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The Line 4-Yellow of the São Paulo Metro now has a feature that will make life easier for those who use public transport in Sao Paulo. Before boarding, the passengers will be informed about which cars are more free than others. Simply view the monitor that displays the train design administered by a private company. Each wagon exhibits an occupancy level with some colored bars. The idea is to enable users of the trains can have more comfort during travel. According to the administration of 4-Yellow Line, was necessary three years to develop the tool. 

Confiscated material with fans of both teams: iron bars and firecrackers .. Fights between fans of Palmeiras and Corinthians, hours before the game last Sunday ended with one dead and 25 people arrested. The clashes took place in three locations in the metropolitan area of ​​São Paulo: Sao Miguel Paulista in the east zone of the city, in Guarulhos and in the subway station Brás, on downtown. The fatal victim, according to the military police, not involved in the confrontation. He was hit by a stray bullet as he passed by a square, opposite the train station of São Miguel Paulista neighborhood. The shot hit the heart of the pedestrian, who died instantly. Man killed during a clash of rival fans In another area of ​​São Paulo, in the Brás subway station, the police were called to break up a fight between members of the supporters of the two teams. The train circulation came to be interrupted. The riot squad entered the Brás station to stop the confrontation. According to a...

Passenger waiting for help after derailments Few months before of the Olympic Games, the city of Rio de Janeiro faces several problems. Unfinished works of the subway, congestion in the main avenues of the city, assault waves on the beaches and constant police actions in the poorest neighborhoods. But one issue stands out: the constant accidents in the rail system of Rio de Janeiro. Daily circulating more than 1 million people in the subway and metropolitan trains that serve the city. Happen frequent derailments, failure in air conditioning systems, power outage and inadvertent locking of the doors, which has left passengers locked in a composition. Rescue of passenger after train accident Companies who administer this system, the MetrôRio and SuperVia received six fines, the latter for operation failing. Together, the punishment amounted to BRL 499,118.99. Only to the concessionaire responsible for the trains, received four penalties of the state government. In addition...

Thieves jumping of bus window after performing assault With less than a year to the start of the Olympics, the violence in Rio de Janeiro is growing at an alarming rate. A crime wave involving stabbing in the streets and squares, gave way to thefts on buses and subways. "It's the worst job that I've ever worked," fumed a driver. The buses is crowded in the first stopping points, although the number of paying persons doesn't reach five. With full bus, a group of about 10 young begin the assaults. When the buses arrive in the city center, the congestion further facilitates theft. From the middle to the back of the bus, they destroy all the seats and rear windshield. They pull the lever and push with your feet. The assaults committed by young people on buses is common during all days of the week. Motorists say that the problems in the bus lines are repeated constantly. Young people that go to the beach to commit assaults are called "sea air"...

Despite the constant increases in the ticket, the city of São Paulo suffers from a poor subway system characterized by: work at maximum stocking capacity always, constant strikes, very few stations located far of the downtown, sexual abuse against women, assault and vandalism of soccer fans (Corinthians and Palmeiras). The only positive point that the system have is the cleaning. Two other facts that call attention are the large number of people who have been pushed on the subway tracks in recent years and smartphone thefts at stations. With a ticket so expensive, the least the local population requires is security and faster in the works of expansion of subway lines, plus fair value of compensation for residents of expropriated homes in this process.