Transportes Coletivos Iguaçu

Transportes Coletivos Iguaçu, known locally as TCI, formerly Transpiedade União da Vitória is a transit agency that operates in União da Vitória, Paraná and in Porto União, Santa Catarina, Brazil (under contract to BITUR). Buses pulled from service are "sent" to other garages in Transpiedade while some units from its predecessor, Transpiedade remain in service. For the purposes of consistency, transit in both cities is run under the TCI name.

The Roblox operation is heavily prototype based. Runs are still held but no longer consistently. When Kawaii Bus Simulator opened, the group was shut down temporarily and some vehicles were transferred to the new operation. The group continues to accept new applicants as of May 2021, then resumed services on May 23, 2021 as Transpiedade União da Vitoria, however operations shut down again due to lack of interest.

''Note: This group speaks Portuguese and operations are conducted in this language, although some staff speak English. Please be aware that this group's operations are also intended at players who live in Brazil. Some roles will require you to speak Portuguese fluently.''

Note: This group requires you to get trained in order to drive but you could still join for runs to ride buses.

History
In October 2020, due to the fallout of Thekawaiidsv3012's first real life transit agency- SIM Florianopolis- work began to build a smaller system that would have less lag. Since the project was to show the system in a scaled down version, he was able to quickly build the central area and route U06/U07 over a few days.

On the first day of service on October 10, 2020, service began on route U06 and right off the bat, three drivers were hired and were trained. Buses that entered service that day were 380-382, with 600-602 following suit a few days later.

Throughout October, most of the system was completed with routes being added and the map expanded. To cater to the increase in routes, more models were added to ensure a good portion of the fleet would be modeled by the group. This included shorter buses and older models. These buses were mostly purchased from Transpiedade as second hand, maintained in the former corporate livery although some were repainted.

In November 2020, to test the feasibility of operating buses more than 12 metres long, a demonstrator tri-axle CAIO Apache VIP was added (which was ironically owned by Kawaii Group). This unit was used as a spare when there were excess drivers due to the small fleet. In addition, to further make the group fictional, an articulated Marcopolo Torino was introduced as a demonstrator, to provide high capacity service and as an extra bus. These buses were replaced with expansion units from the real fleet.

In December 2020 and January 2021, more routes were added in response to increased demand from passengers and overall system expansion- with limited services added. A second terminal, known as the Porto Uniao (Union Gate) Terminal in the neighbouring city of Porto Uniao, Santa Catarina was opened as well to meet increasing ridership. Therefore, more buses were also added to the fleet in order to boost systemwide capacity, with a plethora of older and newer models. Near the end of the agency's initial operations, BITUR, one of TCI's predecessor companies also ran a few of their distinctive orange buses on route 18 alongside standard livery vehicles in its Santa Catarina operations.

In March 2021, after reports of excess game lag, the group ceased operations "officially" (although mini runs are still held at random, despite Thekawaiidsv3012 losing interest in Roblox). Following the group's closure, 4 buses were also sold to Transpark Transportes & Turismo in Vargem Alta, Esprito Santo to help with expansion there. Due to the Brazilian bus community moving off Roblox, the group still maintained some interest.

As of May 2021, the game's garage was turned into a maze map where Thekawaiidsv3012 holds events not related to transit operations. As for locations, some of the terminal names have been reused in Kawaii Bus Simulator (City of Kawaii Island) where they represent major bus terminals. In addition, part of the map is also playable in Kawaii Bus Simulator as part of the Kawaii Island-União da Vitória intercity service, which includes the main terminal and the city centre routing.

On May 24, 2021, TCI received three new Marcopolo Torinos on the Volkswagen 15-190 EOD chassis, numbered 467-469, which were bought under former operator Transpiedade. These buses helped reopen the group and they entered service the same day, replacing the units shipped out to Transpark. Operations were then randomized and assigned to drivers, although the group was rebranded as Transpiedade to change the era from 2021 to the transition in 2019-2020. With this occurring, BITUR operated routes (U18-20) simulated in Roblox were not run as often as prior to the introduction of TCI, both companies were separate (TCI is an integrated system for both cities and their surrounding areas).

As of June 2021, TCI will remain as a separate identity with the planned opening of another Transpiedade map in Itajai. This will likely mean that some units will be transferred to the new map, where TCI/Transpiedade UV will see a fleet downsize. However, operations ceased permanently in mid-2021 with the opening of Kawaii Bus Simulator.

As for some of the remaining TCI fleet in Roblox, in early 2022, units 287-290 were sold to Kawaii Bus Simulator. After being refurbished to current standards, currently see service in the fictional city of Kawaii Island as admin buses, although they can run the União da Vitória interurban route. Some former TCI units (albeit without liveries) can also be driven by the public in Kawaii Bus Simulator, such as the 500-series Neobus Spectrum City and the 2012 Volkswagen 17-230 with Comil Svelto bodywork. However, the União da Vitória intercity service was discontinued in April 2022 after that section of the map was removed.

System Overview
TCI's União da Vitória operation consists of about 16 routes and 3 in Porto União. The UV routes operate on a hub and spoke system, where all routes operate between the central downtown terminal (a long platform with space for roughly 4-5 buses) and various points in the city's suburbs. Some services interline in real life (such as routes U01/U02) but not all trips on interlined routes will do so in Roblox. Due to staffing issues, generally 5-6 routes are in operation during runs.

The system has two terminals in operation as of early 2021- both of them in different cities. Routes 1 through 17 and 25 serve the central terminal in União da Vitória, while Porto União Terminal services routes U18 through U20. Buses serving the terminal will pass the central terminal but will not stop there; transfers for trips in between the terminals must be done in the city centre as both terminals are in different municipalities. This was done as TCI serves two municipalities in two different states that are along the state line.

During operations on ROBLOX, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks are required to ride and all stops have a face mask dispenser for easy access. Boarding was done through the front door and passengers scan their smart card in order to board. Passengers could only exit through the middle or rear door as the front entrance had a turnstile to collect fares. All vehicles are high floor; however, most vehicles are lift-equipped at the centre or rear door.

Fares are set but are not stated; tapping your fare card on the vehicle's onboard reader will allow you to board the vehicle (which will deduct a certain amount of money from the card, although recharging cards is not available and negative balances are accepted in Roblox). If the card does not work or under special circumstances, it is possible to also board from the centre or rear door(s).

In real life, service is not operated late at night or on Sundays, except for select industrial area trips.