When first articulated bus crossing the street on Wednesday and authorities Murillo with guests on board, start at last was in Barranquilla Transmetro after overcoming countless difficulties and setbacks. Changes in the infrastructure of the city, merchants broken, traditional transport routes will disappear, many millions invested and great expectations have been the consequences of this project, certainly the most impacting on the lives of the inhabitants of this city . Will total 283,428 daily passengers who will be mobilized throughout the system, some 202,267 in the trunk of Murillo and 81,161 in the corridor of Olaya Herrera.
About 500 million pesos a day billed Transmetro in passages, according to figures from the Mayor of Barranquilla, Alejandro Char. In Transmetro change the habits of Barranquilla. The system is designed to stop being nimble, not waste time on unnecessary stops and to accommodate special populations, such as the disabled, children, adults and women who are pregnant. According to the mayor of Barranquilla, Alejandro Char, the best economic situation in the District can be allowed to do 42 miles of new roads within the neighborhoods, for feeder routes. "When people dreamed of Las Americas, Santo Domingo, La Chinita, Santa Maria, El Bosque, the Transmetro feeder routes would pass in front of them? As there are no route bus arrives at the gates from their homes the only alternative is the motorcycle taxi. Now we are going to get buses, "added the president.
Although Transmetro has not yet begun to operate normally, the authorities' plans and scope of the project and is seen as an integrator of the metropolitan area of Barranquilla. In the not too distant future the project will reach Galapa and Puerto Colombia. For now planning the operation of routes 30th Street, one of the most moving passengers. Mayor Alejandro Char, plans to bring the Transmetro to that artery. "I sleep with it. I do not want to go without leaving mounted Transmetro Phase II, which should be the 30th and cordiality. There are two routes required and have to be done immediately, not one after the other."
"NEVER there were cost overruns" : The Comptroller General's Office, Julio Cesar Turbay Quintero, said at the time that had Transmetro construction cost overruns that the project had cost 193 billion and 500 billion went in and had not been completed. That claim was flatly denied by the manager of Transmetro Alvaro Osorio, adding further that the Comptroller himself later clarified that he had been misinformed, thus the matter was well. "He was told the project was $ 193 billion, but she said they were in 2002, this amount brought to present value equals $ 398 thousand 811 million, with that we have 87% of the project," said Osorio. "What he's doing is increasing Transmetro budgets with the same works, it works is that they cost more, is that they are doing more work," said Jorge Bermudez, the Chamber of Commerce.
"Just get Greening" : Because passengers can not get off the bus at any corner Transmetro, as with ordinary transport, lines will touch them walk users will be much longer. For this reason the Chamber of Commerce of Barranquilla arboricide recommended sidewalks where pedestrians walk. "There are many places that have no shadow, and also where people are going to play more than normal walking. Not as traditional transport you to everyone where you want. Here, nothing else will stop at the stations, "said Jorge Bermudez, director of Urban Development of the Chamber of Commerce.
The official went further and recommended against the abuse of palm trees, which although they are "beautiful, slim and easy to maintain, do not contribute to mitigate the harsh sun Barranquilla. We have been insisting that they are used leafy trees give much shade. That's not to say that there are places where they can plant trees but not to overuse that gives the tree. Suddenly copy Micho Miami, used by many palm trees, is an imitation harmful. "
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