After the damage and theft of the vertical signs of the Integral Public Transport System (SITP) buses in Bogotá, the District began implementing a contingency plan to provide the necessary information on routes and whereabouts to more than 1,500,000 affected users of the system.
These are adhesives, made of a material resistant to environmental conditions, which will allow users to check the identification of the whereabouts, the number of routes that pass through there, their origin and destination, as well as the general route they take.
The towns most affected by the damage and theft of street furniture are Kennedy, Engativa, Teusaquillo, Usaquén and Suba, according to the District.
In addition, the director (e) of the Public Space Defender's Office, Armando Lozano, said: “We are committed to the replacement of this furniture and to finding those responsible for committing these thefts, which are representing losses of more than 4 billion pesos for the city. With the users in mind, this temporary measure and the change of material of the signs was authorized to ensure that the more than 1 '500,000 users who have been affected, can have the necessary information for their travels.”
This contingency measure is added to the strategies implemented by the District to counter the theft, damage or vandalization of public transport furniture in Bogotá.
So far more than 1,111 vertical signs have been repaired, more than 779 reinforced and, with the help of the authorities, 35 stolen signals have been recovered and 6 people captured.
Similarly, they warn that whoever is caught stealing or buying the signs that accompany the whereabouts can be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
The study began in 2015, with a group of researchers from the Universidad de los Andes, who questioned the exposure people were subjected to, due to air pollution in Bogotá. To this end, citizens and their mobility were analyzed in each mode of transport (public buses, bicycles, TransMilenio, among others).
The results, published in the academic journal, Environmental Science & Technology, showed the impact that the change of TransMilenio buses had on the capital's environment, depending on vehicles fueled by gas. Starting in 2019, the 'renewal' of the articulated system bus fleet began, which ended by September 2020.
This article shows how the change from more than 1,100 buses running on diesel, which had been operating since 2000, to buses fueled by natural gas, reduced user exposure to soot by 80% and also saw a 78% decrease in fine particulate matter, figures taken between 2015 and 2017 compared to presented in 2020.
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