Photo Gallery: Brazil transport blues

Photo Gallery: Brazil's transit blues

Brazil bus 2012 07 10

City traffic officers help push a bus of the public transport which broke down on Rio de Janeiro's main avenue, Ave. Rio Branco, on May 29, 2012 around midday when traffic is very heavy.
- [Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images]
Brazil subway platform 2012 07 10

Commuters wait to board a train during the evening hours at Se metro station in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- [Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images]
Brazil subway platform b 2012 07 10

Commuters wait to board a train during the evening hours at Se metro station in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- [Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images]
Brazil subway push 2012 07 10

Commuters board a train during the evening hours at Se metro station in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- [Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images]
Brazil on subway 2012 07 10

Commuters inside a subway during the evening hours in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- [Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images]
Brazil road traffic 2012 07 10

Heavy traffic on a road in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 23, during a metro workers strike.
- [Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images]

Brazilian cities such as Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro often seem jam-packed as it is. Just wait until the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games, when they will be teeming with sports fans. The country is racing to upgrade infrastructure in time, but doubters abound.