It is estimated that more than 20% of the Brazilian population has some limited mobility, whether by physical, motor or sensory or even a transitory specific condition. For this portion of the population to fully exercise its constitutional right to come and go, transport systems must adopt some...

Social housing large-scale production through Minha Casa Minha Vida Program (MCMV) is impacting the form of the urban space in Brazilian cities as well as bringing important consequences on life conditions of its beneficiaries. This paper aims to assess into which extent MCMV developments for...

One of the core aims of transportation policies is to facilitate people's access to employment, health and education opportunities as well as cultural and leisure activities. Nonetheless, transport research and policies in Brazil are still largely focused on the challenges of reducing road...

This paper presents the results of the updates of researches of traffic accidents costs in Brazil carried out by Ipea and the ANTP last decade. The study shows that the brazilian people loses about R$ 50.00 billion a year from traffic accidents, which highlights the costs of production loss of...

In this study we examine how the use of private and public transport has changed since the early 2000s in Brazilian cities. We analyzed data on the changing patterns of consumption of transportation goods and services by Brazilian families over the last 20 years. We also analyzed how urban...

Public transport systems have been losing demand over the last twenty years because mainly growth of individual motorized transport and the real increase in public transport fare prices. The problem is that urban mobility systems are becoming less sustainable. Transport externalities such as...

Ride-hailing services from companies such as Uber, DiDi and 99 have significantly changed travel behavior in cities across the globe. Despite the common presence of these services in Brazilian cities, there is still little information about who are the users of these services in the country,...

The aim of this text is to describe and discuss alternatives for new urban mobility services and alternatives for financing the urban infrastructure associated with mobility. It is considered that urban mobility depends not only on services but also on adequate urban infrastructure. Alternatives...

This article is a contribution of the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada - Ipea) to the evaluation of the My House My Life Program (Minha Casa Minha Vida - PMCMV) carried out within the scope of the Public Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Council...

The purpose of the TD is to evaluate public transport tariff diversification policies considering extra tariff sources focused on the encumbrance of individual transport, IPTU, payroll of employers, among other sources. Based on the POF/IBGE, it is possible to observe the burden on family...