Belo Horizonte is the sixth-largest city in Brazil and is embedded within the third-largest metropolitan area. It is in the state of Minas Gerais; that, together with the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, forms the richest and most urbanised area of the country, where 43 per cent of the national population lives. This area hosts one of the most developed transport infrastructure systems (highways, railways, airports and ports) of South America.
The metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte (RMBH), constituted of 34 municipalities, hosts more than five million people, and is growing steadily in population, at more than 1 per cent per year. More than 600,000 people live in the Metropolitan Belt of 16 municipalities. While most towns are small- or medium-sized, 69 per cent of the total population is concentrated in the municipalities of Betim (pop. 427,904), Contagem (pop. 652,660) and Belo Horizonte, which is the main city with a population of 2.36 million. Belo Horizonte is also the physical core of the region and the main destination and point of transit for any means of transportation. However, the State aims to develop a system to make the Metropolitan Region into a polycentric area and integrate the existing railways, railroads and metro lines for the integrated development of RMBH.
Urbanisation processes are leading to significant pressures on infrastructure, housing and basic services. Despite a good system of urban economy, governance, planning and delivery capabilities, current urbanisation trends could lead to wide-ranging detriments to many sectors, including food and water systems, human health, buildings, transport, energy and ecosystems.
The intervention proposed under the scope of the Global Future Cities Programme is Intelligent Mobility in Expresso Amazonas (IMEA). The IMEA intends to take full advantage of technology and data to gain better insights into the realities of urban mobility. The main objective of the intervention is the implementation of an intelligent mobility solution that will enable the public transport agency (BHTRANS) to understand travel needs and patterns of public transport users in order to provide better service focussed on accessibility, gender sensitivity and inclusion.
This tailormade sheet aims to demonstrate how the SDG Project Assessment Tool's General Framework has been tailored to the project in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It highlights how the project includes the priorities within the Sustainable Development Goals, and the different principles that were selected for this project. As this sheet has been tailored to the project's scope and needs, the performance criteria has been selected in consultation with the partners of the Programme.
37% of trips are made by car or motorcycle (2012).
This is expected to increase to 45% by 2030
Between 2016 and 2017, public transport in Belo Horizonte lost approximately 10% of total passengers
The Belo Horizonte City Context Report is part of a series of reports provided for each city of the Global Future Cities Programme, serving as a tool to frame the proposed Programme interventions within the characteristics and conditions of each city. The City Context Report provides a general analysis of the spatial, financial, and legal conditions in the city, followed by potential impact of the interventions, and a set of evidence-based recommendations for successful implementation and maximised benefits. In Belo Horizonte, the project identified consists in the implementation of an intelligent mobility solution that will enable the public transport agency (BHTRANS) to understand travel needs and patterns of public transport users in order to provide better service focussed on accessibility, gender sensitivity and inclusion.
