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Public Spaces In Colombia

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Imagine the following: A person needs to get to work. The person walks towards the closest transportation station. The person waits a very long time for the bus to arrive. Traffic is impossible. The person is probably already late for work. The person finally boards the bus. In the bus, the person must travel standing up for there is not enough room and some seats are broken or damaged. The person feels a hand cautiously creeping into a side pocket. The person’s belongings are inevitably stolen, but no one is willing to give away who did it. The person finally arrives to work. The person is late, tiered, and has been robbed. The person goes home, goes to sleep. The next morning, the person once again walks towards the bus station. This person …show more content…

They must first understand three very important things. First, public transport is not cheap: “It must be understood that public or private transportation is, and always will be, very expensive” . Just because it is public doesn’t mean is should be for free. That being said, people want everything to be free not only because it benefits them but also because it means they don’t have to take care of anything. For example, public spaces in Bogotá like parks are a disaster because since they are free, people feel like it is not their problem if there is trash or if people leave litter. The second important thing is for people to understand that transportation systems are not designed to be comfortable or have VIP services. Public transportation is designed to mobilize huge amounts of people and maximize the capability of each bus or train. If people complain because they can never sit down in a public bus they must know that the majority of people using public services around the world also go on long bus rides standing up. Buses are not supposed to have lots of chairs but lots of space. Finally, people need to know that public systems will always be slower than private services. If they are expecting a bus that travels faster than the speed of light they will be clearly disappointed. While private services depend on one or two costumers, public buses have thousands of users all with different needs and schedules. When the users have learned and understood these three basic concepts they will finally see that the best Bogotá can have is a good public transportation system like the TransMilenio and SITP “The solution seems to be near if the SITP finally works, the road is set, all that is left is completing the task” , Bogotá does not a miracle flying metro

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