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TransMilenio: Bogotá's BRT Trunk Network & Its Late Control Layer

Revision 2026-10-04-search-uplift · effective 2026-10-04

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Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-76f1e7f8eaa76cc2 quantitative
TransMilenio opened in December 2000 under mayor Enrique Peñalosa
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The encyclopedia entry gives the opening date and says Peñalosa oversaw the construction of the initial system.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Wikipedia — TransMilenio (English, tertiary)
Claim 2 clm-935dbe5def05c76f descriptive
pre-paid stations, level boarding
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The peer-reviewed paper lists level boarding and prepayment among the design features behind the system's throughput.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Hidalgo, Lleras & Hernández — capacity measurement (Research in Transportation Economics, 2013, peer-reviewed)
Claim 3 clm-e31c09b5d10e3268 descriptive
a model that later systems, Mexico City's Metrobús among them, were built on
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snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The encyclopedia entry names Mexico City's Metrobús among systems modelled on TransMilenio.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Wikipedia — TransMilenio (English, tertiary)
Claim 4 clm-fd1e6df017ca522c quantitative
one fare card shared with the city's other buses, TuLlave, replaced TransMilenio's own contactless cards station by station from September to December 2015
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The article dates the unification of payment onto TuLlave across all TransMilenio stations from 2 September to 21 December 2015, and notes that an earlier contractor had already introduced contactless payment on TransMilenio.
Caveat
The dates come from an encyclopedia article citing a 2015 radio report; the operator's own TuLlave history was not reachable.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Tarjeta TuLlave — dates of the fare-card rollout (Wikipedia ES, tertiary)
Claim 5 clm-68c0344cff9241b1 quantitative
the fleet-control system began a phased renewal in January 2024
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snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The operator announces the start of the gradual renewal of its fleet-control system from the night of 3 January 2024.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. TransMilenio — fleet control system modernisation (operator, 2024)
Claim 6 clm-68425028c48e5976 quantitative
a single control centre for operations & security opened in March 2026, the first time in the system's history that operations and security worked from one place
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What the mapping says
The city's announcement of 17 March 2026 says that for the first time in the system's history operations and security work from one place.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alcaldía de Bogotá — Integrated Control Centre opens (17 March 2026)
Claim 7 clm-90d364791196d404 descriptive
TransMilenio S.A., the district company, is also the managing entity for Bogotá's wider SITP bus network and TransMiCable
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The operator calls itself the managing entity of the SITP; the control-centre announcement shows it coordinating the trunk, zonal and TransMiCable components.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. TransMilenio S.A. — '¿Qué es SITP?' (authority)
  2. Alcaldía de Bogotá — Integrated Control Centre opens (17 March 2026)
Claim 8 clm-5234f2d35be8b0e4 descriptive
it publishes its static GTFS timetable feed with no licence attached
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What the mapping says
The operator's open-data portal publishes the static GTFS file; the item carries no licence or terms-of-use statement.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. TransMilenio open data portal — static GTFS (operator)
Claim 9 clm-55fc414f32109cd6 quantitative
Paying at the turnstile with a contactless bank card or phone has been piloted since January 2025
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What the mapping says
The report of 28 January 2025 announces a pilot for paying the fare with Visa and Mastercard debit and credit cards at Portal Norte.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. La República — bank-card payment pilot at Portal Norte (28 January 2025)
Claim 10 clm-3b721322ab5c3aad quantitative
ran at two stations in January 2026, without TuLlave's free transfers
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What the mapping says
The January 2026 report names the two enabled stations and says transfer benefits are exclusive to TuLlave.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Valora Analitik — bank-card payment at two TransMilenio stations (21 January 2026)
Claim 11 clm-1a5a51a7eb322b2a quantitative
The TransMilenio trunk on Carrera Séptima, revoked in 2020, is still unbuilt
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The July 2020 report describes Mayor Claudia López ending the Carrera Séptima trunk by administrative act.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

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  1. El Tiempo / Semana — the Carrera Séptima corridor, twice abandoned
Claim 12 clm-abadc54a121776e6 quantitative
the metro Peñalosa shelved to pay for the busway is now more than 80% complete
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The encyclopedia entry says Peñalosa cancelled the subway plans when building TransMilenio; the city reports Line 1 at 80.37% as of 30 June 2026.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Wikipedia — TransMilenio (English, tertiary)
  2. Alcaldía de Bogotá — Metro Line 1 construction progress (2026)
Claim 13 clm-bdde448d5e216f47 quantitative
A peer-reviewed measurement put throughput on the busiest trunk section at about 43,000 passengers per hour per direction, with a practical ceiling near 48,000 at 150 passengers per bus
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The paper's abstract reports measured throughput and the calculated practical capacity of the critical section.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Hidalgo, Lleras & Hernández — capacity measurement (Research in Transportation Economics, 2013, peer-reviewed)
Claim 14 clm-80d53fa16f108d8f quantitative
Trunk fare evasion fell from 29.6% in 2022 to 13.1% in 2024 on figures cited in a Bogotá council debate
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The report attributes the figures to councillors in a council debate.
Caveat
The figures compare the first half of 2022 with the second half of 2024 and were cited by councillors, not published as an audited series.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Infobae — trunk fare evasion figures (24 July 2025)
Claim 15 clm-2d97331136506c09 quantitative
with losses still above COP 100 billion per half-year
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What the mapping says
A councillor is quoted on the half-yearly losses.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Infobae — trunk fare evasion figures (24 July 2025)
Claim 16 clm-9e777e862aeab409 quantitative
TransMilenio figures a councillor published in February 2026 put trunk evasion at 13% and its 2025 cost at about COP 265 billion
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The report says councillor Samir Abisambra published data supplied by the system: an evasion rate of 13% and a 2025 cost of COP 265,048,729,898 on the trunk component.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Publimetro — 2025 cost of trunk fare evasion (17 February 2026)
Claim 17 clm-5d95ccc334a91f1e descriptive
Concrete, prepaid stations and level boarding delivered metro-scale throughput
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The paper sets the measured 43,000 passengers per hour per direction against textbook BRT capacity of no more than 20,000 and credits prepayment and level boarding, among other features.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Hidalgo, Lleras & Hernández — capacity measurement (Research in Transportation Economics, 2013, peer-reviewed)
Claim 18 clm-d0996652c00670e7 quantitative
unified ticketing arrived only in 2015
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
Unification of payment onto TuLlave across all TransMilenio stations was completed in December 2015.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Tarjeta TuLlave — dates of the fare-card rollout (Wikipedia ES, tertiary)
Claim 19 clm-e37a4aef307f8897 quantitative
an integrated control centre only in 2026
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The city dates the integrated control centre to March 2026 and calls it a first in the system's history.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alcaldía de Bogotá — Integrated Control Centre opens (17 March 2026)
Claim 20 clm-f3c31e73d60cbb02 descriptive
crowding, fare evasion and riots
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The 2012 report describes protests over poor service with blockades and damaged stations, with overcrowding named as a trigger; the 2025 report documents evasion.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Wikinoticias / NBC News — the March 2012 riots
  2. Infobae — trunk fare evasion figures (24 July 2025)

Source dossiers and revision state

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
TransMilenio S.A. (Bogotá district company), with private bus and fare-collection concessionaires
Actor types
utility, private
Funding model
ppp
Funding description
Fares plus a district subsidy — TransMilenio's general manager says the District covers about half the fare, set at COP 3,550 for 2026; infrastructure is publicly built, while buses and fare collection are run by private concessionaires.
Cost
Not recorded
Ownership
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Decision rights
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Exit conditions
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17 source dossiers

Hidalgo, Lleras & Hernández — capacity measurement (Research in Transportation Economics, 2013, peer-reviewed) ideas.repec.org · 3 linked claims

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Name not classified · ideas.repec.org
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web-page · language not classified
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Open archived copy ↗ · 2015-09-14
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Vol. 39(1):139-142. Abstract states 'actual throughput of 43,000 passengers hourly per direction with average bus occupancy of 150 passengers' and a practical capacity of '48,000 passengers per hour per direction with its existing infrastructure and 150 passengers per bus' (35,000 at 110 passengers per bus). Sole basis for the capacity figures; the entry attributes them rather than claiming any world record. Note the lead author was closely associated with the system's evaluation literature.

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Tsivanidis — welfare evaluation (American Economic Review, 2026, peer-reviewed) aeaweb.org · background

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src-5d1e1e177c640c59
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Name not classified · aeaweb.org
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Vol. 116(2):418-63. Establishes that an independent economic evaluation exists and that conventional commute-time benefit calculations capture only about half the total welfare gain, with 'distributional impacts are modest'. No single headline number is quoted in the entry because the paper's results are model-based.

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Alcaldía de Bogotá — Integrated Control Centre opens (17 March 2026) bogota.gov.co · 3 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-6d471ed210573b44
Publisher
Name not classified · bogota.gov.co
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-03-17
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Fetched successfully. Establishes the control centre is new, not original: 1,200 m2, 209 workstations, the first time in the system's 25-year history that operations and security run from one location; supervises up to 4 million daily trips and more than 10,700 buses; roughly 2,700 fixed cameras plus over 36,900 onboard; AI video analytics and onboard GPS; more than 40 million data records processed per day; coordinates Troncal, TransMiZonal and TransMiCable — the evidence that TransMilenio S.A.'s remit extends beyond the BRT.

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Claims linked
TransMilenio open data portal — static GTFS (operator) datosabiertos-transmilenio.hub.arcgis.com · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-380e662f75e765eb
Publisher
Name not classified · datosabiertos-transmilenio.hub.arcgis.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-07-28
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Static GTFS file 'GTFS Estáticos 2025-07-23' on the operator's open-data portal, described as the GTFS dataset for TransMilenio S.A.'s SITP operation; the item states no licence or terms of use.

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TransMilenio — fleet control system modernisation (operator, 2024) transmilenio.gov.co · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-1a330612403d29d4
Publisher
Name not classified · transmilenio.gov.co
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web-page · language not classified
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Operator notice: from the night of 3 January 2024 a gradual renewal and modernisation of the fleet-control system, which manages the trunk and dual fleet in real time, with on-board updates across the trunk and zonal fleet.

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Tarjeta TuLlave — dates of the fare-card rollout (Wikipedia ES, tertiary) es.wikipedia.org · 2 linked claims

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Encyclopedia article on the TuLlave card: collection concession of 2011; the card launched with the SITP in January 2012; payment on all TransMilenio stations unified onto TuLlave from 2 September to 21 December 2015, replacing the contactless cards an earlier contractor had introduced.

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Infobae — trunk fare evasion figures (24 July 2025) infobae.com · 3 linked claims

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Publisher
Name not classified · infobae.com
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-07-24
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Fetched successfully. Carrying sentence: 'La evasión en el componente troncal de TransMilenio pasó de 29,6 % en 2022 a 13,1% en 2024', and 'La evasión sigue generando pérdidas superiores a $100.000 millones de pesos por semestre'. The article attributes the figures to councillors Cristina Calderón Restrepo and María Clara Name in a Bogotá council debate, not to a TransMilenio publication — so these are council-cited, not audited, numbers.

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Wikinoticias / NBC News — the March 2012 riots es.wikinews.org · 1 linked claim

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Publisher
Name not classified · es.wikinews.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2012-03-10
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9 March 2012: blockades at all portales, stations damaged on Caracas (Calles 39, 45, 72 and Marly), Calle 80 and Las Américas; Marly station destroyed and looted; 28 detained; the Procuraduría General de la Nación named overcrowding and fare increases as triggers. Corroborated by NBC News, 'Police and protesters clash over public transportation in Bogota' (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/police-protesters-clash-over-public-transportation-bogota-flna391240). Not fetched directly; established via search index.

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Herrera Puyana, Gómez Rodríguez & García Fonseca — '¿Por qué TransMilenio en Bogotá está en crisis?' (Revista Ciudades, Estados y Política, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2017) portal.amelica.org · background

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src-aa2290f507a24198
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Name not classified · portal.amelica.org
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web-page · language not classified
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Fetched successfully. Academic critique of the contracting model: 388 km of exclusive bus lanes planned against 109 km completed by 2014; operators paid per kilometre run regardless of service quality; fares among the highest in Latin America relative to the minimum wage (11.6% vs 5.4% in Quito). Its further figures (2015 deficit, share of the fare going to operators, a 96% rise in accidents after a bus life-extension decision) are deliberately NOT carried in the entry — single-source and not independently corroborated.

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El Tiempo / Semana — the Carrera Séptima corridor, twice abandoned eltiempo.com · 1 linked claim

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Publisher
Name not classified · eltiempo.com
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2020-07-24
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2020-07-25
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Mayor Claudia López revoked the tender for the TransMilenio trunk on Carrera Séptima by administrative act, replacing it with a multimodal 'Corredor Verde'; Semana then reports the District revoking the Corredor Verde tender in turn (https://www.semana.com/politica/articulo/distrito-destapa-las-cartas-del-futuro-de-la-carrera-septima-en-bogota-tras-revocar-licitacion-del-corredor-verde-de-claudia-lopez/202431/). Together they establish that the corridor is still unbuilt. Neither fetched directly; established via search index.

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Alcaldía de Bogotá — Metro Line 1 construction progress (2026) bogota.gov.co · 1 linked claim

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src-b7918ba33a4e806c
Publisher
Name not classified · bogota.gov.co
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-07-21
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Line 1 at 80.37% overall progress as of 30 June 2026 along a 24 km viaduct; trial running without passengers is scheduled to start in September 2027.

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TransMilenio S.A. — '¿Qué es SITP?' (authority) transmilenio.gov.co · 1 linked claim

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src-2e6a65c5ef0b4d47
Publisher
Name not classified · transmilenio.gov.co
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web-page · language not classified
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Operator page: TRANSMILENIO S.A., a District entity, is the managing entity of the SITP and responsible for its operation.

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La República — interview with TransMilenio general manager on fares & subsidy (2026) larepublica.co · background

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src-c6f69d87902f3773
Publisher
Name not classified · larepublica.co
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
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2026-01-14
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General manager María Fernanda Ortiz: the District subsidises 50% of the TransMilenio fare, set at COP 3,550 for 2026. Sole basis for the funding field. Not fetched directly; established via search index headline and summary.

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Wikipedia — TransMilenio (English, tertiary) en.wikipedia.org · 3 linked claims

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src-1100dee469973871
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Name not classified · en.wikipedia.org
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Encyclopedia article: opened to the public in December 2000; Mayor Enrique Peñalosa cancelled plans for elevated highways and a subway and oversaw the initial system; other cities, including Mexico City's Metrobús, adopted systems modelled on it.

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La República — bank-card payment pilot at Portal Norte (28 January 2025) larepublica.co · 1 linked claim

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src-f45d6b057aa9669f
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Name not classified · larepublica.co
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web-page · language not classified
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2025-01-28
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TransMilenio's general manager launched a pilot for paying the fare with Visa and Mastercard debit and credit cards at Portal Norte stations, running until April; it does not apply to transfers.

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Valora Analitik — bank-card payment at two TransMilenio stations (21 January 2026) valoraanalitik.com · 1 linked claim

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Name not classified · valoraanalitik.com
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2026-01-21
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Open payment with contactless Visa and Mastercard cards, phones or watches is enabled at Portal Norte – Unicervantes and El Tiempo – Cámara de Comercio stations; TuLlave benefits such as free transfers remain exclusive to the card.

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Publimetro — 2025 cost of trunk fare evasion (17 February 2026) publimetro.co · 1 linked claim

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Councillor Samir Abisambra published data supplied by TransMilenio: fare evasion at 13% and a 2025 cost of COP 265,048,729,898 on the trunk component; metro works forced the removal of automatic doors and access control that had reduced evasion.

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