Overview

• The city transport agency Etufor says the suspensions were a unilateral move not authorized or scheduled by the municipal system.
• Sindiônibus calls the action indispensable to avoid collapse, cutting 25 lines, trimming fleets on 29 others and adding 20 extra vehicles across 7 higher‑demand routes.
• About 9,000 daily riders are affected, with reports of delays and overcrowding at major terminals after the changes took effect Monday morning.
• Transport worker leaders warn of heavier shifts and possible job losses near 500 when combined with recent company closures in the sector.
• City officials note roughly R$16 million in monthly subsidies against a higher technical fare, a state deputy asked the Ceará Public Ministry to seek restoration of service, and operators say further suspensions cannot be ruled out.