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Itapevi–Butantã Metropolitan Corridor

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Itapevi–Butantã Metropolitan Corridor
Luiz Bortolosso Metropolitan Terminal, part of the São Paulo–Itapevi Bus Corridor
Luiz Bortolosso Metropolitan Terminal, part of the São Paulo–Itapevi Bus Corridor
Overview
OwnerEMTU
Locale
Transit typeBus rapid transit
Number of stations42
Websitewww.metra.com.br
Operation
Began operationMarch 2018; 6 years ago (2018-03)
Operator(s)Metra
Technical
System length23.6 km (14.7 mi)
Top speed50 km/h (31 mph)
System map

Itapevi Bus Terminal
Benedito de Abreu
Engenheiro Cardoso
Ameríndia
Antonio C. Fonseca
Rosa Maria
Mariana
Prestes Maia
Jandira
Secretaria de Saúde
Jardim Silveira
Exército Brasileiro
Jardim Belval
Prefeitura de Barueri
Barueri
Arsenal de Guerra
Estrada Velha
Vitório Fornazaro
Santa Terezinha
Getúlio Vargas
Carapicuíba
Brasil
Fórum de Carapicuíba
Luiz Bortolosso Metropolitan Terminal
Stretch in project
General Florêncio
Quitaúna
Anunciata de Lucia
Comandante Sampaio
Praça 31 de Março
Avenida Liberdade
Antônio Agú
Dona Primitiva Vianco
Teatro Municipal
União
Amador Aguiar–Vila Yara Bus Terminal
Stretch with shared traffic
Butantã Bus Terminal

Itapevi–São Paulo (Butantã) Metropolitan Corridor, with 33 km (21 mi) of extension, starts in Itapevi Bus Terminal, connected with CPTM Line 8-Diamond, in Itapevi, and goes to ViaQuatro Butantã station of Line 4-Yellow, in São Paulo. The project reaches the cities of Itapevi, Jandira, Barueri, Carapicuíba, Osasco and São Paulo which total approximately 13 million inhabitants.[1]

In its first phase, the corridor with approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) connects Itapevi and Jandira, along with stations Itapevi, Engenheiro Cardoso, Sagrado Coração and Jandira.[2]

History

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The region interconnected through Estrada Velha de Itu, used by tropeiros for trips between São Paulo, Carapicuíba Village, Santana de Parnaíba, Sorocaba and Itu. Throughout the 20th century, roads were built, as the old road towards Itu was replaced by a highway (current SP-312) on 1 May 1922. This road became (beside Sorocabana railway and future Castelo Branco and Raposo Tavares highways) one of the transport corridors that boosted the region growth, being one of the points of population densification that went there.[3]

In 1934, the first regular bus lines began operating between Carapicuíba, Largo da Batata and Lapa, which became the main regional centres of West Side São Paulo. In the next 30 years, the cities of São Paulo, Santana de Paraíba and Cotia break up, creating new cities: Itapevi (1949), Barueri (1949), Osasco (1962), Carapicuíba (1964) and Jandira (1964).

Until then, the public transportation was controlled by the state through permissions, creating dozens of companies and small vehicle owners. This situation is changed in the 1970s with the creation of EMTU, which starts regulating the intermunicipal lines. In the same decade, the first modernization project of this transport corridor was made. The Prefecture of São Paulo suggests the installing of a trolleybus corridor between Largo da Batata and Osasco.[4] Besides the construction was never initiated, EMTU keeps planning the corridor (now called West Road Corridor) through the 1980s and 1990s.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Avaliação do Potencial de Desenvolvimento Orientado ao Transporte Sustentável (DOTS)" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Empresa Paulista de Planejamento Metropolitano. January 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Obras do Corredor Metropolitano Itapevi-São Paulo" (in Portuguese). Empresa Metropolitana de Transportes Urbanos. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. ^ "S. Paulo-Itu" (in Portuguese). No. 21127. Correio Paulistano. 3 May 1922. p. 1. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. ^ Lobo, Renato (14 October 2014). "São Paulo terá 280 km de corredores de trólebus" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Região Metropolitana de São Paulo - Empreendimentos de Infra-estrutura" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Empresa Paulista de Planejamento Metropolitano. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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