Subsidies for public passenger transport in Brazil - a sustainable mobility issue

Abstract

The present paper analyses how the public transport fare is calculated in Brazil. The choice of the research theme is related to the impact that tariff price has on the access to urban public transportation, especially since the people who most use this mode of transportation are the least favoured ones, and therefore, those most in need of public policies that help establish fair tariff prices. The first part of the article contains an analysis on the tariff calculation in the Brazilian public transport system. From this definition, it was concluded that extra-tariff funds in Brazil are very small, so it was necessary to research different forms of subsidies used in other countries, as well as legal innovations found in Brazil, to suggest new ways of operation, which can increase the demand for the system, and consequently, increase the injection of funds in the sector. With the increase in revenue, public transport can gain in technological innovations for the sake of sustainability, contributing to lower carbon emissions to the atmosphere.