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Apr 26, 2012
São Paulo Metro: A Successful Public Transportation System
Publication: Urban Public Transportation System: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass Transit
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Operating since 1974, the Saeo Metro can be considered as a successful public transport system. Although working with a relatively short network, it attends 1.7 million entering passengers per working day. This report describes the urban scenery where the São Paulo Metro was implemented, their main technical and operational dimensions, characteristics and indicators; the tolls dedicated to keep up with users and citizens preferences and opinions. A significant chapter is dedicated to describe and to analyze the main factors that produce the service success and the relevant role played by innovations provided by the subway service in Metropolitan Transport.
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Urban Public Transportation System: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass Transit
Pages: 285 - 297
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© 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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Arnaldo Luis Santos Pereira
Planning Director, Companhia do Metropolitano de Sao Paulo-Metro, Av. Paulista, 402-13 andar-01310-903 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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