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That quote is quite ironic to tell the truth. Peñalosa created a public transport system that's overcrowded and unsafe. Nobody wants to use it, but many have
by wicket 5y ago
That quote is quite ironic to tell the truth. Peñalosa created a public transport system that's overcrowded and unsafe. Nobody wants to use it, but many have no other choice but to use it.
- kgin 5y agoFortunately the Bogota Metro is under construction now and will be open in a few years.
- jetrink 5y agoCan you expand on that? Creating a public transit system that suffers from overcrowding doesn't sound like a failure; it sounds like a good start. (Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded. - Yogi Berra)
- wicket 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransMilenio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransMilenio It's not a failure in terms of the number of people that use it, but when the seats are full and the standing passengers are jam-packed like sardines, it's definitely nothing to brag about, and you certainly won't find the rich using it. Peñalosa also introduced Pico y Placa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico_y_placa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico_y_placa), a system that does not negatively impact those who can afford to own two cars, and forces the remainder of car owners to use the atrocious public transport system every other day.