According to the Urban Mobility National Policy (UMNP), Brazilian cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants are obligated to elaborate Urban Mobility Plans (UMPs). The literature shows a lack of national research on urban freight planning and a need for better understanding issues on cargo transportation for authorities, especially regarding decision-making on policies and on urban freight transportation planning. City Logistics solutions can be considered on UMPs to reduce the problematic urban freight transport. Therefore, a survey was applied to investigate the resources available within cities to draw UMPs, the solutions for cargo movement in Brazilian cities, and the perceptions of public managers about freight transportation. The results show that “restrictions” are the solutions most adopted by Brazilian authorities, including the representative sample for cities within the São Paulo State with more than 250,000 inhabitants. The conclusions point out that Brazilian cities are not prepared to develop an efficient urban freight plan, as public managers seem to be unconscious about urban logistics demands within their cities or have neglected aspects regarding urban freight within the UMNP.

A Política Nacional de Mobilidade Urbana regulamenta a acessibilidade e a mobilidade de pessoas e mercadorias nos centros urbanos. No entanto, os gestores públicos aparentam conferir menor importância ao transporte urbano de carga (TUC) em comparação ao transporte público de passageiros. Nesse sentido, esse artigo tem por objetivo investigar se os Planos de Mobilidade Urbana (PlanMobs) têm incorporado a gestão do TUC. Para tanto, foi conduzida uma pesquisa tipo survey com os gestores públicos para identificar a importância do TUC para a mobilidade urbana, bem como analisar os conteúdos dos PlanMobs com referência ao TUC por meio da técnica ‘Análise de Conteúdo’. Os resultados mostram que a mobilidade da carga está sendo contemplada de forma superficial nos PlanMobs e, de certa forma, negligenciada pelos gestores públicos.