FOZ DO
IGUAÇU TRANSPORTATION |
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Foz do Iguaçu is connected to the east by the BR-277, to Paranaguá, to he
east by the Friendship Bridge to Ciudad del Este, and to the south to Puerto
Iguazu by the Fraternity Bridge. Both the BR-277 and the Friendship Bridge
are very busy roads, linking Paraguay to the Paranaguá's seaport.
The city has an international airport, the International Airport of Foz do
Iguaçu (IGU), which movimented in 2003 more or less 600,000 passengers. |
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Public Transportation
The city does not operate public transportation, instead, the transportation
is given by four private bus companies that competes one with each other,
although the fare is issued by the city and valid for all companies.
Recently, in 2003, the city implemented a integrated city fare, and created
a bus hub near downtown's city, most of the buses lines passes thru the hub,
so people would pay only a fare to go anywhere in the city, even taking two
lines of two different companies. The transportation covers far areas as the
city's airport and the Iguassu Park, but not between the city and iots
neighbor Ciudad del Este, nor with Puerto Iguazu, which are offered by other
companies and paying a higher fare. These lines are not integrated with the
city's lines.
Informal Transportation
Every day, hundreds of vans act as commutting vehicles to the people whose
earnings is based in informal economy (mainly smuggling). This worsens the
traffic problems in the Friendshop Bridge, where they act, and are claimed
to increase the deficts of brazilian commerce with smuggling and crime rates
near the bridge. |
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