Curitiba is a thriving city now thanks to all the improvements. The city was redesigned around people not cars. There still are roads but the city is meant for people. The first thing that was built was a City Center. This showed residents that the government was serious about change and was going to go forward with it. The next thing the government did was use existing infrastructure. They tried not to knock down any buildings and used all the roads that were built already. They just used the existing infrastructure differently.  This also along with informing the people through education helped their city. With the existing roads, the city just changed the lanes and made the middle for buses. They went to double and triple articulated buses and new shelters for waiting. This made traffic and overcrowding absolute. Curitiba also said enough with flooding and decided to use water to their advantage. They made more man-made lakes and rivers and this ended flooding.

                With this taken care of Curitiba took to fighting poverty. They built affordable houses and allow poverty stricken people to make money. They told them to pick up garbage and they got food and toys for their families. This allowed for slums to get better. Also they gave the poverty people jobs. They let them build new neighborhoods that would get rid of slums. Since they were working on their house; they were allowed to buy them at a cheaper price.