Overview

• Service on the 25 routes resumed Wednesday after the city issued an extrajudicial notice and conditioned negotiations on the immediate return of operations.
• Sindiônibus said buses would follow Etufor-defined parameters as a goodwill step to restart dialogue, while stressing the system’s financial fragility.
• City figures show monthly subsidies of about R$16 million against a gap estimated at a little over R$20 million, with a technical fare of R$7.27 versus a public fare of R$4.50.
• The operators cite a shortfall of roughly R$7–9 million per month even after recent top-ups and say the earlier cuts focused on low-demand, high-deficit lines.
• The two-day disruption affected thousands of passengers and raised union fears of overwork and layoffs, against falling ridership of about 520,000 daily and the recent withdrawal of operator Santa Cecília.