Rio de Janeiro has a special traffic plan.
The population of Rio de Janeiro is going home earlier due to the partial holiday decreed by the city hall, starting at noon, based on the General Law of the World Cup; the mobility plan is a strategy of the city hall aimed at easing traffic around the Maracanã Stadium and avoiding overcrowding on public transport for fans attending the match between Spain and Chile in the World Cup.
Douglas Corrêa - Reporter for Agência Brasil
The population of Rio de Janeiro will go home earlier today (18) due to the partial holiday that the city hall of Rio decreed, starting at noon, based on the General Law of the Cup.
The mobility plan is a strategy implemented by the city government to ease traffic around the Maracanã Stadium and prevent overcrowding on public transportation for fans attending the World Cup match between Spain and Chile, scheduled for 16 PM.
According to data from the city hall, it is estimated that 59% of the fans at Maracanã are foreigners, 34% are residents of the city, and 7% come from other states.
According to the president of Rio Eventos, Leonardo Maciel, it was necessary to make some modifications because it was a weekday "with intense movement of workers in the city, in addition to the fans, and to repair some problems from the last game that need to be corrected," he said.
One of the changes to traffic was the number of streets with no parking around the stadium. According to the Director of Operations of the Engineering and Traffic Company, Joaquim Dinis, it was necessary to create an alternative traffic diversion route due to the demonstrations that took place in Rio de Janeiro.
The streets surrounding the stadium are already closed to traffic and will reopen at 20 PM, two hours after the end of the match. The Municipal Guard will have 488 officers to remove vehicles parked in prohibited areas.
According to Rio Eventos, the Quinta da Boa Vista Park, located on the other side of the stadium, will remain closed on match days at the Maracanã Stadium.