of
the Park begin on September 3 with the closure of Avenida Olof Palm. Daily closures
will take place after of September 7, when the Games start.
Today’s bans take place from 6:00 am to 12:00 am.
• - Av. Salvador Allende, outside lanes, between Rua Célia Ribeiro da Silva Mendes
and Estrada dos Bandeirantes;
• Av. Embaixador Abelardo Bueno, from Shopping Metropolitano to Av. Salvador
Allende;
• Av. Olof Palm, from Estrada dos Bandeirantes to Av. Salvador Allende;
• Av. Abraão Jabour, between Av. Olof Palm and Av. Salvador Allende;
• Rua Pedro Calmon, between Av. Abraão Jabour and Av. Salvador Allende;
• Via Inominada, between Estrada dos Bandeirantes and Av. Abraão Jabour;
• Stretch on Estrada Coronel Pedro Corrêa;
• Rua Aroazes;
• Avenida Jaime Poggi;
• Rua Francisco de Paula;
• Rua Jorge Faraj;
• Rua Alfredo Ceschiatti;
• Rua Mário Agostinelli.
ALTERNATE ROUTES
Throughout the Paralympics, vehicles heading for Linha Amarela must use Avenida das
Américas and Avenida Ayrton Senna.
RESIDENTS
Residents in the surrounding areas of the Olympic Park must access the region with a
credential, which shall be fixed on the car windshield, or with proof of residence.
Due to the large number of pedestrians in the blocked area, we ask that residents avoid
traveling by car whenever possible.
DEODORO REGION
Until Sep 16, the surroundings of the Deodoro Sports Complex will have daily road
closures to receive the competitions of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Road closures
take place from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm on the following routes:
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– Av. São Pedro de Alcântara, between Rua Nazaré and Rua Melbourne;
Estrada Gericinó in both directions, on the access to Estrada da Equitação;
Side lane of Avenida Brazil, next to the Youth Arena;
MARACANÃ REGION
Olympic Stadium (Engenhão)
The Olympic Stadium, in Engenho de Dentro, receives the athletics competitions of the
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Since July 23, the city of Rio has implemented reversal
lanes that will continue reversed until the end of the Paralympics.
Closures for the athletic competitions occur daily until September 17, from 7:00 am to
11:00 pm, on the following routes:
- Rua Afonso Ferreira, in its entirety;
- Rua Benício de Abreu, in its entirety;
- Rua Bento Gonçalves, on the stretch between Rua Guilhermina and Rua José dos Reis;
- Rua Comendador João Carneiro de Almeida, between Rua Piauí and Rua Sales
Guimarães;
- Rua Coronel Cunha Leal, in its entirety;
- Rua das Oficinas, in its entirety;
- Rua Dona Eugênia, in its entirety;
- Rua Doutor Padilha, in its entirety;
- Rua Henrique Scheid, between Rua José dos reis and Rua das Oficinas;
- Rua General Clarindo, in its entirety;
- Rua Gentil Araújo, in its entirety;
- Rua Guineza, in its entirety;
- Rua José dos Reis, between Rua Henrique Scheid and Rua Arquias Cordeiro
- Rua Luís Silva, in its entirety
- Rua Sales Guimarães, in its entirety.
Rua Arquias Cordeiro will only be closed at at peak hours for visitors leaving the
stadium, from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm and from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm.
Access to Memorial Hospital
With the closure of Rua José dos Reis on competition days – starting at Rua Bento
Gonçalves – a left-hand traffic will be used to reach Hospital Memorial. Drivers must
access Rua Goiás through Rua José dos Reis, which will have a stretch of left-hand
traffic.
TRANSPORT
METRO RIO (Subway)
Line 4 - Between September 7 and 18, ticket holders can use the service. Jardim
Oceânico station will have its service extended to 1:00 am of the next day, to serve
visitors attending competitions of the Olympic Park between September 8 and 17.
Other stations will remain open for outgoing passengers between 12:00 am and the
last train to arrive at Jardim Oceânico, including its connections.
Until Sep 18, subway lines (1, 2 and 4) will be open frm 5:00 am to midnight on
weekdays and Saturdays, and from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm on Sundays and holidays. On
subway lines 1 and 2, connections should be made at Central and Botafogo stations,
even on weekends and holidays.
On September 7 and 18, days of the opening and closing ceremonies, Maracanã, São
Cristóvão and São Francisco Xavier stations will carry passengers exiting the events, and
the other stations will only be open for landing.
Metro Rio website: https://www.metrorio.com.br/
SUPERVIA (railway)
The railway system will operate with shorter intervals on Deodoro, Santa Cruz and
Japeri lines, according to the following schedule:
Lines
Weekdays
Saturdays/Holidays
Saturdays
Deodoro
6 minutes
6 minutes
8 minutes
Santa Cruz
8 minutes
12 minutes
15 minutes
Japeri
12 minutes
12 minutes
15 minutes
The commercial operation will be maintained to ensure the public can easily leave local
competitions. At stations connecting with the subway, Supervia trains will leave from
Central do Brasil until 2:05 am (Japeri line) and 2:10 am (Santa Cruz line). After the end
of the commercial operation, the intervals will be 30 minutes. The stations connection
to BRT services open for incoming passengers are: Madureira (up to 2:39 am), Vila
Militar (until 2:53 am) and Magalhães Bastos (until 2:55 am). All other stations will be
open for outgoing passengers.
Supervia website: http://www.supervia.com.br/
BRT
The Paralympic Mobility plan will have two special BRT services — linking Jardim
Oceânico to Terminal Olímpico (Olympic Center), and Vicente de Carvalho to Terminal
Paralímpico (Recreio) — as well as train and subway systems. Passengers can use any
Riocard, including the Bilhete Único Carioca, a unified basic fare card for residents of
Rio. Tickets will be required for inspection only when taking Subway Line 4.
In the region of Deodoro, the Transolimpica BRT, which is already open to the public,
will also serve spectators, in addition to the rail system. For the football 7-a-side and
shooting competitions, the nearest station is Vila Militar. As for the equestrian center,
we recommend both BRT and train passengers to land on São José de Magalhães
Bastos station.
BRT Rio website: http://www.brtrio.com/
VLT
The VLT Carioca (LRT) is one of the transport options to get to the Porto Maravilha
Olympic Boulevard, in the Port Region.
VLT Carioca website: http://www.vltrio.com.br/
FERRIES
Ferries will operate from 5:30 am to midnight, with intervals of 10 minutes during
morning rush hours (6:30 am-10:00 am), and in the afternoon from 4:30 pm to 8:00
pm. The operation will ensure that the public can return home from the Olympic
Boulevard. The service might be extended to 00:30 am and offer additional trips.
The concessionaire’s websites: http://www.grupoccr.com.br/barcas/
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