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Brazil bus safety and accessibility inspections

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Brazil bus safety and accessibility inspections

In early July 2026 2026, the João Pessoa municipal mobility agency (Semob-JP) launched mandatory inspections of school‑transport school-transport vehicles for the second semester, reviewing half of semester. During the first week, 50 of 100 authorized operators. Most buses passed, operators presented vehicles; 35 received certification, while a minority 15 were rejected and required corrective work. for deficiencies. Leonardo Campos, head of the Special Transport Section, noted that late inspections incur a fine of R$ 40.40. By late July the effort spread July, enforcement expanded statewide. Consumer‑protection officials in Ceará In Ceará, the State Consumer Protection Program (Decon) fined three intercity operators during operators—São Benedito, Guanabara, and Princesa—during “Operação Férias” for missing passenger information, lack of accessible vehicles, inadequate seating and absent safety certifications, giving them 20 days to present a defence. certifications. In Maranhão Maranhão, a court ordered the municipal government of Imperatriz and the concessionaire Rio Anil Transporte to regularise urban bus service and imposed regularize services, imposing a collective moral‑damage penalty of R$1 R$ 1 million penalty for widespread infractions such as missing disability access and including expired safety equipment. The drive continued into the end of equipment and missing disability access. As the month. In Pernambuco’s month concluded, Petrolina, the Pernambuco, set a deadline for the second mandatory inspection of public‑transport public-transport vehicles older than five years was set, requiring operators of municipal, inter‑municipal, school, charter, mototaxi, taxi and tourism services to appear for inspection and pay the fee. years. In Barbacena, Minas Gerais, a joint municipal inspection led to the revocation of authorisations authorizations for four vehicles, vehicles and the identification of three buses with inoperable accessibility lifts, lifts and citations for two buses with multiple body‑work body-work defects. These actions illustrate an ongoing, expanding crackdown on In mid-August, authorities in Rio de Janeiro conducted a multi-agency inspection at a city center bus safety terminal. The operation resulted in five citations and accessibility across multiple Brazilian states. the grounding of three vehicles due to irregularities such as expired licensing from 2023, malfunctioning seatbelts, and inoperable elevators for people with disabilities.

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