The São Paulo Transporte (SPTrans) is the name adopted on March 8, 1995 by the municipal local government which aims to manage the public transport system with buses in São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

. It was founded from the Companhia Municipal de Transportes Coletivos.
All bus lines are operated by concessionaires under the supervision of SPTrans, providing business planning and management of public transport. The SPTrans issues work orders for each line of operation, including setting paths, hours of operation, and necessary fleet. The fare can be made in cash or by contactless smart card

Contactless smart card

A contactless smart card is any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits that can process and store data, and communicate with a terminal via radio waves. There are two broad categories of contactless smart cards. Memory cards contain non-volatile memory storage components, and perhaps...

 called Bilhete Único

Bilhete Único

Bilhete Único is the name of the São Paulo transportation contactless smart card system for fare control.Using Philips Mifare technology, the solution is managed by , the city bus transportation authority, which is controlled by municipal government...

. The company also manages the bus lanes and bus terminals in the city.

See also

• São Paulo Metro
  São Paulo Metro
  The São Paulo Metro is the principal rapid-transit system in the city of São Paulo and the largest in Brazil. It is also the second largest system in South America and the third largest in Latin America, behind Mexico City and Santiago....
  
  
• Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos
  Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos
  Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos is a commuter rail company owned by the São Paulo State Secretariat for Metropolitan Transports. It was created in 1992 from several railroads that already existed in Greater São Paulo, Brazil....
  
   - São Paulo's Metropolitan Train Company
• Empresa Metropolitana de Transportes Urbanos de São Paulo
  Empresa Metropolitana de Transportes Urbanos de São Paulo
  The Empresa Metropolitana de Transportes Urbanos de São Paulo, or EMTU, is a company owned by the Secretaria de Estado dos Transportes Metropolitanos...
  
  
• Trolleybuses in São Paulo
  Trolleybuses in São Paulo
  Trolleybuses in São Paulo provide a portion of the public transport service in Greater São Paulo, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with two independent trolleybus systems...