{"id":23427,"date":"2013-04-18T18:19:57","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T18:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145710.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=23427"},"modified":"2013-04-23T12:20:24","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T12:20:24","slug":"sao-paulo-single-transit-pass-for-all-public-transit-including-bike-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/sao-paulo-single-transit-pass-for-all-public-transit-including-bike-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00e3o Paulo &#8212; Single Transit Pass For All Public Transit (Including Bike Sharing)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t recall where I first heard the argument that bicycle sharing programs were essentially public transit, just more tailored for individual freedom and need. But I certainly liked the concept.\u00a0S\u00e3o Paulo is probably not the first, but it&#8217;s the first I can think of that takes that concept and runs with it. The Brazilian city of 11 million (the eighth-largest city in the world and the largest in the southern hemisphere) is planning to have a city transit pass include access to the bike sharing program.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23429\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23429\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/sao-paulo-single-transit-pass-for-all-public-transit-including-bike-sharing\/cycling-watermelons\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23429\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23429\" alt=\"Photo Credit: mdondo \/ Foter.com \/ CC BY-NC\" src=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cycling-watermelons.jpeg\" width=\"600\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cycling-watermelons.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cycling-watermelons-300x210.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mdondo\/4432104649\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mdondo<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/foter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foter.com<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY-NC<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the city is trying to plan the bike sharing system to integrate well with the rest of the city&#8217;s transportation system. And it is supposed to include 50,000 bikes &#8212; no token program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The plan is still under review at the city level. Rio\u2019s secretary of transportation, Jilmar Tatto, gave no timeline nor estimated cost for the project, but he confirmed that a proposal had been presented to S\u00e3o Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/thecityfix.com\/blog\/sao-paulo-brazil-bike-sharing-integrated-transport-pass-maria-fernanda-cavalcanti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheCityFix writes<\/a>. (Correction: Jilmar Tatto is\u00a0S\u00e3o Paulo&#8217;s transportation secretary.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23428\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/sao-paulo-single-transit-pass-for-all-public-transit-including-bike-sharing\/bicycling-sau-paulo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23428\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23428\" alt=\"Photo Credit: mdondo \/ Foter.com \/ CC BY-NC\" src=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bicycling-sau-paulo.jpeg\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bicycling-sau-paulo.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bicycling-sau-paulo-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mdondo\/4432878846\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mdondo<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/foter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foter.com<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY-NC<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo already has a few bike-sharing systems. The largest,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilicidade.com.br\/bikesampa.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bike Sampa<\/a>, is sponsored by Ita\u00fa Bank, with around 1,000 bicycles at stations throughout the city. Cyclists can also find rentals available from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paradavital.org.br\/p_comofunciona.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Bike<\/a>\u00a0system operated by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paradavital.org.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parada Vital<\/a>\u00a0Institute since 2009. Our Bike offers 240 bikes for rent at 17 subway stations and four bus terminals throughout Rio.<\/p>\n<p>The city pass is to be called the\u00a0Bilhete \u00danico (Unified Ticket).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t recall where I first heard the argument that bicycle sharing programs were essentially public transit, just more tailored for individual freedom and need. But I certainly liked the concept.\u00a0S\u00e3o Paulo is probably not the first, but it&#8217;s the first I can think of that takes that concept and runs with it. The Brazilian &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/sao-paulo-single-transit-pass-for-all-public-transit-including-bike-sharing\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">S\u00e3o Paulo &#8212; Single Transit Pass For All Public Transit (Including Bike Sharing)<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1107,350],"tags":[359,1228],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cycling-watermelons.jpeg",600,421,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cycling-watermelons-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cycling-watermelons-300x210.jpeg",300,210,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cycling-watermelons.jpeg",600,421,false],"large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cycling-watermelons.jpeg",600,421,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cycling-watermelons.jpeg",600,421,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cycling-watermelons.jpeg",600,421,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Zach","author_link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/author\/zshahan\/"},"uagb_comment_info":3,"uagb_excerpt":"I don&#8217;t recall where I first heard the argument that bicycle sharing programs were essentially public transit, just more tailored for individual freedom and need. But I certainly liked the concept.\u00a0S\u00e3o Paulo is probably not the first, but it&#8217;s the first I can think of that takes that concept and runs with it. The Brazilian&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}