Latin America News

Latest news and developments from Latin America region

• Santo Andre and Macapa cities to deploy new buses by September 2021, Brazil

  September 19, 2021
  The Government of Santo Andre in the ABC Paulista region has announced plans to deploy 16 new buses by September 2021.

• Expresso Fenix to operate public transport in Mogi Guacu, Brazil

  September 18, 2021
  Expresso Fenix has secured a BRL330 million contract to operate the public transport system for 20 years in Mogi Guaçu, a municipality in the state of São Paulo.

• Construction resumes on Sao Paulo Metro Line 17, Brazil

  September 15, 2021
  Construction work has resumed on the Sao Paulo Metro Line 17 (Gold) Pinherios section.

• Parana City begins study to reorganise public transport network, Brazil

  September 15, 2021
  The Government of Parana has commenced a study to reorganise the city’s metropolitan transport system.

• Sao Paulo to deploy 70 new buses by October 2021, Brazil

  September 15, 2021
  The Government of São Paulo has announced plans to deploy 70 new buses.

• Metro de Santiago issues USD650 million bonds to fund metro projects, Chile [free access]

  September 13, 2021
  Metro de Santiago has issued bonds worth USD650 million in the international market to finance Line 7, Line 8, and Line 9 (partially) as well as extensions of Line 2 and Line 3.

• Contract awarded to design Bogota Metro Line 2, Columbia

  September 13, 2021
  The Unión Temporal Movius–UT Movilidad Urbana Sostenible consortium has secured a contract from Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional of Colombia (FDN) to design Bogota Metro Line 2.

• Bids invited to conduct preliminary studies for CPTM Line 13, Brazil

  September 11, 2021
  Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) has invited bids to conduct preliminary studies for the eastern extension of Line 13 (Jade).

• Tunnelling work begins on Sao Paulo Metro Line 6, Brazil

  September 10, 2021
  The government of the State of Sao Paulo and the concessionaire Linha Universidade Participações SA have commenced tunnelling work on the Sao Paulo Metro Line 6 (Orange Line).

• Salvador City to deploy 169 AC buses by October 2021, Brazil

  September 10, 2021
  The Government of Salvador has announced plans to deploy 169 new air conditioning (AC) buses by October 2021.

• South Korea and Paraguay signs MoU to develop Asuncion Light Rail

  September 9, 2021
  The Government of Paraguay and the Government of South Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop the Asuncion Light Rail project in Paraguay.

• ATT secures contract to operate public transport in Ferraz Vasconcelos, Brazil

  September 9, 2021
  Alto Tiete Transportes Ltda (ATT) has secured a contract to operate the public transport system in Ferraz Vasconcelos in Greater São Paulo for a period of 15 years, starting from 2022. The contract value is estimated to be BRL45 million.

• AeroGRU Consortium to build and operate APM at GRU Airport, Brazil

  September 8, 2021
  The Government of Brazil has authorised the concessionaire of Guarulhos Airport (GRU Airport) to build and operate a 2.73-km-long automated people mover (APM).

• Metro de Santiago invites bids to provide advisory services for Lines 8 and 9, Chile [free access]

  September 5, 2021
  Metro de Santiago has invited bids to provide specialised advisory services for Santiago Metro Line 8 and Line 9.

• Feasibility study of Rio Grande do Sul Hyperloop completed, Brazil

  September 3, 2021
  US-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT), in partnership with the state government of Rio Grande do Sul and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, has completed the feasibility study of the first hyperloop project in South America.

• Mayan Train alignment revised, Mexico

  September 2, 2021
  Mexico’s National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism/Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo (Fonatur) has announced that the alignment for the Mayan Train Project has been revised.

• Electric bus trial begins in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil

  September 2, 2021
  Brazil-based WEG has begun the trial of an electric bus developed in partnership with Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) in Jaraguá do Sul, a city in northern Brazil.

• Bus operators appointed in Curvelo and São José dos Campos, Brazil

  September 1, 2021
  Brazil-based Talma Transportes Especiais Eireli has secured a contract from the city government of Curvelo to operate buses for a period of six months.

• Articulated electric buses deployed on Mexico City Metrobús Line 3

  September 1, 2021
  The Government of Mexico City, in collaboration with VEMO and MOBILITY ADO, has deployed 10 articulated electric buses on Line 3 of the Metrobús, the bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Mexico City.

• Work begins on Santiago–Melipilla rail line, Chile

  August 31, 2021
  The works of a rail line connecting Santiago with Melipilla, a city in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, have commenced.