Rail transit in São Paulo metropolitan region: a review of nowadays metro and suburban rail network

• Grant number: 10/13344-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2011
• End date: February 28, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Architecture and Town Planning
• Principal Investigator: Klara Anna Maria Kaiser Mori
• Grantee: Marcos Kiyoto de Tani e Isoda
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

There are nowadays two main transit modes in São Paulo Metropolitan Region, represented by two public companies: Paulista Company of Metropolitan Trains (CPTM), that operates the suburban trains, and São Paulo's Metropolitan Company (Metrô), that operates the subway. Both integrates the state Expansion Plan, that mix the role of the two modes, equaling them under the name "subway-quality network", giving the impression of an astonishing expansion of the subway network in a few years. The same confusion can be seen in the last transit plans, showing a lack of understanding of the role of each mode. The study's purpose is to verify the role of both modes in metropolitan transit, point their specificities, the possibilities of distinction and convergence, and its possible and desirable articulation. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ISODA, Marcos Kiyoto de Tani e. Rail Transit in the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo: a study about the conception and insertion of high capacity transit networks. 2013. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU/SBI) São Paulo.