Journey with us to São Paulo for food, samba, and transit!

Journey with us to São Paulo for food, samba, and transit!
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This month we take you to the largest city in the Western Hemisphere--São Paulo in Brazil. This bustling city has a robust transit system that helps people beat the city's notorious traffic jams. But São Paulo is much more than buses and trains. The warm and welcoming people have a rich culture of music and food drawn from all over the world.

In this episode, you get a look at how bus operators like Guarupass use facial recognition to make sure seniors can ride for free. You get a look at the absolutely massive operations center for the city’s system rail system CPTM–the largest in Latin America–and ride at the front of one of the trains that helps move this city of 22 million people.

And it wouldn’t be Transit Unplugged TV without food and culture. Paul is treated to a mouth-watering dinner at Varanda Grill followed by an evening of samba and dancing. You even get to hear Paul play a special jazz duo with the Varanda pianist!

Transit Unplugged is brought to you by Modaxo https://www.modaxo.com

TV Host/Producer – Paul Comfort

Video Director, Camera, and Sound – Jaime Cuadra

Video Editing – Jaime Cuadra

Music – Jaime Cuadra

Graphic Design – Tina Olagundoye

Executive Producer – Julie Gates

00:00 Introduction with Paul Comfort

01:10 About São Paulo

02:19 Guarupass, with Marcio Roberto Pacheco Dir. Guarupass. Facial recognition, contactless payments, and teaching kids about transit

04:05 Using one of the payment machines to buy tickets

04:15 Favorite form of transportation

04:28 How Do I Get There!?! To the Varanda Grill with Igor Mosseri

04:55 At Varanda Grill and talking about the culture of food in São Paulo with Igor Mosseri and Kleber Kikunaga, GM Cittati

06:57 Listen to Paul play some jazz with the restaurant’s pianist

07:10 About São Paulo’s rail network. CPTM is the largest train system in Latin America

07:35 Paul talks with Wilson Nagy GM Maintenance, CPTM about his train system and control room operations

09:00 Riding one of the trains with Felipe Alvarez, Chief CPTM Circulation Department

10:04 Behind the scenes at the Cittati offices with Laurent Memvielle, Modaxo Group Leader for Latin America, and a webinar on transit trends

10:27 Paul tries Brazil’s national drink, Caipirinha

10:53 Paul visits a samba club!

11:26 Wrap up and conclusion. Until next time!