São Paulo mayor battles resistance to ease gridlock
His sweeping mobility proposals challenge supremacy of the automobile in the megacity but also draw criticism
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São Paulo
FOR decades, the authorities transformed this megacity into a case study of dystopian sprawl, razing tree-lined plazas, demolishing architectural gems, underinvesting in public transportation and blighting wide swathes with an elevated highway and colossal, Eastern bloc-style apartment complexes.
The middle class largely retreated behind gated communities, and some in the elite opted to commute by helicopter, rather than set foot on São Paulo's mazelike streets.
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