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[[Image:Traffic jam Sao Paulo 09 2006 30.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Traffic on Consolação Avenue in [[São Paulo]].]]
[[Image:SaoPaulo PrestesMaia.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Congestion on Prestes Maia Avenue in [[São Paulo]].]]
'''Transport in São Paulo''' plays a key role in the daily lives of the people of [[São Paulo]] and offers various methods of [[public transport]] that are offered in the city, including a complex bus system run by [[SPTrans]], and various subway and railway lines. A [[contactless smartcard]] is used
==Bus system==
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{{See also|Trolleybuses in São Paulo}}
Over 16,000 buses form the bulk of the public transport in São Paulo; including about 290 [[trolleybus|trolley buses]].<ref name="juts2009">Webb, Mary (Ed.) (2009). ''Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2009-2010'', pp. 42/6. Coulsdon (UK): [[Jane's Information Group]]. {{ISBN|978-0-7106-2903-6}}.</ref> With the exception of a small network overseen by the [[EMTU]], all bus lines are operated by concessionaires under the supervision of [http://www.sptrans.com.br/ SPTrans], a municipal company responsible for the planning and management of public transport. Some of the SPTrans buses are painted white, whilst others are painted with region-specific colours. Until 2003, [[Share taxi|informal transport vans]] had a large presence in the city, but the vast majority are now registered with the city council, legalised, and now operate under the same colour scheme used in the main system. To increase efficiency in the city, São Paulo implemented in 2007 a [[bus rapid transit]] system called the [[Expresso Tiradentes]]<ref>https://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/cidade/secretarias/transportes/noticias/?p=16040</ref>. There is also a {{convert|632|km|abbr=on}} long system of reserved bus lanes, which are placed on large avenues and connected with the subway or suburban railway stations<ref>http://www.sptrans.com.br/corredores-e-faixas-exclusivas/</ref>.
==Rail transport==
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São Paulo has three airports. Two of them, São Paulo/[[Guarulhos International Airport]] and [[Congonhas-São Paulo Airport]] are located in the metropolitan area, while the third, [[Campo de Marte]], is located north of the [[Central Zone of São Paulo|city center]]. Campo de Marte also hosts the Ventura Goodyear Blimp.
Congonhas Airport operates domestic and regional flights, mainly to [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Belo Horizonte]] and [[Brasília]]. Guarulhos International Airport, also known to São Paulo
In 2006, about 34.3 million people used the city's airports (mainly from Congonhas and Guarulhos International Airport, the only two operating commercial flights). Infraero, Brazil's main aviation authority, estimates that with the remodelling of Guarulhos Airport, São Paulo's airports will be able to handle about 45 million passengers a year within the next five years.
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