When the city introduced those blue SITP buses last year they were to be the solution to Bogotá's chaotic, inefficient and very polluting public bus system - and they may yet be. But so far they aren't showing it.
'Really, honestly, cross our hearts, we're actually enforce the environmental laws this time.'
Except that, as these photos show, they haven't.
Anybody in there? |
I can see right thru you. |
The motor's on, but nobody's home. |
Bogotá's ancient, dirty and chaotic private bus fleet certainly needs replacing - but are more polluting buses - which are also usually empty - the solution? |
Should we have expected anything different? After all, the TransMilenio system - an icon of Bogotá - belches out smoke pitilessly. |
False advertising? A SITP flyer protrays the bus as clean (tho apparently empty). |
By Mike Ceaser, of
Bogotá Bike Tours
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