Transportation: History, crises and paths

VICENTE BRITTO DRAWS A TIMELINE OF BRAZILIAN TRANSPORTATION AND Plots a Path to Efficiency. Engineer Vicente Britto Pereira draws a map—road, rail, and airport—of the country, from colonial Brazil to the present day. He identifies its main players and viable alternatives for reaching the destination: a transportation sector that enables the mobility so necessary for a country of continental proportions. This precise, straightforward analysis shows that a change of course is increasingly necessary. • The first book on the subject released in Brazil. • Urban mobility, infrastructure, logistics, and rail transportation, among other transportation-related topics, are on the agenda of presidential candidates. • Introduction by renowned economic journalist Miriam Leitão. • The author is a transportation consultant and is an advisor to the State Agency for the Regulation of Delegated Public Services of Rio Grande do Sul (AGERGS).