OUR PROBLEM IS NOT TRANSMILENIO, THE REAL PROBLEM IS OUR

POLITICIANS AND HOW WE CHOOSE THEM.

By: Juan Camilo Villamizar

To start, Trasmilenio was proyected to be the principal public transport sistem

in Bogota, but like any proyect, there were certain limits and Trasnmilenio has
reached them. For example, when Trasmilenio was made there were 4 million
of resisdents and now, there are more tan 7 million of people and the public
transport has not had significant changes. Therefore, Trasmilenio can not do
anything else for our city because it has collapsed
However, people from bogota think Transmienio is the principal problem and
they just want more buses and bigger stations but when a system is working in
its maximun capacity, that kind of changes are not enought. Accordingly,
people should know that a public trasnport system is not just a transport mode,
it have to be multimodal with diferent transport modes like a subway and a
tram. A clear example is Mosc, where poeple can choose the best way to go to
their destination.
On the other hand, Bogota people have the solution in their hands because
they can choose a good politician. Therefore, if you want to have differents
transports modes in Bogot like a tram, a subway or a public bike, you should
be informed about candidates and their proposals.
In conclusin, Transmilenio is not the problem, the real problem is our way of
choosing our politicians. We have to know who is going to govern and how will
do it.