Integrated Public Transport System (Bogotá)
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| Locale | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Transit type | |
| Number of lines | 530 |
| Number of stations | 136(BRT) 6,787 (standard bus) |
| Annual ridership | 1,074,480,000 (2014) [1] |
| Headquarters | Av. El Dorado No. 66 - 63, Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia |
| Website | SITP |
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| Began operation |
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| Number of vehicles | 9,339[2] |
| Headway | 5-7 min during peak hours = 10-20 min during off-peak |
The Integrated Public Transport System (Spanish: Sistema Integrado de Transporte Público (SITP)) is the operator of public transportation in Bogotá, the capital and largest city of Colombia.
History[]
Beginnings and tender[]
During the 2007 campaign for the election of mayor of the city, the candidate Samuel Moreno Rojas had as a campaign proposal, in addition to the construction of phase III of TransMilenio and the Bogotá Metro, the implementation of an ambitious project whose mission was to order and integrate the current public transport system with TransMilenio.
In October 2009 and then as mayor, Moreno announced the start of the tender of the 13 zones in which the city was divided and to which an operator and the System of Collection and Control of Information (Sirci) would be assigned. On December 18 of that same year, Javier Hernández was appointed as manager of the SITP, a position he would occupy until March 2012.
During the first four days of March 2010 the Moreno administration suffered one of the biggest crises with a transporter stoppage that managed to paralyze the city, which demanded an inclusion in the SITP. Finally, and after extensive negotiation days, Moreno and the transporters agreed to include them among the bidding companies and scrap projects for the very old buses that could not enter the system, which implied a delay in the assignment of the operators. In November, all that was needed was the tender for an area.
Delays[]
In 2011, with all the operators assigned and waiting to sign contracts, a judge of the Republic revoked the bidding process for the award of the Sirci, arguing that the process had not received sufficient attention by the control entities and that they were still missing key points to be defined in the contract that would be signed by the winning company. This delay, together with the outbreak of the carrousel case of the hiring involving Mayor Moreno and senior officials of the mayor's office, would be the main reasons in the delay in the implementation of the system, which lasts until today. On June 16 of this year, it was finally possible to award the collection of passages of the system, calculated at 2.7 billion pesos a year, to the company Recaudo Bogotá S.A. with a 16-year contract.
In spite of the promises of the manager of TransMilenio during that time, Fernando Páez, that the SITP would begin operations in December 2011, due to delays in the delivery of phase III of said system, Paéz himself had to leave in September to say that it would not be until May 2012 when the gradual implementation of routes could be initiated. On the other hand, already from this time the problem was noticed about the ignorance of the system between the people and the lack of pedagogy.
Finally, on December 31 and after three years of delay, the mayor in charge of Bogotá, Clara López, received the works of Phase III of TransMilenio, which meant a great advance in unlocking the implementation of the system.
Start of operation[]
In January 2012, with the entry of Gustavo Petro to the mayor's office and a new cabinet, it was reported that the works of phase III were incomplete and that there would still be time for the start of operations by said trunks. For this reason, it was announced that the SITP could start until June 9 of the same year. In addition, the first financial problems of the Coobus SAS operator began to be reported. who was in charge of Calle 26 and the Fontibón zone.
During May of the same year, tests were begun on Phase III of TransMilenio, with satisfactory results. Despite this, the administration was unable to comply with the date given for the start of operations on the Calle 26 trunk lines and the Race 10.
Finally, on June 30, despite pressure from various sectors, go into operation Gobernación and the Eldorado Portal on Calle 26 for free due to delays in the implementation of the collection system. Finally, with a rate adjustment from July 22, the operation is gradually implemented in phase III. Immediately another problem of the system surfaced and it is the use by the users of two different cards, one for phase I and II and another for SITP and phase III, which has not found an optimal solution to date.
Although it had been said that the first urban route would begin to operate in August, it is until September 22 that two urban routes begin to operate in pedagogical mode. The route of one of them is from El Dorado Airport to the Andino Shopping Center and the other from Altos de Zuque to Paloquemao.
Thus, with the start of the system and until now, urban, complementary and special routes have been gradually implemented, although with serious delays with respect to the schedule. In addition, the lack of contracts for the installation was also reported. of stops of the zonal routes, which were awarded in August 2012 and that little by little have replaced the improvised yellow lines painted on the platform to demarcate the bus stop.
Accident in Usme[]
On July 10, 2013, the worst accident in the system registered to date, which left 3 people dead and 19 injured. Apparently it was caused by a failure in the brakes of the automotive According to subsequent investigations, the bus had all its revisions up to date, however, this tragic event caused a wave of control by the authorities that revealed the precarious state of the buses old used in the system.
Double card[]
Despite the early warnings from the SITP collection company, the SITP, including Phase III of TransMilenio, started its operation with a new card not compatible with the existing collection system in Phases I and II. In 2013, the Phase III stations were enabled to read the Phase I and II cards, and in parallel with these phases, turnstiles that read the SITP card began to be installed. From November 28, 2013 the buses of the SITP can read the cards of phase I and II Finally, in 2015 the gradual change of the collection system began in the stations of Phases I and II, and since September of the same year all the stations of the system and the zonal buses allow the use of all the cards, which allowed the SITP to be fully integrated.
System news[]
Despite the slow implementation of the system, 50 currently has more than 100 routes in the system and an average of 3,000 bus stops throughout the city that are served by nearly 2,000 urban, complementary and special buses.
After a long debate and a large number of proposals dating from the mayor of Moreno, it has been said that the Seventh Race will be served by hybrid buses that would connect to TransMilenio at the National Museum station and that they will start operating by mid-December 2013.
On the other hand, the system has been affected by serious financial problems, which imply the bankruptcy of operators Coobus S.A.S. (Fontibón zone and Calle 26 trunk) and Egobus (Suba Centro and Perdomo zones), and serious deficits due to the reduction of tariffs in mid-2012 with the implementation of the system.
Despite this, the system seeks to be more accessible to the most vulnerable population and allow subsidies to those who need it most. This includes the population that is covered by the National System of Beneficiaries (SISBEN).
SITP Services[]
The SITP has 6 services that fulfill a specific function, and each one is identified with the color of the buses.
Trunk component[]
It is the BRT TransMilenio system included in the SITP. It is a trunk-feeding system.
Trunk service[]
It is identified with the color red, with variations to the front and back depending on the type of bus, which are: fully red for the articulated, yellow designs front and back for the bi-articulate and gray designs front and back for the dual pattern. This service operates through the exclusive lane, and stops at the stations and portals located in the center of the road, and in addition the dual patterns have stops on the platforms on the left side. Each route has variations and can be a current service or an express service. Payment is made within the system stations by means of a smart card.
| Troncales | |||||||||||
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| A
Caracas |
B
Autopista Norte |
C
Avenida Suba |
D
Calle 80 |
E
NQS Central |
F
Avenida de las Américas |
G
NQS Sur-Soacha |
H
Caracas Sur-Usme-Tunal |
J
Eje Ambiental |
K
Avenida Eldorado |
L
Carrera 10a |
M
Carrera 7a |
SITP route search tools[]
There are several applications for mobile devices and desktop that allow you to consult schedules, routes and plan the most suitable route for any route between two points of Bogota. Among the most outstanding are:
- Google Maps: web, Play Store, App Store.
- TransMi App: Aplicación oficial de Transmilenio; web, Play Store.
- Transmilenio y Sitp: Play Store, App Store.
- MaaSapp: Play Store, App Store.
- Moovit: web, Play Store, App Store, Microsoft Store.
SITP areas[]
The urban area of Bogotá is divided into 13 zones and a neutral zone, which are operated and integrated together with the current and future trunk lines of TransMilenio, Metro, TransMiCable and commuter train as follows:
| Zona | Sector | Límites | Transmilenio | Destinos |
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| 0
Neutra |
Centro Expandido de Bogotá |
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| 1
Usaquén |
Nororiente |
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| 2
Suba Oriental |
Norte |
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| 3
Suba Centro |
Noroccidente |
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| 4
Calle 80 |
Noroccidente |
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| 5
Engativá |
Occidente |
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| 6
Fontibón |
Occidente |
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| 7
Tintal-Zona Franca |
Occidente |
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| 8
Kennedy |
Suroccidente |
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| 9
Bosa |
Suroccidente |
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| 10
Perdomo |
Sur |
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| 11
Ciudad Bolívar |
Sur |
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| 12
Usme |
Suroriente |
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| 13
San Cristóbal |
Oriente |
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| 14
Soacha |
Municipio de Soacha |
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Operators[]
They correspond to the trunk bus system and zonal buses, that is, the special, complementary, urban buses and also the TransMilenio feeder buses.
| Operador | Dirección | Sitio web | Flota | Troncales o zona SITP |
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| Ciudad Móvil S.A. | Calle 183 # 51-65
A 1.75 km de Portal del Norte |
URL | Serie A (troncal)
185 buses Algunos de Portal del Tunal |
A Caracas
B Autonorte H Tunal |
| Transmasivo S.A. | Avenida Suba con Avenida Ciudad de Cali
Portal de Suba |
URL | Serie S
221 buses (El Bus Eléctrico BYD está en el sistema de Transporte Masivo de Pereira Megabus) |
C Av. Suba |
| Express del Futuro S.A. | Avenida Calle 80 # 96-91
Portal de la 80 A 1 Cuadra del Centro Comercial Portal 80 |
URL | Serie M
193 buses |
D Calle 80 |
| Connexion Móvil S.A. | Calle 57Q sur # 65-64
Portal del Sur |
URL | Serie B
211 Buses 48 Nuevos buses biarticulados con las sillas horizontales de las Carrocerías Marcopolo Gran Viale con el chasis Volvo B340M Euro V para el Operador Connexión Móvil S.A. que renovó contrato hasta 2023. |
E NQS Central
G NQS Sur hasta Soacha |
| Somos K S.A.
(SI 02 S.A.) |
Avenida Ciudad de Cali # 45-57 sur
Portal de las Américas |
URL | Serie K
171 buses |
F Av. Américas
J Eje Ambiental |
| Metrobús S.A. | Avenida Boyacá # 59-65 Sur
Portal del Tunal |
URL | Serie T
140 Buses algunos alimentadores de Suma |
H Tunal |
| SI 99 S.A.
(SI 03 S.A.) |
Calle 67A bis sur # 14 A-35
Portal de Usme |
URL | Serie U
255 buses por que el bus U028 de Mercedes Benz se incendió. 1 bus nuevo de la carrocería Busscar Urbanuss Pluss con el Chasis ScaniaK310 Euro 5 está como U256 tras el reemplazo de Bus U028 de Mercedes Benz. algunos alimentadores de Suma |
H Usme |
| Gmóvil S.A.S. | Calle 25G # 96H-28
Portal Eldorado |
URL | Serie E (troncal)
124 buses Serie E (Dual) 55 buses algunos Serie E02XX Y E05XX (alimentador) 100 buses, 10 Buses de SITP Urbano está prestando el Servicio de Alimentación Serie Z50 (zonal) 862 buses Serie Z52 (zonal) 15 buses |
K SITP Engativá |
| Consorcio Express S.A.S. | Calle 32 sur # 3C-08
Portal 20 de Julio |
URL | Serie D (troncal)
184 buses Serie D (Dual) 100 buses Serie N (troncal) 135 buses Serie N (Dual) 130 buses Serie D08XX Y D09XX (alimentador) 140 buses Serie N08XX (alimentador) 45 buses Serie Z10 (zonal) 1400 buses Serie Z12 (zonal) 107 buses Serie Z13 (zonal) 555 buses Serie Z15 (zonal) 1425 buses Serie Z17 (zonal) 75 buses Serie Z18 (zonal) 10 buses |
L Carrera 10ª
M Carrera 7ª SITP San Cristóbal SITP Usaquén |
| Este es Mi Bus S.A.S | Transversal 94L # 80-53
Barrio Quirigua A 2 Cuadras de la Est. Quirigua |
URL | Serie Z40 (zonal)
720 buses Serie Z45 (zonal) 400 buses Serie Z47 (zonal) 20 buses Serie CO-05 y CO-06 (alimentador) 95 buses Provenientes del antiguo operador ETMA, Serie TZ-1XX (alimentador) 25 buses |
SITP Calle 80
D Calle 80 SITP Tintal-Zona Franca F Av. Américas |
| Masivo Capital S.A.S | Avenida Calle 26 # 59-51 Torre 3 Oficina 504 | URL | Serie Z20 (zonal)
310 buses Serie Z22 (zonal) 11 buses 6 buses a GNV son (Euro 6) provenientes de Scania y 5 buses (Euro 5) de Volvo Serie Z23 (zonal) 10 buses Serie Z25 (zonal) 1000 buses Serie Z27 (zonal) 20 buses Serie KE-0XX hasta KE-2XX (alimentadores Kennedy) 152 buses. 3 buses de la Referencia Freightliner EF1723 se pasaron a Ser SITP Urbano, 1 Está en la Serie SO-0126 en la Zona de Suba-Oriental Serie SO-01XX (alimentador Suba) 22 buses. 3 de ellos conocidas como las Volvo se pasaron a SITP Complementario. |
SITP Kennedy
F Av. Américas SITP Suba-Oriental B Autonorte |
| SUMA S.A.S | Carrera 17 # 70-31 sur | URL | Serie Z80 (zonal)
535 buses. 20 buses padrones de Volvo se pasaron a ser alimentadores de SUMA S.A.S. Serie Z83 (zonal) 9 buses Serie BC-00XX al BC-02XX (alimentador) 110 buses. 20 buses padrones de Volvo antes estaban en el SITP Urbano los buses que estaba en la Serie BC-0100 a BC-0183 está en el patio de la hoja, 4 de ellos está en Alcapital en el Portal de Suba y 7 de estos buses está en Tranzit en el Portal de Usme. |
SITP Ciudad Bolívar
H Tunal H Usme |
| ETIB S.A.S | Autopista Sur con Carrera 64 Frente de la Estación Madelena | URL | Serie Z70 (zonal)
1400 buses. Serie BO-01XX (alimentador) 90 buses. |
SITP Bosa
G NQS Sur |
| Tranzit S.A.S | Calle 6 sur # 15A-24 | URL | Serie Z90 (zonal)
690 buses. Serie US-00XX al US-02XX (alimentador) 185 buses. Algunos buses del antiguo operador Citi Móvil y ETMA, TAO Y ALNORTE FASE 2. 15 buses de SITP SITP Urbano está prestando servicio de Alimentación |
SITP Usme
H Usme |
| Unión Temporal Alcapital Fase II | Dependientes de Grupo Express | Alimentadores Suba | ||
| Unión Temporal Alnorte Fase II | Alimentadores Norte | |||
| Coobus | Liquidación | Serie F (Troncal)
-50 buses. Serie F06XX (alimentador) -50 buses. Serie Z60 (zonal) -110 buses. Por la Crisis de la Empresa Algunos se Emigraron a SITP Provisional, SUMA S.A.S., Masivo Capital S.A.S., ETIB S.A.S. y Este es Mi Bus S.A.S. Y Consorcio Express S.A.S. |
SITP Fontibón | |
| Egobus | Serie Z30 (zonal)
-70 Buses. Por la Crisis de la Empresa Algunos se Emigraron a SUMA S.A.S., Masivo Capital S.A.S., ETIB S.A.S. y Este es Mi Bus S.A.S. Serie Z35 (zonal) -85 Buses. Por la Crisis de la Empresa Algunos se emigraron a SITP Provisional, Masivo Capital S.A.S., y Este es Mi Bus S.A.S. Serie Z38 (zonal) -12 Buses. |
SITP Suba Centro
SITP Perdomo | ||
Fleet[]
SITP and its predecessor agencies have ordered buses from a variety of manufacturers over the years, including GMC, Flxible, Scania, Mercedes-Benz, Chevrolet, Volkswagen, Volvo, New Flyer Industries, El Dorado National, Orion Bus Industries, Thomas Built Buses, Blue Bird Corporation, and North American Bus Industries (NABI). SITP has the second largest bus fleet in Latin America with 9,339 buses
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El. "Seis de cada diez pasajeros usan el sistema integrado de Transporte - Bogotá - El Tiempo".
- ^ "Publicaciones".
- Bogotá