Very good piece and insightful as well in combining economics and urbanism (which i love); I will definitely try to read Bertaud. Although, living in Brasília myself I'd only correct your description of Brasília about the lack of pedestrian crossings and stoplights: it is not true for both cases, but I understand where you're coming from.
Regarding the first one, it is often conveyed in media outlets to be a matter of pride and high regard among locals that this is a city that respects pedestrian crossings the most, and I find it empirically true in my experience in other brazilian cities. The same is true for stoplights, not in the pride and admiration department, but in that they are very common throughout the city.
I assume the mistake stems from one of the road axis, called Eixão, not having pedestrian crossings or stoplights, but it's the only axis (and street/road) to be designed like that, and very-very-low-key kind of makes sense in its absurdity haha. But the other axis, Eixo Monumental, does have stoplights and pedestrian crossings. Whereas the lack of pedestrian crossings in Eixão is true, they do have semi-underground pathways for pedestrians and the problematic issue orbitating it for the last couple years have been the utter precariousness and neglec by public authorities that entails pedestrians in hazardous situations and proclivity for muggins.
Very good piece and insightful as well in combining economics and urbanism (which i love); I will definitely try to read Bertaud. Although, living in Brasília myself I'd only correct your description of Brasília about the lack of pedestrian crossings and stoplights: it is not true for both cases, but I understand where you're coming from.
Regarding the first one, it is often conveyed in media outlets to be a matter of pride and high regard among locals that this is a city that respects pedestrian crossings the most, and I find it empirically true in my experience in other brazilian cities. The same is true for stoplights, not in the pride and admiration department, but in that they are very common throughout the city.
I assume the mistake stems from one of the road axis, called Eixão, not having pedestrian crossings or stoplights, but it's the only axis (and street/road) to be designed like that, and very-very-low-key kind of makes sense in its absurdity haha. But the other axis, Eixo Monumental, does have stoplights and pedestrian crossings. Whereas the lack of pedestrian crossings in Eixão is true, they do have semi-underground pathways for pedestrians and the problematic issue orbitating it for the last couple years have been the utter precariousness and neglec by public authorities that entails pedestrians in hazardous situations and proclivity for muggins.
Congratulations again!
Very Interesting piece!
One of Le Corbusier’s experiment exists in India too. The city of Chandigarh, https://www.archdaily.com/806115/ad-classics-master-plan-for-chandigarh-le-corbusier