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Jaime Lerner

Brazil will change when its cities change.

– Jaime Lerner

Jaime Lerner

The secret to the city is integration. Every area of the city should combine work, leisure and culture. Separate these functions and parts of the city die.

– Jaime Lerner

Jaime Lerner

I always run into these Ph.D.s. They write and write and write about sustainable development. Then these guys ask me, ‘But, how do you do it?’ They are scared to death to do anything.

– Jaime Lerner

Jaime Lerner

Garbage removal is a citizen responsibility.

– Jaime Lerner

Jaime Lerner

We can’t have landfills forever, and we can’t ask others to accept our trash.

– Jaime Lerner

Jaime Lerner

If you provide good alternatives for public transport, you won’t have traffic problems.

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Jaime Lerner

A system of bus rapid transit is not only dedicated lanes. You have to have really good boarding conditions – that means paying before entering the bus and boarding at the same level. And at the same time having a good schedule and frequency.

– Jaime Lerner

Jaime Lerner

We have to change from ‘ego-architecture’ to ‘eco-architecture.’

– Jaime Lerner

Jaime Lerner

I have realized after all these years that a city that has a good quality of life attracts jobs. People don’t want to invest in places if there is no quality of life.

– Jaime Lerner

Jaime Lerner

After working in cities for nearly 40 years, I am telling you that every city can improve its quality of life in less than three years, no matter the scale or the financial conditions.

– Jaime Lerner

Jaime Lerner

Curitiba is not a paradise. We have all the problems that most Latin American cities have. We have slums. We have the same difficulties, but the big difference is the respect given by people due to the quality of the services which are provided.

– Jaime Lerner

Jaime Lerner

Many cities end up putting off things because they want to understand everything. They don’t understand that innovating is about starting. Taking care of a city is a process that you start, and then give the population space to respond.

– Jaime Lerner

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