Looking to the Future as TransMilenio Turns 20
The world s most famous, and influential, bus rapid transit system, which served 2.4 million riders a day in Bogotá in the days before the pandemic, offers lessons in transit planning and management as it enters its third decade. May 25, 2021, 6am PDT | James Brasuell |
An article by Walter Hook and Annie Weinstock looks back at the first 20 years of operation for the TransMilenio bus rapid transit system in Bogotá, Colombia.
As mentioned in the article, TransMilenio is very much associated with former Mayor Enrique Peñalosa, who launched the system in 2000 and took charge of the system again in a second term that concluded in 2019.