Traffic Behavior on São Paulo's Streets: A Post-Pandemic Study

This study examines São Paulo's post-COVID-19 traffic conditions after adopting a new data collection system in partnership with Waze. São Paulo, with over 6 million cars, 12 million people, and 20,000 km of roads, analyzed data from May 2020 to September 2023. Traffic patterns varied significantly on different weekdays. Mondays had lower volume (6.7 million vehicles) and congestion (76 km), while Tuesdays and Wednesdays had intermediate levels (6.6 million vehicles and 100 km, respectively). Thursdays and Fridays showed higher volume (6.7 million vehicles) and increased congestion (110 km). The study demonstrated a strong relationship between volume and traffic slowdown, reflecting economic recovery

Changing urban mobility habits in Sao Paulo: An analysis from 2017 to 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on urban mobility and public transpor-tation. While some restrictions have eased, passenger volumes remain lower than pre-pandemic levels. In 2022, global averages were 26% below 2017 figures. Public transport is crucial for urban sustainability and citizens' rights, but it relies on passengers for viability. Our study focuses on the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, analyzing passenger numbers from 2017 to 2022 for subways, urban rail, city buses, and metropolitan buses, along with individual motorized transport. The data reveals decline during the pandemic and a gradual recovery in 2022, with drops of 15% in subways, 28% in urban rail, 32% in city buses, and 20% in metropolitan buses compared to 2017. This study underscores the challenges and prospects for mobility in the region, reflecting changing habit

Urban public transport trends in five western international metropolises: A post-pandemic perspective

This study analyzes demand fluctuations in urban public transportation systems of São Paulo, New York, Paris, London, and Mexico City before and after the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. We examined annual passenger data from 2017 to 2022. Pre-pandemic, São Paulo and London saw declining trends, while Paris, New York, and Mexico City remained relatively stable, with minor fluctuations. The pandemic caused a sharp drop in passengers in April and May 2020, followed by varying degrees of recovery. Paris had a robust recovery, São Paulo, London, and Mexico City re- covered differently, and New York had a slower rebound. Subway and urban train systems showed stronger recoveries compared to urban buses. Overall, post-pandemic recovery was positive, with a gradual passenger increase each year but still below 2017 levels, indicating changed mobility habits

Analyzing Historical Trends in Trip Generation by Primary Modes of Transport in the Metropolitan Region of Sao Paulo between 1967 and 2017

This study analyzes the trip generation by main modes of transport and their trends over time in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (MRSP). Results point to a gradual growth for all modes of transport, except taxis. Moreover, the RM showed a higher growth in trip generation, employment, and population than SP. Individual modes of transport had a more expressive growth than collective ones. Regarding the share of all modes of transport, the RM had an increase while SP showed a reduction. The increase in trip generation has kept pace with population and employ-ment growth, especially in the RM

Contribution to the analysis of quality of trips and their relationships with the distribution of distress in segments of highways.

Relatam-se e discutem-se resultados obtidos em tentativa para mostrar que distribuições estatísticas de contagens ou medidas sobre características de variáveis que descrevem defeitos na superfície de pavimentos, quando associadas às distribuições de notas atribuídas às viagens em segmentos de rodovias, podem ser úteis para análise da qualidade de viagens, e fornecer informações que contribuem para facilitar estudos sobre prioridades de manutenção em rodovias, identificar e sugerir ações para melhorar a eficiência e eficácia na conservação de vias. Os dados usados foram coletados em rodovias vicinais próximas a Araraquara, estado de São Paulo, de janeiro a março de 2001. Foram observados 37 segmentos onde se contaram, mediram e classificaram defeitos, e coletaram-se notas atribuídas por observadores sobre o pavimento. O processamento de dados e o uso de métodos da estatística para investigar relações foram usados para verificar a existência de relações entre os resultados de medidas, contagens e notas, e obtenção de função para estimativa de notas atribuídas por observadores, mostrando que notas atribuídas a segmentos de rodovias podem ser estimadas. As conclusões relatadas atêm-se ao caso estudado, mas indicaram que o processo adotado pode ser usado em outros casos similares. Sugere-se o uso do processo desenvolvido para estabelecer prioridades de estudo de soluções técnicas para intervenção e melhoria de pavimentos.It was reported and discussed the results obtained in a attempt to show that the statistical distributions of measures on characteristics of variables that describe distress in the surface of pavements, when associated to the distributions of scores attributed to the trips in segments of highways should be useful for analysis of the quality of trips, and to supply information that contribute to facilitate studies about maintenance priorities in highways, to identify and to suggest actions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness in the conservation of roads. The used data were collected local highways near the city of Araraquara, state of São Paulo, from January to March of 2001. 37 segments were observed to obtain measures and classify distress or collect scores from observers on the pavement. The data processing and the use of methods of the statistics to investigate relationships were used to verify the existence of relationships among the results of measures and scores, and to obtain a function to estimate of scores from observers, it was shown that attributed scores to segments trips can be estimated. The conclusions told should be useful to the studied case, but they indicated that the adopted process can be used in other similar cases. This suggests the use of the process developed to establish priorities on studies of technical solutions for intervention and improvement of pavement surface