Project Name: Pre-Feasibility Study for the Structuring of the East Axis TIC, South Axis TIC, Sorocaba LRT, and Campinas LRT Projects
Year: 2025 – Present
Location: São Paulo / SP
Client: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB / BID)
Main Project Features: Development of pre-feasibility studies for structuring public-private partnership (PPP) and concession projects in the rail transit sector across São Paulo State. The portfolio covers the East Axis Intercity Train (TIC Eixo Leste), South Axis Intercity Train (TIC Eixo Sul), Sorocaba Light Rail Transit (VLT Sorocaba), and Campinas Light Rail Transit (VLT Campinas), encompassing demand, technical-operational, socio-environmental, fiscal, land acquisition, legal-institutional, and financial perspectives.
Activities Performed:
- Fiscal & Market Diagnostics: Assessment of the public sector fiscal capacity and preliminary market diagnostics for potential private sector interest.
- Tariff Benchmarking: Comparative analysis and benchmarking of passenger rail tariffs across regional and urban transit systems.
- Preliminary Financial Modeling: Development of initial economic-financial valuation models to test project feasibility and government support requirements.
- Structuring Guidelines: Formulation of strategic guidelines and recommendations for future project structuring, risk allocation, and concession modeling.