I will talk about Transmilenio Transmilenio is a massive mean of transportation working in bogota since 2000, its construction begun in 1998, by the time Enrique Peñaloza was Major(Alcalde), inaugurated on December 4, 2000, it started to operate on December 18 of the same year. Since then new trunks have been opened and there are others under construction. Antecedents: The massive mean of transportation of the third milenniun, Transmilenio, is part of the SITP(Integrated Public Transport System) of bogotá that include the bicycle routes network and the future projects of the Train of cercanias an the first metro line. With the investment financed with a percentage of the surcharge to the fuels an the input from the Capital District and the national government was possible to launch this service. the construction of infrastructure and road system and the manteinance of these is developed by the Urban Development institute. System consists in articulated vehicles with fixed stops at exclusive stations. Users pay 1600 Colombian pesos (approximately US$0,75 o €0,53) in lockers located in each station. I works like a metro but with articulated buses. thus, Transmilenio is one of the bus rapid transit system. Generally, there are two ways of exclusivity on both sides of the station, to allow that the articulated buses of the express service surpass to the current service. System is based in the integrated network of transport of the Curitiba city, but there are some differences, such as the passenger access doors on the left side of buses, allowing that only one station to operate in both direcctions, so if a passenger inadvertently passed his destination station, then he can take a bus in inverse way to return, without the need of paying an additional ticket; in addition, Stations with access ramps and a great use of the passenger bridges (Very traditional in the city). in addition, it was the first system of this kind in using the concept of feeder bus routes, which the cost is integrated to the ticket of the main routes (trunks) In Curitiba, each station covers a direcction and its access are upstairs and electrical drawbridge. Transmilenio system is the second type BRT implemented in latin America(First was Curitiba in Brazil ), the fist in colombia and one of the more successful due to the high urban density in bogota, by that reason has been taken as model for some projects of this type being built in some countries of Hispanomarica. In the Transmilenio system was implemented a total uniformity in colour of the buses, regardless of the route, and uniformity of payment, allowing that with a flat fee ticket passengers can travel in any of the timetable of the day in which the system is operating, this has allowed better collection efficiency and more favorable impact on users. That is all folks.
martes, 16 de febrero de 2010
I will talk about Transmilenio
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