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BRT ABC
Overview
Owner Empresa Metropolitana de Transportes Urbanos
Area served
Transit typeBus rapid transit
Number of stations19
Websitebrtabc.com.br
Operation
Operation will start2023 (estimated)[1]
Operator(s)Next Mobilidade[2]
Number of vehicles82 23 m (75 ft) battery electric buses
Technical
System length17.3 kilometres (10.7 mi)
Average speed25 km/h (16 mph)
Top speed40 km/h (25 mph)
System map

Legend
 Terminal Sacomã
Rua do Grito
Terminal Tamanduateí
Albino Morais
São Paulo
São Caetano do Sul
 Almirante Delamare
Goiás
CEU Meninos
Cerâmica
Estrada das Lágrimas
Vila Império
Instituto Mauá
São Caetano do Sul
São Bernardo do Campo
 Rudge Ramos
Afonsina
 20 
São Bernardo do Campo
Santo André
 Fundação do ABC
Santo André
São Bernardo do Campo
 Winston Churchill
Senador Vergueiro
Aldino Pinotti
Metrópole
São Bernardo do Campo Terminal

BRT ABC is a future bus rapid transit (BRT) system for the southwest Greater São Paulo as a successor of the São Paulo Metro Line 18-Bronze monorail project, cancelled in 2019 by governor João Doria.[3]

Characteristics[edit]

The system will have 82 battery electric buses distributed in 3 different lines of same route, but with different services. The local line will stop by all of the 20 stations and 3 terminals, with medium speed of 19 km/h (12 mph) and headway of 4 minutes during peak hours. The semi-express line will attend the 3 terminals and 5 interest stations with medium speed of 23 km/h (14 mph) and headway of 3 minutes during peak hours. The express line will only attend the 3 terminals with headway of 8 minutes and medium speed of 25 km/h (16 mph).[4]

History[edit]

In May 2021, the construction was announced to begin in September 2021. The first stretch would start operating after the second half of 2022.[4][5]

On 10 June 2021, desembargador Marrey Uint, from the Court of Justice of São Paulo, suspended, through a temporary lawsuit, the prorogation of Metra's concession alleging, among other reasons, that the period would be beyond the allowed limit (total of 35 years) and the extra permission to operate the 85 lines of intermunicipal buses of the Greater ABC and the construction of the system wouldn't exempt company contract through a bidding process.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lobo, Renato (24 February 2022). "Governo de São Paulo promete entregar BRT ABC em 2023". Via Trólebus (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. ^ Bazani, Adamo (14 May 2021). "ENTREVISTA: Next Mobilidade será o nome da concessionária do Corredor ABD, BRT ABC e de todas as linhas metropolitanas da EMTU no ABC". Diário do Transporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  3. ^ Meier, Ricardo (3 July 2019). "Governo do estado cancela Linha 18-Bronze de metrô". Metrô CPTM (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b Bazani, Adamo; Moreira, Willian (20 May 2021). "BRT ABC: Saiba mais detalhes em nova apresentação feita pelo Governo do Estado a prefeitos nesta quinta (20)". Diário do Transporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. ^ Meier, Ricardo (19 March 2021). "Em vez de Metrô, ABC Paulista terá mais 25 anos da Metra e seus ônibus". Metrô CPTM (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  6. ^ Meier, Ricardo (10 June 2021). "Após demora, Justiça suspende renovação da concessão da Metra". Metrô CPTM (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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