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Brazilian city trials app that monitors social distancing in high flow stations
Curitiba is said to be the first city in Brazil to trial the application in actions to combat COVID-19.
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Brazil joins International Transport Forum (ITF) as observer
The ITF acts as a think tank for transport policy for member countries and as a platform for discussion and pre-negotiation of policy issues across all transport modes.
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Brazilian on-demand CityBus 2.0 serves 80,000 riders since 2019 launch
The on-demand public transportation service in Goiânia, Brazil, powered by Via, spans more than 40 square kilometres and has reportedly removed 6,500 vehicles from the streets and 64 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
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Moovit and Waze Carpool to offer community-led carpooling
Moovit will utilise Waze’s carpool driver community to offer users new mobility solutions.
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$9 million raised for Brazil’s first dockless bike-sharing service
A dockless bike-sharing service will be introduced into Brazil for the first time after significant seed round funding, with 100,000 bikes to be deployed in summer 2018…
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Brazil has appointed a new Minister of Transport
Maurício Quintella Lessa left the position of Minister of Transport on 30 March 2018, leaving the new minister the task of modernising and developing Brazil’s transportation infrastructure…
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Modern bike-sharing technology to be implemented in São Paulo
Itaú Unibanco, tembici. and PBSC Urban Solutions take the large-scale bike-sharing network project in São Paulo into a new technological era, encouraging modern urban mobility...
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Rio de Janeiro tramway opens ahead of Olympic Games
8 June 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
Rio de Janeiro has celebrated the opening of its first integrated tramway system two months ahead of the city hosting the Olympic Games.
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The importance of public transport in Latin America
3 May 2016 | By Eleonora Pazos, Head of the Latin America Division, UITP
A quick walk through the centre of any large Latin American city will be enough to establish who rules the urban space. While approximately 100 million cars (one for every five people) are used on a daily basis, public transport has been losing ground each year. Users frequently experience inadequate…
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Brazilian Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) networks lead the way
Fortunately the theme of urban mobility has gained increasing prominence in discussions at all levels. For the International Association of Public Transport, UITP, knowledge management and studies related to Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems has always been addressed as the main item of a positive agenda. UITP support for BRT…
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Thales wins telecommunications contract for Manaus monorail
18 April 2013 | By Thales
Thales has been selected to provide telecommunications systems for the Manaus monorail...
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Alstom participates in the Line 5 (Lilac) expansion project in São Paulo, Brazil
7 February 2013 | By Alstom
Alstom awarded a contract to provide auxiliary systems for the extension of Line 5 (Lilac).
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Thales awarded first metro signalling contract in Brazil
19 December 2011 | By Thales
São Paulo’s Line 17 driverless monorail will be equipped with the Thales SelTrac CBTC signalling solution...
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Bombardier consortium delivers its first fully modernised metro train to São Paulo Metro in Brazil
8 December 2011 | By Bombardier Transportation
Fully modernised cars will support the vital road-to-rail paradigm shift...
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Bombardier wins third aass transit complete signalling system in Brazil
21 September 2011 | By Bombardier
Globally proven BOMBARDIER CITYFLO 650 solution to be delivered for São Paulo Metro, following Madrid and London...
