Public transportation underwent a significant transition in Bogota, Colombia, satisfying nearly fulfilled the criteria outlined in this article. 20 years have passed since the change.
My impression of Transmilenio (our BRT) is that it functions effectively, but it is constantly in danger of going bankrupt.
A project named SITP, which "scientifically" reconfigured the city's routes based on mobility studies, also intervened in the rest of the system. However, they occasionally had to change the way various routes were laid out, and interestingly, these changes matched with the previous unofficial routes.
In Colombia, we have soap operas for everything. In the 1980s, there was one about a family that ran an informal transportation business in Bogota.
I totally agree with this statement. What I've seen during my PhD about electromobility in PT systems for Latin America is that there seems to be a monopoly about the discourse and the fundings for a couple of multilateral agencies, mainly from Europe and USA, that has already their list of "experts" and consultants. Additionally, there are manuals and guidelines about how to implement a BEBs project instead of how to improve current PT systems with less resources and better adapted policies to local context.
What are your thoughts on the (perceived) quality of popular transport systems?
When I talk about the Bogotá system that has mostly been replaced, I always remember it as a suffering (I always say "I suffered the system"), because the quality was so bad to me: speeding buses, little regard for cleanliness, courtesy, etc.
The new system has its flaws in other areas, but it doesn't treat passengers as cattle, which I think dignifies the role of the passenger and acknowledges them as human and not simply as the source of the money.
And to be constructive: having my field work on the topic of shared mobility in the global south , Jackie, I came to the point that it needs more funding to enable them to play their societal role: do you have a piece of work on that? How to leverage and channel money in an extremely precarious but essential sector?
Thanks Jackie for sharing this piece of self reflection and helping me to radically consider myself as a non colonialist when it comes to transport and shared mobility in the global south. Question for you: how do you feel having been funded by the AFD? What do you think about their current projects such as MYC ? Ect ect….
Public transportation underwent a significant transition in Bogota, Colombia, satisfying nearly fulfilled the criteria outlined in this article. 20 years have passed since the change.
My impression of Transmilenio (our BRT) is that it functions effectively, but it is constantly in danger of going bankrupt.
A project named SITP, which "scientifically" reconfigured the city's routes based on mobility studies, also intervened in the rest of the system. However, they occasionally had to change the way various routes were laid out, and interestingly, these changes matched with the previous unofficial routes.
In Colombia, we have soap operas for everything. In the 1980s, there was one about a family that ran an informal transportation business in Bogota.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbVIlRGeloQ
I often go back to that, especially the scene where they tried to digitalize the business and went on strike.
https://www.facebook.com/RTVCPlay/videos/romeo-y-buseta/360500335352592/
Greetings.
I totally agree with this statement. What I've seen during my PhD about electromobility in PT systems for Latin America is that there seems to be a monopoly about the discourse and the fundings for a couple of multilateral agencies, mainly from Europe and USA, that has already their list of "experts" and consultants. Additionally, there are manuals and guidelines about how to implement a BEBs project instead of how to improve current PT systems with less resources and better adapted policies to local context.
Are you insane?? Please keep this crap away from me and remove me from your list of fools.
Thank you
Really appreciated seeing this edition in my inbox this morning. Thank you for the thoughtfulness of this edition, Benjie! Hope you are well.
Great piece, Benjie!
What are your thoughts on the (perceived) quality of popular transport systems?
When I talk about the Bogotá system that has mostly been replaced, I always remember it as a suffering (I always say "I suffered the system"), because the quality was so bad to me: speeding buses, little regard for cleanliness, courtesy, etc.
The new system has its flaws in other areas, but it doesn't treat passengers as cattle, which I think dignifies the role of the passenger and acknowledges them as human and not simply as the source of the money.
And to be constructive: having my field work on the topic of shared mobility in the global south , Jackie, I came to the point that it needs more funding to enable them to play their societal role: do you have a piece of work on that? How to leverage and channel money in an extremely precarious but essential sector?
Thanks Jackie for sharing this piece of self reflection and helping me to radically consider myself as a non colonialist when it comes to transport and shared mobility in the global south. Question for you: how do you feel having been funded by the AFD? What do you think about their current projects such as MYC ? Ect ect….