Guide of Brasília Transportation

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1 Guide of Brasília Transportation Brasília Routes Overview The map of the main portion of Brasília, called Plano Piloto, has the shape of an airplane viewed from above. That's why its main boroughs are called Asa Norte, which means Northern Wing, and Asa Sul, which means Southern Wing. A simple map of Brasília is showed in Fig. 1. Fig. 1: Simplified representation of the main routes in Brasília. There are two major avenues that crosses Brasília: Eixo Rodoviário from South to North; it is usually called Eixão, which means big axis and it passes through the wings of the airplane figure of Brasília map; Eixo Monumental from West to East, so called because the main

2 monuments of Brasília are located there. There are two series of routes parallel to Eixo Rodoviário : W, W2, W3 and so on to the West; L, L2, L3 and so on to the East. Most Brasília buses passes through W3 or L2, that are showed in Fig. 2. The bus routes that take one to the university from the hotel zones usually runs through the whole Northern half of W3 and then return through L2. Fig. 2: Brasília main routes. Location of the Airport, the Hotel Zones and the University Most hotels in Brasília are located in the zones called SHS ( Setor Hoteleiro Sul ) and SHN ( Setor Hoteleiro Norte ). Some hostels ( pousadas ) are located along the Southern half of W3 ( W3 Sul ). Touristic hotels are found at

3 the edge of the lake Lago Paranoá. Fig. 3 shows the location of the Brasília International Airport ( Aeroporto Internacional de Brasília Juscelino Kubitschek ), the hotel zones SHS and SHN and the University of Brasília ( Universidade de Brasília UnB ). Directions from the airport to SHS and SHN In order to arrive there from the Brasília International Airport ( Aeroporto Internacional de Brasília Juscelino Kubitschek ), one can take a bus or a taxi. If you want to go by bus, there is an Executive Bus ( Ônibus Executivo ) each 30 minutes that can take you directly to the SHS or SHN areas. The stop of these buses is located in front of arrival gates 4 and 5. Some photographs and more information in Portuguese about the executive bus are available in the followed site: Information about other bus routes from the airport is provided here: If you want to go by taxi, there are many registered taxi companies in the airport. A registered taxi ( táxi credenciado ) is usually prepaied (must be paied before the ride) and a little more expensive than a normal taxi that one can take on the streets. More information is available in English in the Airport web site:

4 Fig. 3: Location of Brasília Airport, hotel zones (SHN, SHS), university (UnB) and the Street of Touristic Hotels (Estrada Hotéis de Turismo). Directions from SHS and SHN to UnB Probably the only way of going from SHS or SHN directly to UnB is by taking a taxi that you can ask for in your hotel reception. We advise you to provide the following address to the taxi driver: Universidade de Brasília UnB Centro Internacional de Física da Matéria Condensada CIFMC Asa Norte Brasília DF The easiest way of getting by bus to the University of Brasília ( Universidade de Brasília UnB ) from both SHS and SHN is by taking a bus at the W3 avenue (either W3 Norte or W3 Sul ) towards the L2 Norte avenue, getting off the bus at SQN 407 (further explained in the next section) and then going on foot to the university. Another possibility is going to the bus

5 station ( Rodoviária ) and then taking a bus directly to the University; Rodoviária is usually very crowded. You can choose one of the following bus routes: From both SHS and SHN: CIRCULAR / L2 SUL - NORTE / W3 NORTE - SUL From SHN: RODOVIARIA DO PLANO PILOTO / AVENIDAS W3 - L2 NORTE CIRCULAR / RODOVIARIA DO PLANO PILOTO / W3 NORTE / L2 NORTE CIRCULAR From SHN: ESTACAO ASA SUL - W3 SUL / L2 NORTE (ESPLANADA) From Rodoviária: RODOVIARIA DO PLANO PILOTO / UNB Getting off the bus to reach UnB Fig. 4 is a handy illustration of the coordinate system used to number the blocks of Brasília, with the approximate location of the block 607 Norte where a great part of the university campus is.

6 Fig. 4: Handy illustration of the system used to number the blocks of Brasília. Source: The route L2 Norte passes between the blocks 400 and 600. That is to say that the buses that come from SHN and SHS will pass between 416 and 616, then between 415 and 615, then between 414 and 614, and so on. Green plates with the number of the blocks are visible from inside the bus. You must get off the bus when it is between 406 and 606: when you see a plate with arrows showing the directions towards 207, 407, 208 and 408 (as showed in Fig. 5), it will be time to stand up because you must get off at the next stop.

7 Fig. 5: The bus stop through L2 Norte that is nearest to UnB is behind the big tree seen in the center of this figure. Note the green plate 207, 407, 208, 408 on the right extreme side. Once you are in the aforesaid bus stop, you will be able to see, in front of you, a school called CEAN and another avenue beside it, perpendicular to the one where you bus was running. You must cross the latter and follow the former until its end, then you turn right, then left, go straight ahead and finally turn right and walk a little more until you see a blue building with a plate with the following text: Multiuso II - Centro Internacional de Física da Matéria Condensada CIFMC. That is the place of our meeting! This whole path is showed in Fig. 6. Fig. 6: Directions from the bus stop (A) to the place of our meeting (B).