TY - GEN
T1 - TransMilenio
T2 - Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass Transit - Proceedings of the Second International Conference
AU - Sandoval, Edgar E.
AU - Hidalgo, Dario
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit system in Bogotá, Columbia resulting from a successful public-private partnership. The system comprises specialized infrastructure including exclusive lanes for high capacity articulated buses, efficient private operation, advanced fare collection system, and a new public authority for planning, developing and controlling the system. TransMilenio started operations in December 2000. By April 2002 it moved 650,000 pass/day in 38 Km bus ways, 62 stations, 470 articulated buses and 300 feeder buses operating 125 Km routes. Extensions will continue in the next 16 years to cover 85% of the daily trips in the city. TransMilenio is a high quality and sustainable transport solution, at a very low cost for the tax payers and the direct users. This paper presents the situation of Bogotá, the overall mobility strategy in which the mass transit system is embedded, the components of TransMilenio, the implementation strategy, and the results after five months of operation.
AB - TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit system in Bogotá, Columbia resulting from a successful public-private partnership. The system comprises specialized infrastructure including exclusive lanes for high capacity articulated buses, efficient private operation, advanced fare collection system, and a new public authority for planning, developing and controlling the system. TransMilenio started operations in December 2000. By April 2002 it moved 650,000 pass/day in 38 Km bus ways, 62 stations, 470 articulated buses and 300 feeder buses operating 125 Km routes. Extensions will continue in the next 16 years to cover 85% of the daily trips in the city. TransMilenio is a high quality and sustainable transport solution, at a very low cost for the tax payers and the direct users. This paper presents the situation of Bogotá, the overall mobility strategy in which the mass transit system is embedded, the components of TransMilenio, the implementation strategy, and the results after five months of operation.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=11144347594&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1061/40717(148)4
DO - 10.1061/40717(148)4
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:11144347594
SN - 0784407177
SN - 9780784407172
T3 - Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass Transit - Proceedings of the Second International Conference
SP - 37
EP - 49
BT - Urban Public Transportation Systems
PB - ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers
Y2 - 14 April 2002 through 18 April 2002
ER -