[sustran] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Metro Rail in Bogota !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sujit Patwardhan]

Dear Friends,

I'm surprised that the recent announcement from the Mayor of Bogota, Mr
Enrique Penalosa of the city going in for a Metro Rail has evoked no
response from members of this group.

As a charismatic proponent of Bus Rapid Transit - the TransMilenio, Mr
Penalosa has been the most prominent brand leader for BRT. His convincing
arguments for proposing BRT instead of the extremely costly Metro Rail has
encouraged many cities in the South to introduce the BRT and begin to
tackle congestion and pollution in their cities. The example of Bogota as a
city with unbelievably high 'people per hour per direction' (pphpd ) of
45,000 has a living example of how a bus based system can compete with the
much more expensive Metro which particularly for the cities in developing
countries was proving to be beyond their means. Despite its high cost,
Metro Rail has been a coveted item of infrastructure for many cities who
see it as an attractive toy that they must have at any cost.

However now with Bogota going in for the Metro there will be an even
greater push for cities to get a Metro - usually at the cost of the city
bus service which is the only basic affordable public transport available
to the city.

I would welcome comments from members on this list who are aware of the
dire need of an Affordable Public Transport system to counter the outdated
and failed "car oriented' model.

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Sujit

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sujit at parisar.org <sujitjp at gmail.com>
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