revenue from a dedicated transport tax versement transport levied on employers and based on payrolls has enabled the stif to extend and maintain the public transport network and nonmotorised transport facilities the city s success results from close cooperation between its urban transport planning authority urbs responsible for transport and the urban development authority ipucc which is in charge of landuse planning from its start in the curitiba brt was notable for its careful alignment with the curitiba master plan which focused the city s growth along major corridors through landuse and zoning regulations