São Paulo mayor battles resistance to ease gridlock
His sweeping mobility proposals challenge supremacy of the automobile in the megacity but also draw criticism
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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