Bus Rapid Transit: TransMilenio

Location:
Population:
8 000 000 (2014)
GDP per capita at purchasing power parity (PPP):
17 497.00US$ (2014)

TransMilenio is Bogotá’s sustainable mass urban transport system based on a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme. The objective of the project is to establish a safe, efficient, rapid, comfortable and effective modern mass transit system that ensures high levels of passenger transportation. TransMilenio is the BRT with the highest passenger capacity worldwide, becoming the main symbol of the city, transforming its physical infrastructure, and also influencing land use, productivity, road fatalities, crime rates and health issues.