It is so wonderful to see more and more governments getting on board the social media train (no pun intended in this instance!).  Here is another example of municipal governments leveraging the power of Twitter to the benefit of their citizens.

“In 2009, the Brazilian transit authority starting using Twitterto update São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro’s motorists and pedestrians of any traffic incidents or transport news. The feed broadcasts tweets from the authority itself, as well as allowing users to share their own experiences of the city’s traffic and transport.”