The document summarizes São Paulo's efforts to integrate its transit system across the large metropolitan region. Key elements included building dedicated bus rapid transit lines, implementing bus priority lanes, integrating fares, and renovating the bus fleet. This resulted in increased ridership and a shift towards greater public transit use. However, challenges remain regarding reliability, capacity, and user perceptions of service quality. Ongoing improvements continue to address these issues.

1. CITYWIDE TRANSIT INTEGRATION IN A LARGE CITY: THE CASE OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL Dario Hidalgo, PhD Senior Transport Engineer EMBARQ, The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport TRB Annual Meeting Washington DC, January 2009

2. Sao Paulo is a growing megacity with increasing problems in mobility and quality of life Metropolitan Area: 39 Cities, 19 Million People City of Sao Paulo: 10.4 Million (6% of Brazil) Source: Sao Paulo Municipality

4. Mega challenges in congestion, air quality, safety and security, energy consumption and GHG emissions Photos: Municipality of Sao Paulo

5. The city is transforming radial/dispersed transit into an integrated system Source: Sao Paulo Municipality

6. This is resulting in a positive shift in modal share trends Percent Motorized Trips Graph: Sao Paulo Municipality

8. Sao Paulo reform is way beyond recent BRT Experiences in Developing Cities Single Corridor Several Corridors Feeder Routes City Wide Route Reorganization Non Integrated Integrated Metrobús – Mexico BRT – Beijing TransMilenio - Bogotá Metrovía - Guayaquil Jakarta Quito (Trole, Ecovía, North) Transantiago Interligado – Sao Paulo Megabús - Pereira RIT - Curitiba Metrobus - Istanbul

16. Control system Source: Sao Paulo Municipality

17. Public Investment Source: Sao Paulo Municipality, Exchange rate 2.85 brazilian reales per US dollar (January 2004). 1/ Formerly named Paulistão ad Fura-Fila. Initial operations started in March 2007 2/ Includes infrastructure built before 2001 R$ 140 million 937,34 496,38 440,97 2 Total 80,52 48,24 32,28 Monitoring and Control 29,29 22,01 7,28 203,7 km 126,0 km 77,7 km Via-Livre (30 corridors – curbside) 237,89 79,60 158,6 2 31,8 km 31,8 km Expresso Tiradentes 1 (Fully Segregated) 328,59 210,76 117,83 320,7 km 226,1 km 94,6 km Passa-Rápido (31 corridors – median) 34,21 31,58 2,63 328 303 25 Transfer Stations 164,19 104,50 59,69 32 18 14 Terminal Facilities 62,66 62,66 Electronic Fare Collection Sys tem Total 2005-2008 2001- 2004 Total 2005-2008 2001- 2004 Component USD Million Units

18. Main Impact – Increase in Boardings and Linked Trips

23. Perceived Quality of Service for Municipal Buses remains low Source: ANTP Main User Concerns Emission Levels (99%) Congestion (88%) Long waiting times (82%) Long travel times (80%)

24. Financial Stress Revenues Costs Source, Souza, A, ANTP/BNDS 2007