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Intercamp's buses at the Shopping Dom Pedro Terminal

Intercamp is the public transport system in the city of Campinas in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The assumptions of Intercamp are the rationalization in the use of public transport's fares (such as Bilhete Único), the introduction of points in the central corridors on the avenues and the use of both high- and low-floor buses (with doors on both left and right sides). Unlike Campinas' previous transport systems, Intercamp was planned with a progressive implementation in the medium term (that is, until 2008). The name of the public transport system, Intercamp, must never be confused with another Intercamp, who is a now-defunct state-run East German company that operated 30 campsites in East Germany.

Intercamp provides for safety rules, pollution control, use of ecological fuels, etc. But it also raised the question of the age of the vehicles: ordinary buses cannot have more than 10 years of use, articulated and bi-articulated buses can only be serviced for 15 years and minibuses may only have 8 years in service.

Fare control

The Bilhete Único (BU) is the possibility to make more than one bus trip by paying the system fare only once. It costs R$ 4.30 (US$ 0.86) for the common card and R$ 4.70 (US$ 0.94) for the transport voucher.

Between 1997 and 1998, the Bilhete Único had already been introduced in Campinas, without success, mainly due to competition with other fare systems. Its reintroduction was made in May 2006.

The Single Ticket allows three integrations in a period of twi hours. The first integration is free for those who use BU - VT, and the second one costs R$ 0.40 (US$ 0.08). For Common BU users, the first integration costs R$ 0.40 (US$ 0.08) and the third is free. The School, University, Elderly and Free BUs do not charge for integration.

The use of more trips is allowed, justified before the regulatory body.

Route numbering

At the end of April 2006, all city route numbers were modified to conform to the Intercamp standard, including lines in the same area having not only the first but also the second digit the same digit. Thus, the first digit indicates the area, the second digit indicates the region of operation and the third digit is simply an order code to distinguish different routes, with a full stop placed in between the first and second digits (example: 2.53).