Olimpismo

Until the beginning of Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Rio’s city centre will start to count on a new and modern public transportation option, which will provide more comfort to the users and reduce the time of the journey The Light Rail Transit, LRT, will be able to connect the other means of transportation and will make the quantity of buses decrease in the region.

Each unit of the new tram will accommodate 450 passengers. Six lines will operate in 52 kilometers. Before the 2014 World Cup, two lines will be active.

The Rio 2016™ Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has announced the results of the Pre-Games Training Venues Registering and Selection process this Tuesday, 24 January 2012.

The inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games, held in Innsbruck, Austria, came to an end last Sunday, 22 January, after ten days of competitions and celebrations. Over a thousand elite young athletes aged 14 to 18 from 70 nations competed and participated in an extensive educational and cultural programme which engaged enthusiastic crowds of visitors and Austrians in a historic and memorable event.

Over 110 thousand spectators attended the competitions. The official website of Innsbruck 2012 had over 4.7 million visits during the event.

Until the beginning of Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Rio’s city centre will start to count on a new and modern public transportation option, which will provide more comfort to the users and reduce the time of the journey The Light Rail Transit, LRT, will be able to connect the other means of transportation and will make the quantity of buses decrease in the region.

Each unit of the new tram will accommodate 450 passengers. Six lines will operate in 52 kilometers. Before the 2014 World Cup, two lines will be active.