This work sought to identify the socioeconomic, urbanistic and mobility variables that explain the higher relative occurrence of trips by public transport (TPU - transporte público coletivo urbano), individual motorized transport (TI - transporte individual motorizado) and non-motorized...

This discussion paper presents a comparative analysis of the market structure and charging of the main public services charged, considering some tariff charging parameters raised for each of them. The services considered in the analysis are sanitation, waste, transport, energy and telephony...

This work aims to study socioeconomic variables related to mortality rates from traffic accidents in Brazil, investigating the effect of economic development and important factors that explain the differentiation of traffic deaths between Brazilian states. It was observed that a higher...

This Discussion Paper presents an overview of the granting of transportation assistance to Brazilian working heads of families based on data from the IBGE 2018-2019 Family Budget Survey. It was shown that people from the lowest social strata, with less education and income, are precisely those...

The spatial organization of cities has important implications for sustainable urban development. Several studies have analyzed how urban form characteristics can have different environmental impacts by influencing more or less sustainable mobility patterns. However, most of these studies present...

One of the main goals of transportation policies is to improve the people's access to employment opportunities, public services, and amenities. For this reason, an increasing number of transportation and funding agencies have sought to incorporate accessibility studies in the planning and...

Ride-hailing services have the potential to expand access to opportunities, but out-of-pocket costs may limit the benefits of ride-hail for low-income individuals. This paper examines how ride-hailing services can shape spatial and socioeconomic differences in access to opportunities while...

Traffic congestion is a persistent problem in large metropolises and increasingly common in medium and large cities. Several studies have analyzed the negative effects of congestion in terms of economic productivity loss, increased environmental pollution, and negative health consequences....

Providing access to education for low-income populations is essential to reduce inequalities and promote social inclusion. Although the spatial dimension of inequalities in access to education has received attention in recent studies, there is a lack of studies that examine whether children have...

The population's access to public health services contribute to reducing disease prevalence and raising life expectancy. In Brazil, the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) is guided by the principles of universality and integrality of care to all health needs. Despite the advances of the SUS, it...