Transport

A traffic jam forms in the turning lane on 23 de Maio Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares linking São Paulo's South Zone with the downtown area.

Security guards watch passengers in railroad cars belonging to the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (São Paulo Metropolitan Rail Company) in the city of São Paulo.

Buses belonging to the Companhia Municipal de Transportes Coletivos (Municipal Public Transport Company) parked in a residential area in the central São Paulo neighborhood of Brás.

A tourist streetcar takes passengers through the old town in Santos, a port city in São Paulo State.

A picture of a taxi's meter set to the higher Bandeira 2 pricing in Ribeirão Preto, an inland city in São Paulo State.

Pupils from the coastal city of Santos, in São Paulo State, return home in a special bus after taking part in the Summer School (Escola de Verão)—a tutoring program set up by the City Hall (Prefeitura) for pupils from public schools.

A queue of buses forms on Consolação Street in the so-called Fast Lane (Passa Rápido)—an initiative recently launched by São Paulo's City Hall (Prefeitura) to provide lanes reserved for public transport vehicles.

A man cycles to work because of the three-day strike by subway workers in São Paulo, which affected 2.5 million passengers.

Striking subway workers prevent trains running on São Paulo's blue line 1, which links the north and south of the city.

A helicopter belonging to the government's Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis) flies over the Amazon forest near the town of Tabatinga, in Amazonas State.

A motorist tries to steer his car as people help by trying to push his vehicle along Marginal Tietê, São Paulo's main freeway. Heavy rain caused the road to flood, bringing part of the city to a standstill.

A Civil Guard (Guarda Civil) officer directs pupils as they cross a street in São Paulo.

Boats are used to transport tourists to the Moreré natural swimming pools on the island of Boipeba, in the Cairu municipality of Bahia State.

Vehicles travel in the opposite direction on São Paulo's newly opened Marginal Tietê road, which would become the city's major freeway.

Varig's Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop airplanes, which started flying between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in 1975. They were replaced by Boeing's 737/300 model in 1991.

Banned by São Paulo's City Hall (Prefeitura) from using the city's two main freeways, Marginal Pinheiros and Marginal Tietê, around 700 motorcycle couriers take to the city's streets to protest against the new rules.

Passengers wait for a train to arrive at a São Paulo station the day after a two-day strike by subway workers, which affected 1.2 million users.

Passengers traveling by train on a route that runs between Roosevelt Station in downtown São Paulo and the Mogi das Cruzes municipality in Greater São Paulo.