Extending public transport provision in Rio de Janeiro

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In order to meet the challenges brought about by the city’s growth, the State of Rio de Janeiro aimed to update planning tools and to develop a metropolitan governance. AFD supported this initiative, which was combined with an increase in public transport provision: extension of the metro network via the construction of new lines, upgrading of suburban trains and river transport to cross the bay.Another driving force was the fare integration policy introduced in 2010: now a “single ticket” allows users to take two types of public transport for one journey, with at least one being intermunicipal. AFD’s support was combined with a technical partnership with the urban planning agency and Île-de-France transport authority, in order to share and promote the french expertise in sustainable mobility and urban development planning.