We are all in some way or another attached to Brasil: whether it be the beautiful women, the beaches, the drinks, the music, the energy…I’m very connected to Brasil having spent some time living abroad in South America. When I learned that the environmental community in Sao Paulo is protesting over a project to improve traffic that is taking over thousands of trees at the margins of the Tiete river I thought I’d share.

Protestants say that the work is only going to improve speed by little while spending too much money, and that the new ways will be obsolete when another traffic project called Rodoanel is completed. They also worry about the families that live in the area and the damages that will be caused to the fertile soil.

Dersa, company responsible for the works, states that the environmental compensation will cover the trees taken down and that the project is complementary with the other.

On one hand, Sao Paulo’s traffic is critical, and surely needs some organizing. On the other, is making room for more traffic the solution?