30: Tim Maia

As part of Rio's preparations for the Olympics in 2016 a cycling pathway was built adjacent to a narrow, congested roadway along a picturesque shoreline. When a section collapsed only months before the opening ceremony killing two people, the world looked on with growing concerns about the imminent Olympics.
With John Chidgey.

Links of potential interest:

Deaths on Collapsed Rio de Janeiro Bike Path Deal Safety Blow to Olympic Host
Anger Grows Over Rio Bike Path Failure - WSJ
Questions Continue After the Collapse of Rio’s Cycle Path
Faulty Planning Blamed for Deadly Collapse
Padlocked and Falling Apart: Rio’s Olympic Legacy
Bike Lane Collapse Kills People on Beach
Are Brazil’s Corruption Scandals Finally Hitting the Olympics?
Rio, the Olympics, and Broken Promises
Architects Say Rio’s Olympic Bike Path Was Destined to Collapse
Petition Calls for Complete Demolition of Cycle-path
Judge Orders Closure of Rio Cycleway

Photo Gallery Links:

Gallery of A Stretch of Rio de Janeiro’s Tim Maia Bike Path Collapses
The Collapsed Area of the new Cycle Lane

Links of Interest (Portuguese):

Queda da Ciclovia: Doações à campanhas feitas pela CONCREMAT e os Grandes Jogos
Tweet: “‘Podre, tem que fazer tudo outra vez’, diz vice-prefeito sobre ciclovia Tim Maia, no Rio”
PETIÇÃO PARA A DEMOLIÇÃO DA CICLOVIA DA AVENIDA NIEMEYER

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Episode Gold Producer:
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Episode Silver Producers:
Carsten Hansen, John Whitlow and Joseph Antonio.