Our research also provides implications for government. We
assume authorities fail in their urban planning processes because
they do not consider every actor’s viewpoint and focus only on regulatory
rules or urban mobility or companies (as argued by
Lindholm and Behrends, 2012). For example, although an integrated
centre for urban mobility (CIMU) was created in São Paulo
at the beginning of 2013 by integrating the agencies for traffic
management (CET) and public bus transport (SPTrans) (Swiatek
et al., 2014), freight operators were not taken into consideration.
The results of our study (with data collected before the end of
2013) confirm this failure because relevant issues regarding regulation
and risk aspects are on-going problems for companies. From
a local government perspective, more research is necessary to
understand the relationships among the examined issues and to
determine which issues have greater impacts on companies
located outside the megacity; many of the products shipped within
the megacity are produced outside this area. Goods produced
within the megacity must be transported inside or outside the
area. In both cases, the movement of goods is considerable, and
as discussed by Ballantyne et al. (2013), government initiatives
are essential, goods transport is significant, public–private partnerships
are necessary, and inter-sectorial cooperation is critical to
improve the flow of goods and alleviate issues related to intense
traffic, noise, emissions, vehicular accidents, and disorganised land
use.