By the end of the 1990s, inefficiency, excess supply and low service quality characterized the mass transit system of Bogotá. The average travel time to work was one hour and ten minutes, obsolete buses provided public transport, traffic generated 70 percent of air pollution and there were...

Urban public transport in Latin America has experienced public and private provision, as well as different types of market regulation, moving from almost total liberalization to intervention in fares, route allocation, bus size and service quality, exclusive road lanes, among others. This paper...