This report presents the main findings and conclusions of the study conducted by the Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea), whose main goal is to portray the situa tion in the segment of projects engineering manly associated with Brazilian transportation infrastructure. This study is...

This study is to assess the needs and possibilities of fostering the engineering design firms in Brazil, more specifically those targeting the naval industry projects, and also offer a diagnosis to guide the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policy support to strengthen this segment...

The public policies on mass transit and other economic policies have been unable to avoid increasing mass transit costs and urban bus fares, which places a burden on a majority of the population depending on public transit. This study analyzes the variations in urban bus fares and households...

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...

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...

This article presents some concepts, relevant legislation as well as a characterization model of tariff policies of public transport services in Brazil. The text also presents the main regulatory and economic variables that characterize a pricing policy, discussing the current challenges of...

In recent years in Brazil, with the increase in motorized individual transport, population mobility conditions are degrading too, mainly due to the growth in traffic accidents with victims, urban congestion and also the vehicle pollutants. From this context, we tried to start a debate on the...

This paper presents the statistics of deaths from road accidents in Brazil in 2013 as well as the evolution of total deaths and mode of transport in the last 15 years using the mortality data of the Ministry of Health. In Brazil killed about 43,000 people each year in car accidents being the...

Students, children under 4 years old and people aged 65 and over in Brazil are entitled to partial or full discount on urban trips using public transport systems. These discounts are not covered by public funding, but rather by the other service users who pay full-fare. In this study, we...