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Metroplús Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) & Fleet Telematics

Revision 2026-08-27-claims-and-sources · effective 2026-07-30

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Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 6 claims and 5 source dossiers.

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6
of 6 claims mapped
5
source dossiers
4
publication dates recorded
0
archives linked
0
exact locators
0
content captures hashed

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-7a99d72948cef6d9 quantitative
Metroplús, Medellín's bus rapid transit corridor, opened on 22 December 2011 with dedicated lanes and fare integration into the Cívica smart card shared with the Metro and tram
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The operator's site describes the corridor and its Cívica fare integration; the El Espectador report sets out the integrated fare covering Metro, tram and integrated routes.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Metroplús S.A. — official transit operator
  2. El Espectador — Medellín fare integration
Claim 2 clm-c7f281b8ab81fa06 descriptive
A GPS telematics platform tracks each bus's position, speed and engine variables — oil pressure and temperature among them — for maintenance dispatch, described by the vendor and the maintenance contractor rather than by the operator
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The vendor case study quotes the maintenance contractor describing GPS location, fuel control, average speed and real-time engine variables including oil pressure and temperature, used to attend to a vehicle immediately.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ÁRTIMO — fleet telematics vendor case study
Claim 3 clm-f90ef3b280d956c6 quantitative
Electrification began in 2018; 64 electric buses reached the port of Buenaventura in August 2019, 17 of them for the Avenida 80 line, and were due into service that September
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The April 2018 report covers the first electric bus entering service; the August 2019 report states the 64 buses had arrived at the port of Buenaventura, that 17 of them would serve the Avenida 80 line, and that they were expected in operation in mid-September.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. El Colombiano — first electric bus enters service
  2. Noticias Caracol — 64 electric buses arrive
Claim 4 clm-96a9fd3929c62fd0 descriptive
the telematics are documented in a supplier's case study quoting the maintenance contractor
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The only description of the telematics platform in the entry's sources is the vendor's case study, whose content is an interview with the contractor maintaining the fleet.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ÁRTIMO — fleet telematics vendor case study
Claim 5 clm-e4283fa33d04693c quantitative
the only quantified benefit anywhere in the record is 3,666 tonnes of CO2 a year, stated for the electric buses while they were still standing at the port
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The August 2019 report states the vehicles have a capacity of 90 passengers and will avoid the emission of 3,666 tonnes of CO2 a year, published while the buses were at the port of Buenaventura awaiting service entry.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Noticias Caracol — 64 electric buses arrive
Claim 6 clm-1268adb4021aa874 descriptive
No ridership, journey-time or reliability figure has been published for the corridor
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
None of the five sources reports patronage, travel time or service reliability for Metroplús.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Metroplús S.A. — official transit operator
  2. El Espectador — Medellín fare integration
  3. El Colombiano — first electric bus enters service
  4. Noticias Caracol — 64 electric buses arrive
  5. ÁRTIMO — fleet telematics vendor case study

Source dossiers and revision state

This layer records what is known about each source, what is still missing, and the exact snapshot this page is rendering. A missing date, archive or hash stays visible as missing.

unreviewed Revision 2026-08-27-claims-and-sources effective 2026-07-30 · created 2026-08-27

Awaiting operator and domain-expert review; publication of this revision implies neither.

Erratum on this revision's envelope. The snapshot, its hash and its permanent link are untouched.

  • createdAt previously read 2026-09-04T09:00:00Z. The batching script that produced this revision advanced createdAt into the future to satisfy the strictly-increasing order the validator requires per entity. The value never recorded a real event; the corrected value is the moment the revision provably existed in the repository. Corrected to 2026-08-27T04:27:38Z on 2026-08-27; evidence: first appears in commit c72c679590, committed 2026-08-27T04:27:38Z.
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Revision history → Permanent version link → Machine-readable record → Evidence Constitution →
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of 6 claims mapped
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publication dates recorded
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archives linked
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content captures hashed

Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Metroplús S.A.
Actor types
utility
Funding model
public
Funding description
Not recorded
Cost
Not recorded
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

5 source dossiers

Metroplús S.A. — official transit operator metroplus.gov.co · 2 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-ce815e4f4f42a9e6
Publisher
Name not classified · metroplus.gov.co
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-07-30
Dossier created
2026-09-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

The operator's own site.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
El Espectador — Medellín fare integration elespectador.com · 2 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-39b1c8d12c40abc5
Publisher
Name not classified · elespectador.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-09-04
Updated
2026-01-09
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-07-30
Dossier created
2026-09-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Confirms Dec 22, 2011 Line 1 launch with fare integration into SITVA via the Cívica card.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
El Colombiano — first electric bus enters service elcolombiano.com · 2 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-89cfcac1325998d5
Publisher
Name not classified · elcolombiano.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2018-04-03
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-07-30
Dossier created
2026-09-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

BYD KF1 pilot electric articulated bus, commercial service from April 3, 2018.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Noticias Caracol — 64 electric buses arrive noticiascaracol.com · 3 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-9efa7d8ba7ea7a4f
Publisher
Name not classified · noticiascaracol.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2019-08-04
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-07-30
Dossier created
2026-09-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

64 BYD electric standard buses (90-passenger) arrive September 2019 for Metroplús corridors.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
ÁRTIMO — fleet telematics vendor case study artimo.com.co · 3 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-db2c8e612a63cafb
Publisher
Name not classified · artimo.com.co
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2017-08-04
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-07-30
Dossier created
2026-09-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

A vendor case study built on an interview with the maintenance contractor that runs the Metroplús fleet.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Known limits of this passport
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.