Just like any other big city in the world nowadays, São Paulo - hereby referred to as SP - suffers due to the overcrowding. Citizens are chased daily by a monster called "traffic". But, what did we do in the past 10 years to minimize this issue? Did we give enough attention to the public transportation? I don't think so.
12 years ago the subway was already overcrowded. We used to brag about it, and i personally bragged a few times. Okay,a lot of times. Then, i decided to take part, to make some kind of difference. So, i bought a bicycle.
I hoped the City Hall would build more cicleways in the years to come, as more people would abandon cars and the public transportation, and would become more fond of sustainable-non-polluting transportation.
People didn't adopt this form of transport, and the City Hall didn't build the desired cycleways, and evertything stays the same.
The city grew even more, more people came to the city, more cars were bought, which means more CO² to the atmosphere, which means less oxygen, which means less health, which means i'm pretty disappointed.
I remember when getting from one point to another would take less than 3 hours during the rush-hours. Now, it rarely takes less than 5 hours if you're going by car.
Thank god i own a bicycle. Thank god my kids knows how to ride bicycles.
By the way, a few days ago a friend sent me a pic of her, doing her dishes. She said the air was so heavy in her area, she had to wear her mask inside her house. I wonder what my grandkids will wear in their time.
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