Concessions of busways to the private sector : the Sao Paulo metropolitan region experience (English)

Roughly 16,000 buses serve the 16 million inhabitants of the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region; 12,000 of them serve the Sao Paulo municipality itself, where 8.5 million people live. Congestion is heavy at peak travel times, and traffic signal timing logic favors the flow of automobiles. Bus operations are also hampered by obsolete ticket collection systems and by poor access for bus passengers, which lengthens boarding and aligthing times. Average bus...

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Rebelo, Jorge M.;

Benvenuto, Pedro P.;
Document Date
1995/11/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS1546
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Brazil,
Region
Latin America And Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Concessions of busways to the private sector : the Sao Paulo metropolitan region experience
Keywords
bus corridor

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Rebelo, Jorge M.; Benvenuto, Pedro P..

Concessions of busways to the private sector : the Sao Paulo metropolitan region experience (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 1546 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/716681468744104041

Concessions of busways to the private sector : the Sao Paulo metropolitan region experience (English)

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