Editing Brasília (section)

==Transportation==
The average commute time on public transit in Brasília, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 96 min. 31% of public transit riders, ride for more than 2 hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 28 min, while 61% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is {{convert|15.1|km|abbr=on}}, while 50% travel for over {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} in a single direction.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_Brazil_Brasilia-1702|title=Brasília Public Transportation Statistics |publisher=Global Public Transit Index by Moovit |access-date=19 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901021755/https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_Brazil_Brasilia-1702|archive-date=1 September 2017 |url-status=live}} [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50x50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [[creativecommons:by/4.0/|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]].</ref>

===Airport===
{{See also| Brasília International Airport}}

[[File:Brasilia aeroportojk inauguracaoalasul.jpg|thumb|left|[[Brasília International Airport]] (BSB)]]
[[File:Brasilia aerea aeroporto.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of the airport]]
[[Brasília International Airport|Brasília–Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport]] serves the metropolitan area with major domestic and international flights. It is the third busiest Brazilian airport based on passengers and aircraft movements.<ref name="pax"/> Because of its strategic location it is a civil aviation hub for the rest of the country. This results in a large number of takeoffs and landings and it is not unusual for flights to be delayed in a holding pattern before landing. Following the airport's master plan, [[Infraero]] built a second runway, which was finished in 2006. In 2007, the airport handled 11,119,872 passengers.<ref name="pax">[http://www.infraero.gov.br/upload/arquivos/movi/mov.operac.1207.pdf Airport Statistics for 2007] (PDF). {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216053929/http://www.infraero.gov.br/upload/arquivos/movi/mov.operac.1207.pdf |date=16 February 2008}}</ref> The main building's third floor, with 12 thousand square meters, has a panoramic deck, a food court, shops, four movie theaters with total capacity of 500 people, and space for exhibitions. Brasília Airport has 136 vendor spaces. The airport is located about {{convert|11|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the central area of Brasília, outside the metro system. The area outside the airport's main gate is lined with taxis as well as several bus line services that connect the airport to Brasília's central district. The parking lot accommodates 1,200 cars.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aboutbrasilia.com/travel/airport.html |title=Brasilia International Airport – facts |publisher=Aboutbrasilia.com |date=4 January 2007 |access-date=17 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325062139/http://www.aboutbrasilia.com/travel/airport.html |archive-date=25 March 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The airport is serviced by domestic and regional airlines (TAM, GOL, Azul, WebJET, Trip and Avianca), in addition to a number of international carriers. In 2012, Brasília's International Airport was won by the InfraAmerica consortium, formed by the Brazilian engineering company ENGEVIX and the Argentine Corporacion America holding company, with a 50% stake each.<ref>[http://export.gov/brazil/build/groups/public/@eg_br/documents/webcontent/eg_br_063331.pdf Brazilian Airport Privatization – Second Round Concessions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507044503/http://export.gov/brazil/build/groups/public/@eg_br/documents/webcontent/eg_br_063331.pdf |date=7 May 2014 }} {{in lang|en}}</ref> During the 25-year concession, the airport may be expanded to up to 40&nbsp;million passengers a year.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304311204579506002107709102 Brazil Opens First Expansion at a Privately Operated Airport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314043812/http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304311204579506002107709102 |date=14 March 2016 }} {{in lang|en}}</ref>

In 2014 the airport received 15 new boarding bridges, totaling 28 in all. This was the main requirement made by the federal government, which transferred the operation of the terminal to the Inframerica Group after an auction. The group invested R$750&nbsp;million in the project. In the same year, the number of [[parking]] spaces doubled, reaching three thousand. The airport's entrance has a new rooftop cover and a new access road. Furthermore, a [[VIP room]] was created on Terminal 1's third floor. The investments increased the airport's capacity from approximately 15&nbsp;million passengers per year to 21&nbsp;million by 2014.<ref>[http://www.copa2014.gov.br/en/noticia/inframerica-group-will-invest-r-750-million-brasilias-airport-world-cup Inframerica Group will invest R$ 750 million in Brasilia's Airport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507040150/http://www.copa2014.gov.br/en/noticia/inframerica-group-will-invest-r-750-million-brasilias-airport-world-cup |date=7 May 2014 }} {{in lang|en}}</ref> [[Brasília Air Force Base|Brasília Air Force Base - ALA1]], one of their most important bases of the [[Brazilian Air Force]], is located in Brasília.

===Road transport===
[[File:Hora_mágica_no_lago_Paranoá_e_Ponte_JK_em_Brasília.jpg|thumb|The [[Juscelino Kubitschek bridge|Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge]]]]
Like most Brazilian cities, Brasília has a good network of taxi companies. Taxis from the airport are available outside the terminal, but at times there can be quite a queue of people. Although the airport is not far from the downtown area, taxi prices do seem to be higher than in other Brazilian cities. Booking in advance can be advantageous, particularly if time is limited, and local companies should be able to assist airport transfer or transport requirements.

The [[Juscelino Kubitschek bridge]], also known as the 'President JK Bridge' or the 'JK Bridge', crosses [[Lake Paranoá]] in Brasília. It is named after [[Juscelino Kubitschek]], former [[president of Brazil]]. It was designed by architect [[Alexandre Chan]] and [[structural engineer]] Mário Vila Verde. Chan won the [[Gustav Lindenthal]] Medal<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eswp.com/bridge/awards.htm |title=Bridge Awards |publisher=Eswp.com |access-date=5 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717071219/http://www.eswp.com/bridge/awards.htm |archive-date=17 July 2012}}</ref> for this project at the 2003 International Bridge Conference in [[Pittsburgh]] due to "...outstanding achievement demonstrating harmony with the environment, aesthetic merit and successful community participation". It consists of three {{convert|60|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall asymmetrical steel arches that crisscross diagonally. With a length of 1,200&nbsp;m (0.75 miles), it was completed in 2002 at a cost of US$56.8&nbsp;million. The bridge has a pedestrian walkway and is accessible to bicyclists and skaters.

[[File:Rodoviária do Plano Piloto.jpg|thumb|Central Bus Station]]

The main bus hub in Brasília is the Central Bus Station, located in the crossing of the [[Monumental Axis|Eixo Monumental]] and the Eixão, about {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the [[Praça dos Três Poderes|Three Powers Plaza]]. The original plan was to have a bus station as near as possible to every corner of Brasília. Today, the bus station is the hub of urban buses only, some running within Brasília and others connecting Brasília to the satellite cities. In the original city plan, the interstate buses would also stop at the Central Station. Because of the growth of Brasília (and corresponding growth in the bus fleet), today the interstate buses leave from the older interstate station (called Rodoferroviária) located at the western end of the Eixo Monumental. The Central Bus Station also contains a main metro station. A new bus station was opened in July 2010. It is on Saída Sul (South Exit) near Parkshopping Mall with its metro station, and is also an inter-state bus station, used only to leave the Federal District.

===Metro===
[[File:TUE_Série_2000_(Metrô_DF).jpg|thumb|[[Federal District Metro (Brazil)|Federal District Metro]]]]
There is no passenger rail service in Brasília, but the [[Expresso Pequi]] rail line is planned to link Brasília and Goiânia (see below). A 22&nbsp;km [[light rail]] line is also planned, estimated to cost between 1&nbsp;billion reais (US$258&nbsp;million) and 1.5&nbsp;billion reais with capacity to transport around 200,000 passengers per day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/infrastructure/brasilia-to-start-works-for-us260mn-light-rail-this-year1/|title=Brasília to start works for US$260mn light rail this year|website=BNAmericas|date=2 April 2019|access-date=3 October 2019|archive-date=3 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003091243/https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/infrastructure/brasilia-to-start-works-for-us260mn-light-rail-this-year1/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Federal District Metro (Brazil)|Federal District Metro]] is Federal District's underground [[rapid transit|metro system]]. The system has 24 stations on two lines, the Orange and Green lines, along a total network of {{convert|43|km|mi|abbr=on}}, covering some of the [[Federal District (Brazil)|Federal District]]. Both lines begin at the Central Station and run parallel until the [[Águas Claras station|Águas Claras Station]]. The Federal District Metro is not comprehensive so buses may provide better access to the center. The metro leaves the Rodoviária (bus station) and goes south, avoiding most of the political and tourist areas. The main purpose of the metro is to serve cities, such as [[Samambaia, Federal District|Samambaia]], [[Taguatinga, Federal District|Taguatinga]] and [[Ceilândia]], as well as Guará and Águas Claras. The satellite cities served are more populated in total than the Plano Piloto itself (the census of 2000 indicated that [[Ceilândia]] had 344,039 inhabitants, Taguatinga had 243,575, and the Plano Piloto had approximately 400,000 inhabitants), and most residents of the satellite cities depend on public transportation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metro.df.gov.br/ |title=Companhia do Metropolitano do Distrito Federal|publisher=Metro.df.gov.br |access-date=25 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209075925/http://www.metro.df.gov.br/ |archive-date=9 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Expresso Pequi [[High-speed rail in Brazil|high-speed railway]] was planned between Brasília and [[Goiânia]], the capital of the state of [[Goias]], but it will probably be turned into a regional service linking the capital cities and cities in between, including Anápolis and Alexânia.<ref>{{cite web |author=Fábio Amato Do G1, em Brasília |url=http://g1.globo.com/distrito-federal/noticia/2012/06/estudo-vai-apontar-viabilidade-de-trem-entre-brasilia-anapolis-e-goiania.html |title=G1 - Estudo vai apontar viabilidade de trem entre Brasília, Anápolis e Goiânia - notícias em Distrito Federal |publisher=G1.globo.com |date=28 June 2012 |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015213355/http://g1.globo.com/distrito-federal/noticia/2012/06/estudo-vai-apontar-viabilidade-de-trem-entre-brasilia-anapolis-e-goiania.html |archive-date=15 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>