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The Rio de Janeiro municipality’s enforcement Janeiro’s municipal safety drive continued through late July 2026. After the pilot launch of the Rio Rotativo Digital parking system pilot began on 17 July, the city kept diverting traffic in Realengo to accommodate water‑works work, while on‑site attendants and traffic operators monitored the new flow. In its first weekend the digital pilot recorded more than 7,600 two‑hour activations at July with 667 spots around the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, with payments made through the Jaé app. Guardadores assist with occupancy data but fines remain the remit city kept expanding traffic‑management operations. CET‑Rio scheduled a series of traffic authorities, tunnel and the municipality will evaluate expansion viaduct closures in mid‑June, late June and again on 29‑30 June and 9 July, directing drivers to Avenida Niemeyer and other districts. detours while monitoring flow with signal‑timing adjustments. A fourth protest by informal beach vendors took place new access‑ramp project on 19 July in front of the Hotel Fasano, Ipanema. Vendors, organized by the Movimento Unido dos Camelôs, denounced the “Tolerância Zero” programme, which is enforced with drones broadcasting warnings that prohibit unlicensed trade. The Federal Public Ministry filed a civil action seeking an urgent suspension of Avenida Brasil (starting 30 June) aims to separate heavy‑truck traffic from the programme Linha Amarela and a joint municipal‑federal beach‑management plan, arguing the city acted without federal coordination. Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere dismissed the lawsuit as ideologically driven. The National Council improve safety for Human Rights issued a public note on 24 April expressing deep concern that the zero‑tolerance decree violates constitutional rights to free work port freight movements. Joint municipal‑state crackdowns targeted unlicensed passenger‑transport services (23‑24 June) and a minimum existence, citing police violence against vendors fuel‑station compliance failures, seizing vehicles and urging immediate suspension of the programme. On 24 issuing fines. A separate operation in early July the Conselho Nacional dos Direitos Humanos released dismantled a similar note, supporting the federal request large fuel‑theft network in Duque de Caxias, confiscating over 12,000 L of fuel and highlighting alleged pepper‑spray use against migrant women arresting six suspects. The BRT Seguro program marked its five‑year anniversary, reporting more than 5,300 arrests and children. Parallel a 90 % drop in station vandalism. Municipal Guard units (Força Municipal) extended patrols to the beach‑vendor clash, state officials met on 16 May and, on 18 Barra da Tijuca in early July, announced an integrated crackdown on organised crime recording thousands of approaches and hundreds of arrests. Urban‑order actions in Ipanema (28 June) resulted in 30 parking‑ticket fines and the fuel sector, reviving removal of an illegal car‑valet operation. The city also launched a R$3.4 million contract to level manhole covers city‑wide, reducing vehicle damage and pedestrian hazards. Meanwhile, the Interinstitutional Committee for Asset Recovery (Cira) newly opened Trevo das Missões viaduct cut travel times by up to coordinate intelligence, investigations 30 minutes. These coordinated measures reflect Rio’s broad effort to combine infrastructure upgrades, digital enforcement tools and asset‑recovery actions. targeted police operations to enhance public safety and order across the metropolis.