Bicycle and public policies in Brazil: comparing the trajectories of the bicycle policy agendas in Rio Branco (AC) and São Paulo (SP).

Nos últimos anos, a agenda cicloviária ganhou relevância no Brasil. A bicicleta, antes relegada ao uso esportivo e recreativo, passou a ser interpretada como um elemento de políticas públicas de mobilidade urbana. Diversos municípios demonstraram essa mudança de perspectiva por meio da implementação de sistemas cicloviários. Dois municípios em particular se destacaram pela implementação de significativas redes de infraestrutura cicloviária: Rio Branco (AC) e São Paulo (SP). A partir de uma análise de caráter longitudinal e comparada, este trabalho rastreou a trajetória dessas agendas locais à guisa de compará-las com relação às dimensões das ideias, dos atores, das estruturas relacionais e dos encaixes institucionais. Por meio da articulação de diferentes lentes teóricas, foi possível observar variações nos parâmetros estáveis de observação em diferentes contextos históricos e regimes políticos, apesar de apresentarem resultados parecidos em termos de políticas públicas. Observou-se como variados padrões de interação socioestatais, em distintos contextos locais e sob o mesmo tema de agenda, se articularam gerando resultados institucionais semelhante.In recent years, the cycling agenda has gained relevance in Brazil. Two municipalities in particular stood out for the implementation of cycling infrastructure networks: Rio Branco (AC) and São Paulo (SP). Based on a longitudinal and comparative analysis, this work traced the trajectory of these local agendas by way of comparing them in relation to the dimensions of ideas, actors, relational structures and institutional settings. Through the articulation of different theoretical lenses, it was possible to observe variations in the stable parameters of observation in different historical contexts and polítical regimes, despite presenting similar results in terms of public policy instruments. It was observed how varied patterns of socio-state interaction, in different local contexts and under the same agenda theme, were articulated, generating similar institutional result

Difusion of cycling policy in the city of São Paulo: resistance, support and the role of the media

<p></p><p>Abstract São Paulo is a megalopolis with a pattern of occupation marked by the prominence of the automobile. However, recently, the urban mobility agenda gained new meaning and new actors were mobilized. From the post-positivist and diffusion theoretical perspectives of public policies, the present work discusses how the idea of the cycling policy arose, adapted and faced resistance in the political and social context of the municipality of São Paulo under Fernando Haddad’s government (Workers’ Party). As a result of the research, on one hand, the role of the political and epistemic community of the cycling-activists and the entrepreneurial role of Mayor Haddad as elements of political support stand out. On the other hand, the São Paulo press played an oppositional role in the implementation of the policy, acting as a political actor in the subsystem of the cycling policy, by systematically attacking the image of the infrastructures implemented for the bicycles.</p><p></p