Rodoviária – Porto Alegre Bus Terminal

Rodoviária – Porto Alegre Bus Terminal (1970)

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A bus terminal inspired by the Estação Rodoviária de Porto Alegre, Brazil: a one-way bus ring around a central island under a roof of concrete umbrella shells, with the boarding bays laid out like flower petals. FEATURES - 14 bus stops: 9 "petal" bays around the island, 3 arrival bays and 2 interstate/international bays along the main building. Buses drive in nose-first and turn around inside their own bay, so no reversing is needed. - Each bay holds up to 80 waiting passengers (over 1,000 in the whole terminal), so big 70+ seat coaches fill up. - Passengers walk from the street through the main building, down into a concourse with kiosks and shops, and under the bus bridge (with its "BOA VIAGEM" sign) up to the island. - Glass-fronted ticket hall with counters, sofas and benches; glass lounges inside the U and two big curved lounges at the rotunda ends; a walkway hall with toilets; ceiling lamps that glow at night. - Shops, kiosks with menu boards and fruit crates, a glass churrascaria over the walkway, flower beds, café tables, clocks, bay numbers and night lighting. - One-way entrance streets for the bus entry and exit on the east side. - No street included at the front: build your own and add stops for taxis and city buses. - Available from 1970. UPDATING FROM 1.0 Existing stations keep working and look as before. Bulldoze and rebuild to get the new interiors, lamps and 80-passenger bays. HISTORY Until the late 1930s, Porto Alegre had no bus station: travellers had to book in advance and the bus company picked them up at home, which cost hours on every trip. The first bus station opened on the old Praça do Coliseu, then moved to the Praça dos Bombeiros, and after three more moves it opened on its current site on 28 June 1970. At the time it was considered the largest and most modern bus station in South America, both in architecture and in how it worked. WHY THIS MOD I grew up travelling back and forth through this terminal, on national and international trips, to visit family and friends. I've always admired its architecture and the sheer capacity it had, and I wanted to bring a bit of that memory into the game I love to play. DISCLAIMER This terminal uses the Rodoviária as inspiration and is not a 1:1 recreation. AI was used to help with the pathing and details.

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