Government wants another 2,500 km of public transport networks

by Andrea
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The estimated extension by the organs is more than double the total existing today in the 21 metropolitan regions analyzed

Survey on Urban Mobility in 21 Metropolitan Regions evaluates that Brazil can expand 2,500 km public transport networks in the next 30 years (until 2054). The estimated extension is more than double the total existing today in these metropolitan regions (2,007 km).

O (National Bank for Economic and Social Development) and by the Ministry of Cities and calculates the possibility of building “Another 323 km of subway lines, 96 km of urban trains, 1,930 km of BRT, VLT or monorail systems, and 157 km of bus corridors.”

According to the president of BNDES, Aloizio Mercadante, investments in these works will be necessary “For increasing productivity and the dynamization of the economy in large cities”said in an institutional note.

In the same text, the Minister of Cities, Jader Filho, adds that the focus of public policy “It is to make public transport more efficient, dynamic and sustainable, ensuring quality of life to the population”reducing “The time of displacement, with comfort and safety.”

In the next study, the Ministry of Cities and BNDES promise to detail the nearly 200 public public transport projects of medium and high capacity in future networks, including estimates of investments, costs, revenues, benefits and preliminary economic and financial evaluations.


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