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Developing bus rapid transit systems in brazil through public private partnerships.
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| Author | Lindau, Luis Antonio Afonso, Luiz Senna, Santos Strambi, Orlando Martins, Wagner Colombini |
| Abstract | By the end of the 1970’s, Brazil was leading the implementation of high-flow bus priority schemes. Busways were introduced in cities like São Paulo, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte and Goiânia under the coordination of a Federal agency. But the constitutional reform of 1988 delegated most of the Federal attributions back to States and Cities including those related to urban transit transportation, causing the curtailment of a successful national program. Many Brazilian cities are incapable of contracting financial debts to implement public infrastructures and private investments geared towards implementing new urban transport infrastructure are still very limited. In Brazil, there is a great predominance of buses over rail-based technologies in the provision of transit services. The operation of the transit systems is mostly private, with fares covering vehicle capital and operating costs whereas the public sector provides and maintains the infrastructure for operating the bus services. This paper explores new dimensions for the participation of the private sector in the provision of the transit infrastructure based on public-private partnership (PPP) schemes conceived for bus rapid transit (BRT) projects in São Paulo |
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| Subject Keyword | New Urban Transport Infrastructure Successful National Program Transit System Private Sector Constitutional Reform High-flow Bus Priority Scheme Transit Infrastructure Great Predominance Urban Transit Transportation Public Sector Goi Nia Public Infrastructure Vehicle Capital Public-private Partnership Belo Horizonte Federal Attribution Bus Rapid Transit Transit Service Porto Alegre New Dimension Financial Debt Bus Service Rail-based Technology Operating Cost Private Investment Many Brazilian City Federal Agency |
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| Resource Type | Article |
