The transport system in Brazil
The transport system adopted in Brazil is defined basically by an extensive road womb, being served also by a limited system of river transport (in spite of the numerous system of present hydrological basins in the country), railroad and air. The intention of creating a transport net tying the whole country was born with the democracies desenvolvimentistas, in special those of Getúlio Vargas and Juscelino Kubitscheck. To that time, the symbol of the modernity and of the advancement in terms of transport was the motorcar. That provoked a special attention of the quoted rulers in the construction of roads. From that time, Brazil has his road mesh based on the road transport.
The railroad Brazilian mesh is small and obsolete. The passengers services practically finished, and those of load exist in his majority for the transport from ores. The passengers' only lines that aindam preserve daily services of long distance with relative healthy comfort the connections Sao Luís (ME) - Parauapébas (SHOVEL) and Beautiful Horizon-victory. Meantime, there are still some railroads of exclusively tourist interest in functioning, such as Curitiba-Paranaguá.
Meantime, in the last years, the TAM, before an air taxi hosted in Marília, SP, Rio Paul gained sudden importance in the connection It, specially for the job of aircraft the jet (Fokker 100) in this route before served only by Lockheed Electra. Added up to that the concept of enterprise Low Fare appeared for the first time in the country with to Goal, when what is employing aircraft more modern than the average of other enterprises, there reaches today his post as second enterprise of the country.
Another enterprise that appeared recently and it follows that a similar concept is the BRA, Brazil Air Rake. At present, the TAM is a principal enterprise of the domestic market. In the context of the national lines, specially in the connections between the capitals, the operations are done by TAM, Gol and more recently, by BRA and OceanAir.
Great international companies also operate in Brazil: American Airlines, Continental Airlines, United Airlines, Lufthansa, Iberia, Japan Airlines, South African Airlines, British Airways, Air France, Air Canada, tap (air transports portugal) between others.
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