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 Sergio Boanada
São Paulo’s city officials have done a fantastic job
over the last few years. When you consider how
fast the city’s grown, they really deserve our sin-
cere congratulations – a heartfelt parabéns – for
their achievement. But you’ve raised an important
issue, Ms. Marco Antonio: the transportation infra-
structure. This is one area where Siemens can help.
We’ve already presented some of our ideas to the
city government. We’ve contributed technology for
São Paulo Metro’s driverless Line -Yellow. We’re
also participating in electric bus projects. In partic-
ular, we’re currently involved in talks to develop an
electric bus line and bus concept that – by dispens-
ing with the, unfortunately, unreliable overhead
lines now used in the city – will be ecofriendly, but
also more flexible.
 Alda Marco Antonio
That sounds like a great idea, and I’ll be very
interested to see how the approach will improve
our city ’s transportation infrastructure. My goal
is to make São Paulo a clean, low-carbon city that
offers its inhabitants a safe, livable environment.
If we can achieve this, I’ll feel my work has been
a success.
Sergio Boanada “São Paulo’s city officials
have done a fantastic job over the
last few years. When you consider
how fast the city ’s grown, they
really deserve our sincere congrat-
ulations – a heartfelt parabéns –
for their achievement.”