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That transportation in Brazil is a huge chaos - as well as almost all public services in the country - isn't a new, but there's a problem more frequent in the city of Rio de Janeiro: the infrastructure for wheelchair users in bus. At first glance, you may think that there are no wheelchair lifts in buses, but they do exist. The problem is a lack of maintenance, a fact that the city of Rio de Janeiro has had to face, even during the Olympics. Faced with the financial crisis through which the state and municipal governments cross, the authorities say they have insufficient funds to make preventive and corrective repairs to equipments. Without having how to solve this misfortune, disabled people need to rely with the solidarity of drivers and passengers to get on the bus and to overcome the bureaucracy that is to be poor in Brazil. When they do not find anyone in solidarity, the solution is to try to embark alone, in an embarrassing situation that mixes shame and so...

Painted hole to alert pedestrians Troubled with the holes in the street of the city, the entrepeneur Valdnei Sergio de Souza of Analândia city, picked up a brush and paint and marked out the craters with a white circle. The action was encouraged by dwellers and the mayor, didn't like. Souza was approached by an officer of the Municipal Administration and warned to stop dialing. He claimed that his goal was to signal the holes to avoid accidents, especially with kids on bikes. The server triggered the military police. The police did a term of damage to public property. The approach ended up on social networks. The city reported that the painting of streets is governed by law and that improper use can distract drivers.  In São Carlos, the seller Wlademir Luiz Ribeiro started to paint white holes in the streets after falling off the bike in a crater and get hurt. The measure, he said, aimed to give more visibility to holes and prevent further accidents. The city said it has ...