PT’s National Secretary of Communications, elected Federal Deputy Jilmar Tattoo (SP), took the transition group to debate the undertaking they wish to current within the Chamber of Deputies subsequent yr. A Master of Science from Poli-USP and former Municipal Secretary of Transport of São Paulo, Tetto proposes zero fares for public transport customers all through Brazil. Converted into regulation, any citizen could have free entry to buses and subways. In addition to PT’s bulk, the parliamentarian says he already has an ally in São Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes (MDB), who promised to put in the system within the metropolis.
In addition to collaborating within the transition, Tatto additionally helped coordinate the marketing campaign to elect President Lula and has an open channel with the president-elect. The parliamentarian stated members of the transition group preferred the undertaking, which was his marketing campaign promise within the 2020 election for São Paulo City Hall. Part of Lula’s group, the parliamentarian admits, continues to be not satisfied of the importance of zero. tariff
Tato believes it’s attainable to implement a free system all through Brazil inside two years. “To strangle the system, we will do it in levels, in relation to passengers, by age, days of the week and even by class, for instance, beginning with civil servants”, says the parliamentarian.
The free system will likely be funded by employers, who now pay transport vouchers, by the federal government and by automobile customers. In cities like London, automobile customers pay very costly charges to get round some busy areas. Another concept is to create a sort of state and municipal contribution to boost transport money.
The parliamentarian says he has Mayor Ricardo Nunes as one of his biggest allies. “His occasion, the MDB, accepts this on the Brazilian degree. So PT is not going to be in opposition to it. The PT has an enormous literature within the discipline of schooling, well being and social help, however we nonetheless don’t have sturdy terrorism within the discipline of transport”.
The impetus for the zero tariff, in accordance with PT, comes from the Unified Health System, SUS, which offers free healthcare to the inhabitants. The parliamentarian stated the undertaking may assist reactivate the financial system, as public transport customers may spend cash on different services and products. He cites the instance of a household of 4 dwelling within the so-called area round Brasilia desirous to go to a live performance within the capital, which might value greater than 60 reais. “If the present is free and the tickets are free, the household goes to the present. The household will spend this cash on meals, drink, balls, footwear for the youngsters, cash circulates”, he says.