How to Build a Metro From Scratch

[@TheB1M]

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[@edgardomunoz2688]

Ojalá hagas uno de la línea 3 del Metro de Panamá que pasa por debajo del Canal de Panamá usando una TBM.

[@rabbit251]

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[@ijeshwardhillon4927]

is bali going to have a metro is well?

[@stephenedwardsnyc]

Love your accent, it's very pleasant to listen to and emanates intelligence and class.

[@juanjaimes22]

I never imagined a video about the capital of my country, thanks for this high quality video, greetings from Colombia

[@LiticoBunenditcher]

Bogota has the longest Bike-Paths network in america including USA Grettings

[@federicopiragua]

Epa la arepa

[@Trey4x4]

Is it true there's cocaine everywhere

[@LiticoBunenditcher]

@@Trey4x4 Negative, all our cocaine is in the USAns and Europeans noses

[@Juliossca]

And for the worst reasons 😢

[@jeansilva5261]

Great to see B1M covering projects outside USA, China and Europe. The channel should do it more often!

[@LiticoBunenditcher]

Bogota has the longest Bike-Paths network in america including USA Grettings

[@teekay3983]

Huh? They cover a wide range of countries - the middle east, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Canada ,Saudi Arabia, India... have you not been watching?

[@garplox9]

8 out of the last 10 videos were outside USA, China and Europe. This channel already does it very often.

[@kovaci0000007]

@@LiticoBunenditcher did you learn this random fact one day and now repeat it 100 times day

[@Astra2]

They already do...

[@ha7179]

I like this video because it treats Colombia and Bogota with respect despite the complex issue.

[@ScriperX]

bro, you're so respectful when you talk about Colombia, it feels so good that you're not trying to make it look bad for its past and I feel really grateful for that. Thank you!

[@juanvarela22]

They say Bogotá is an hour away from Bogotá, a reality that invites us to reflect on how we navigate the city. The construction of the first metro line is not just a necessary step forward but the beginning of a transformation that promises to integrate TransMilenio and bike lanes into a more efficient and connected mobility network. With future metro lines and trains reaching the savanna, Bogotá is shaping up as a more connected territory, where urban design leads the way toward sustainability. Bogotá doesn't adapt; it reinvents itself as the city of the future.

[@kenon6968]

The last teamsters strike really highlights the big issue about that has it cannot be viable to have a city of 8 million people with only five routes of access in or out to the rest of the country.

[@spookyghost3845]

🤖

[@juanvarela22]

@@kenon6968 I agree with you. Bogotá needs projects like the ALO to ease congestion, connect the north and south efficiently, and improve regional mobility.

[@yashagrawal88]

The construction of metros is problematic.

[@maxmcl7897]

chatgpt ahh comment

[@fernalonsoau]

They should copy the Chilean metro organisation. Chile recently built two metro lines with 25 stations each for just 2.6 billion dollars. The trick is having a permanent engineering team with 60 years experience in metro construction. Why pay hundreds of millions to a private engineering company to do first the feasibility studies, then another company to do the technical studies and another to do the detailed engineering. Each company gets a solid profit. Chile just uses its permanent team of engineers that only charge salaries, no millionaire profits involved. Thanks to experience these engineers divide construction in hundreds of contracts that allow for thousands of companies to bid. Then they pick the lowest prices. Thus, one awarded company digs the tunnels, another builds the railroad, another, the ticket booths, another the escalators, the tiles, the handrails, the doors, etc. All lines remain the property of Metro. Thus people can move from one line to another without having to pay again ( as it happens in Peru). There is a unified automatic ticket system and the metro is connected to bus lines With the same ticket.

[@szurketaltos2693]

Very impressive stuff. Are you very familiar with the Santiago procurement process?

[@luisdavidcorrea6965]

Do you know why’s that? The answer is corruption, those millions goes to politicians pockets in Colombia. Unlike Colombia, Chile is the less corrupt country in south America.

[@quagengineer1877]

That's how Europe and Asia do it. We in the Americas kinda do it with highways, but not in urban projects. IDK why.

[@estebancespedes3515]

That sounds like a nice model! Thanks for sharing

[@szurketaltos2693]

@@quagengineer1877 UK has some very high costs, as does Singapore. And US highway costs are quite high as well.

[@fenomozo9108]

I´m from Bogotá. The way that you described Transmilenio was perfect, a "band-aid", cheap and temporal. But imagine having a band-aid for 24 years. Eventually, cannot hold everything in place and that´s Transmilenio everyday. Even the smallest malfunction of a single bus can collapse all the system. People cycle in the city out of pure necessity.

[@vlz.matthew]

I always thought of the transmilenio as if it was a Bigger metroPlus ( bus system in Medellin)

[@johnhalat]

@@vlz.matthew Bogota, Medellin and Cali, among many other cities on the planet use the system built in Curitiba in the 70´s.

[@infera1]

Cycling in that air being very physically active is sooo toxic to the health

[@andresbuitragomoreno]

BRT systems are a very important part of the transportation of a city. Same for pedestrian areas, bicycle routes, organised taxis, organised parking, roads with no pot holes etc. the building of a metro line does not resolve all transport issues in a city. Any metro line in Bogota will only manage 7-8% of trips. You still need to manage the other +90%. In summary, Transmilenio is and will always be important for the city. London has +300 train/tube stations and still buses move more people than trains!!!!!!!!

[@vlz.matthew]

@@johnhalat what system?

[@alvaroandresjimenezcastril7336]

Top cosas que no tenia en mi bingo 2024 y que Bogotá apareciera en The B1M

[@polymorphic59]

Bogotá salió antes en the B1m que gta 6

[@Kou-ni7qf]

real

[@JexGamer1]

Exacto

[@Tmacs-yp6vv]

Visited Bogotá, Medellín and Cartagena a couple of years ago and was fascinated by this country. Looking forward to scheduke another trip to Colombia

[@byrlink]

Always welcome!

[@kristiansvalland4595]

I was in Colombia for almost a month visiting 3 cities there, Cartagena, Medellin and Bogota. Medellin does have amazing transport and used much of it to get around more easily. I was surprised that there wasn’t any metro in bogota other than the transmillenio. The traffic was quite intense, worse than I’ve ever seen (I live in NYC). I am happy to see they will have at least one line soon and can’t wait to travel on it one day.

[@ger20cam11]

Yes, that´s a fact... also, Metro system was a dream since more than 60 years, but local politicians with huge interest in local public transportation (based on reduced load buses called "busetas" that were smaller but faster) always opposed nor affected all initiatives about it, until now, several years after "busetas bussineses" were dismantled and BRT Transmilenio turn into an short aswer of mobility in this big city in just 25 years...

[@luisgonzalezsalamanca47]

All thanks to Peñaloza

[@tacha9782]

Espero q vuelvas en el 2028 que es la fecha de inauguración del metro, estas invitado! 🎉🎉🎉

[@vlz.matthew]

nyc doesn’t have bad traffic that’s only Manhattan. Miami greater area is far worse than many parts of nyc ( Staten Island , outer parts of Brooklyn)

[@BenSussmanpro]

@@vlz.matthewOnly Manhattan you say? Have you driven thru Queens in Flushing or Jackson Heights on Northern or Queens blvds? Give it a try and you’ll find that Manhattan is a sleepy town in comparison!

[@johanslabbert2869]

What a beautiful country. So vibrant!

[@sc1338]

Especially if you snort a little

[@IOwnThisHandle]

Full of cocaine

[@AndreaPirlo888]

​@@sc1338 We produce only that you sniff

[@ReptilianLaserbeam]

@@sc1338 one talks about what one knows. so sad a junky only knows about blow.

[@rentlesssuv]

As long as we dont talk about the world cup were good! 👍

[@jamesbarry1673]

What I like best about your program. It's always optimistic about the future

[@Luisjoseglobal]

BRT is really good, but a city of that size needs a large metro system first and foremost and BRT to support the metro.

[@LiticoBunenditcher]

Bogota has the longest Bike-Paths network in america including USA Grettings

[@Luisjoseglobal]

@ thanks for the info

[@ristekostadinov2820]

BRT is good up until a point, if people ride on it (and in a giant city like Bogota i would imagine lot of them do) you will run into capacity issue. Largest buses can handle 150-200 passengers. Converting those lines to tram will increase capacity and lower maintenance cost without massive investment. But yeah Bogota is a massive city and it needs high frequency and high capacity transit like metro.

[@bigcreator2084]

​@@ristekostadinov2820I have been unable to enter several BRT from TransMilenio due to some being too busy or even the stations being too crowded to let me get through.

[@ccgarciab]

@@LiticoBunenditcher Sadly, the urban planning of the city (or lack thereof) make large stretches of bike paths way more dangerous and uncomfortable than they should be. Ofc this is not exclusive to Bogotá, Colombia or South America. Still, they do provide a very valuable alternative, that often outspeeds car traffic

[@UnSengorX]

There will be a Subway line connected to the Viaduct line via station (Línea 2 del metro de Bogotá), in this case Colombia is the country with the most rain in the world, therefore, there are several engineering challenges to overcome but due to sheer capacity the project is necessary and it's in progress, so the metro lines in Bogotá will be of 2 kinds (elevated train and subway), connected with the near train (Regiotram) which links big towns near Bogota like Facatativa, Madrid, Mosquera and Funza, those towns will eventually join with Bogota to form a bigger city

[@tomasbeltran04050]

(station 16 of line 1)

[@angiemora7681]

I remember when I moved to Mosquera 15 years ago with the promises of Regiotram being built for a better transportation solution. At this point I just hope I get to live to see it lol, many many years in the talks but doesn’t seem like its happening anytime soon. Hopefully this integration with the metro speeds the build time.

[@tomasbeltran04050]

@angiemora7681 it's like the bogotá metro lol

[@Flynhop]

@@angiemora7681 I understand it is being constructed right now. A lot of problems have happened though, and sadly I don't see it at all being constructed before ~2030.

[@juliuspeters1]

I travelled to Colombia 2 years ago and i really liked the metro in Medellin. I was surprised to see that it's much cleaner than in many European and US cities. And the cable cars connecting the "favellas" on the hills with the downtown, is an absolutely genius solution.

[@totre-hv5jb]

well cable cars are not genius, we did the same in the Dominican Republic (3 lines at the moment and 2 more to be build) and we hate them

[@jeffschueler1182]

I ride the metro cable every Wednesday and you are correct, it’s is a genius solution that has improved the lives of countless people. Medellin is a forward thinking city that has invested heavily in public transportation and it shows. I’m so fortunate to live here.

[@anttikarttunen1126]

I noticed Fred pronounced "ll" in "Medellín" like they do in Argentina. Is that the way the name of the city is pronounced in Colombia also?

[@juliuspeters1]

@@anttikarttunen1126 I have noticed that locals mostly pronounced it with "j" - something like "Medeijin", but I don't think they care a lot how foreigners pronounce it. At Least when I pronounced it with "ll", nobody corrected me or made fun.

[@byrlink]

@@anttikarttunen1126 I’m Colombian and it is pronounced like a “J” in English: Mede”Jean”.

[@jlll249]

@B1M Thanks for the kind and non-targeted references you give about Colombia. You guys make great journalism without making journalism.

[@coachelly86]

We love Colombia 🇨🇴 Greetings from California

[@Sergio_Math]

As a Colombian architect who was born in Bogota, it is an honor to see this here. Good quality and accurate. As a potential part 2 suggestion, if you’re interested, look into Le Corbusier’s master plan of the city and how early attempts at the slab-type habitation units were planned and built here. Modern architecture in Bogota is super interesting!

[@juandavidgiraldo518]

Le corbusier is one of the culprits of the urban planning disaster of Bogota, he was thinking that for the 2000 year, Bogota would have only 1 million inhabitants, ridiculous.

[@angieparra16]

@@juandavidgiraldo518 Es verdad, pero Le Corbusier vino a Bogotá en 1947 antes del Bogotazo, ese evento fue un antes y un después para el país porque desencadenó toda la época de la violencia y no se podía preveer la migración excesiva hacia la ciudad. En 1954, en menos de 10 años desde su visita la ciudad llegó al millon de habitantes.

[@guxcv5021]

thank you for showing the good side of Colombia which is not always the case, im not even from Bogota but im really happy this project is coming together, its always annoying when you go to the capital and you have to go through the endless traffic😅

[@antoniohorta5656]

I just visited Columbia last month with my family. I can attest to the amazing new transit system. What a beautiful capital city only surpassed by the amazing people who reside there.

[@x.owls_4182]

I love when people talk like that about my country, but please... It's Colombia* Columbia is in the United States

[@GarfieldRex]

As Colombian resident in Bogota, I don't care if it is underground or above ground, we just need it to happen. Sad that in the 50s the politicians scrapes the tranvía for highways, American influence, but late is better than never. Transmilenio is absolutely amazing and a 15km trip from west to the city historical center takes 1h, instead of 2h30 in car. Line 1 of the metro will be nice, Line 2 is coming up, and there is also a train that is coming from the "sleeping" cities from the West into the city center, so the goal is to unite the payment systems of Transmilenio, Metro and the Regional train. Colombia is far behind in metro and railways, but hopefully this is the beginning to also get back the once nice national railways we had. For the Metro, the Chinese companies were vital, for a future national railways, guess we will partners as well. Also Bogota has a lot of swamps and drained swamps, and the country is filled with viaducts, so is fine. Thanks for the video and cheers from 🇨🇴

[@alexcortes4892]

They are also designing a boat system! The city will be very different in a few years.

[@enriquebriceno9617]

​@@alexcortes4892where is going to be? ( the bogota river may be not enough for fluvial transport) ( aaaaah the raining that has been happening jajaja now I understand jajaja

[@pavinipavone]

Sadly, the regiotram system, as it is a different organization, is not part of the payment system, we can use the same card, but we'll have to pay the full amount everytime

[@lonyo5377]

Not just America. The UK scrapped loads of tram networks, and then a bit later trains as well. Now we are trying to rebuild them, but slowly and expensively.

[@giraffestreet]

Jakarta, Indonesia, was also like that. The government prefers to develop a cheaper TransJakarta BRT system than rail transport because they want to copy TransMilenio. They introduced TransJakarta in 2004, and ever since then, every proposal for new rail transport got rejected. The greater Jakarta commuter rail does exist, but it's very dangerous; the trains are not maintained, overcrowded, dirty, and the infamous train surfing. Pre-2010s Jakarta railways are hell on earth. But fortunately nowadays the train services are leagues above what happened a decade ago. The greater Jakarta commuter trains are still using secondhand Japanese trains, but they are much better maintained, clean, organized, and no more train surfing. Since 2013 the government started building the first Jakarta metro line. A lot of older stations also got renovated or embiggened. It's still not enough to cover every corner of the city, but at least it's heading in the right direction.

[@fernbedek6302]

The Canada Line's cut and cover was 18 months of chaos. The Eglington Crosstown's tbm based deep tunnelling meant... 13 years of surface chaos as servicing shafts still needed to exist. Go with cut and cover.

[@ianhomerpura8937]

How long is the Eglington Crosstown for that project to take that long?

[@eriqmav]

⁠@@ianhomerpura8937its a 19km tram and only half of it is tunneled

[@verynonexistent]

​​@@ianhomerpura8937 only 19km (but surely long enough to get a dedicated video here @The B1M ) 😅

[@hotsauce0097]

@@ianhomerpura893719 km 14+ yrs and still not operational

[@AL5520]

​@@ianhomerpura8937The eglinton line 5 (aka Eglinton crosstown) is a light rail line. The current line is 19 km, about half is undergrouns. A second phase is planned that will add 9km for a total of 28km. This project shouldn't hav taken so long nor cost almost $13B CAD. Contruction started in 2011 and it's still nor open, they stopped providing dates and only give one 3 monthes before the date, which will hopefully be in 2025. That's, however, notthe norm and projects like that, and farlarger. Take less time and costs are siginificantly lower. They had a lot of problems and the even needed to rebuild some partts, like platforms. This is a special case (for most countries, at least) and as someone from a placed fileed with tunnels built efficiently and cost effective that does not caus caos.

[@brunoventura3]

Nice to see a video about Colombia! Hope you make more videos about Latin American metro systems, like Sao Paulo in Brazil, Santiago in Chile and Buenos Aires in Argentina.

[@LiticoBunenditcher]

Bogota has the longest Bike-Paths network in america including USA Grettings

[@nolibtard6023]

Subsidized by German taxpayer money aka Development Aid 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ranasenformol246]

THANK YOU! Someone finally mentioned Bogota's massive bike lane network

[@reyalfa18]

​@@nolibtard6023 oh look a country using development aid to develop infrastructure instead of pocketing it 😂😂😂 so funny

[@PreciousBread]

​@@nolibtard6023 imo better than nothing.

[@vlz.matthew]

traffic has become so bad that people need to cycle … honestly I wouldn’t call that an achievement. It’s not like Amsterdam where people actually enjoy biking

[@oscardcamachop]

Thank you for explaining the project so clearly, and comparing the competing alternatives of construction that were considered. Metro Bogota is a huge effort for the city and the country, thank you for covering it in your excellent KZbin channel.

[@todopegado01]

I ❤Bogota ! Thank you for this video.

[@MaxS-hn8we]

I loved visiting Bogotá but the traffic was wild. Great to see metro happening!

[@daydreamknight1690]

Thank you for bringing this subject to your viewers!

[@DavidTonner]

Thanks!

[@Keemperor40K]

Thank you for showcasing the great work being done in my country Colombia. We may not have the most expensive projects, but we also do great things, the Bogota Metro is just one example of the amazing construction engineering work being done in Colombia and proof of the desire of my country to move forward no matter what.

[@yousseph777]

The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system originated in Curitiba, Brazil, first implemented in 1974 under the leadership of then-Mayor Jaime Lerner. * Known as the Rede Integrada de Transporte (RIT).

[@bkrider19]

Thanks. I was going to say the same thing. Curitiba and Jaime Lerner deserve the credit.

[@jorgeandresortigozaulloa6088]

The final version, with the main attributes that enabled a BRT to handle 70,000 passengers per kilometer per hour, was conceived in Bogotá.

[@yousseph777]

@@jorgeandresortigozaulloa6088 In 1974, Curitiba launched its BRT system, capable of carrying up to 20,000 passengers per hour in each direction-an impressive feat for a city with a population of two million. Notably, many buses used in other BRT systems, such as Bogotá's TransMilenio, are manufactured in Brazil by companies like Marcopolo and CAIO.

[@camiloordonez4906]

Curitiba created it, Bogotá popularized it.

[@william8236]

I believe that's where Transmilenio got the idea of the BRT system with its own traffic lane and stations. This BRT system has been very helpful to the capital of Colombia.

[@SanGeorge82]

I love Bogotá, the best city in Colombia, so happy that finally after 80 years of projet waiting will have a metro line. The city needs almost a system of 9 lines to be update and more competitive, in 2038 will celebrate 500 years of foundation, hope to see a nice metro system working well.

[@niidea927]

Yess, it is the best city in Colombia 🔥✨🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴

[@heanarco]

5:00 Just that's the solution for the second line, later we will choose the route for the 3rd line and the 4th we want to choose the route over the Boyacá Avenue before to TM route.

[@lamcars5439]

Great report from Bogotá congratulations!

[@Luisjoseglobal]

Dominican Republic is investing heavily in mass transit. In our 2nd biggest city (Santiago) we are building a 15 station Monorail. A Third metro line is in the planning stages in the capital Santo Domingo also.

[@JohnDoe-zc3fg]

Well sir, there's nothing on Earth like a genuine, bona-fide, electrified, six-car monorail!

[@tomasbeltran04050]

¿Otra ciudad llamada Santiago? En fin, interesante el monorriel, auqnue es extraño jaja

[@Luisjoseglobal]

@ primer Santiago de America está en Republica Dominicana. Fundado en 1495 🙌🏼

[@tomasbeltran04050]

@@Luisjoseglobal Genial Ojalá algún día yo pueda ir

[@underground_e]

Santiago is in Chile

[@ACS2]

As the rest of Latin America (except Brazil) Colombia has a historical problems with Metro and Railway systems. Fun fact, the first ever Colombian railway is now in Panama.

[@LadyBernkastell]

Brazil also has a big problem with metro... Or at least in Rio is such a hellish problem. Geographically and Politically to be honest.

[@tangiers365]

How do you get around with trains in south america? ​@@LadyBernkastell

[@LadyBernkastell]

@@tangiers365 So, I don't know how it is in the rest of South America, I can only talk about Brazil. I can say, here we have some trains, but it's not enough for a continental country. Our railway network is tiny. We rely on cars and trucks in continental sphere. And planes, of course. There's a explanation for this. Historically we have a problem because one of our presidents, Juscelino Kubitschek in the 50's, decided that we should rely on cars. 70 years later and nothing has changed. With the rest of LATAM, I believe that Argentina has a good railway system, but I can't affirm this.

[@LA-BRA]

​@@LadyBernkastellthe metro in Rio is good, but need to buy new lines. The VLT system os growing in downtown.

[@LadyBernkastell]

@@LA-BRA Linha 3 quando?

[@porkpie2884]

"In the World" 0:10 10 seconds for this episode. We're off to a flying start! 🤣😂

[@davodachi]

I know what you meant … hahahaha

[@oossgl]

Yeah, dunno were he got his information but Transmilenio is one if the worst "solutions" to transport, is horrible and inefficient, and is more costly than a metro if you take reparations in the long term PD: I live here in Bogotá

[@electro_sykes]

wow b1m posted

[@sigalroman8547]

FINALLY 😂

[@roundysquares]

1:31 I had something else entirely come to my mind, but nice list

[@tunxlaw]

I closed my eyes and saw white.

[@paradox...]

I closed my eyes and got robbed.

[@jamesa3818]

I am glad someone said it.

[@kungjocke9446]

I thought he'd said cocaine. Idk wtf the rest was

[@AngelTorres-vo3nl]

Poor 'muricans, I'm sorry of your addiction problem

[@50factsabout]

Thanks for covering Colombia, and thanks for pronouncing everything correctly too :) I wouldn't recommend tourists use the transmilenio though; not the safest form of transport here :)

[@MithunOnTheNet]

So it's not MedeLLin?

[@alexcoco304]

@@MithunOnTheNet medeyin

[@SNAYDERFLOREZ-k1v]

@@MithunOnTheNet TransMilenio is a bus system that only serves Bogotá

[@MithunOnTheNet]

@@alexcoco304 that's what I thought as well. But Matt kept saying MedeJHin 🙄

[@stantonfuerton]

@@MithunOnTheNet In Colombian and other South American Spanish accents, the ll is pronounced like zh rather than y like it is in "standard" Spanish

[@SantiagoGomez-ec5ov]

Thanks for creating such high quality content about Colombia, my home country!! I’m a civil engineer from Politecnico di Milano and my dream is to come back to Colombia and help solving problematics like this. I’ve been following the channel since the very beginning, and this video has been particularly inspiring 💡

[@PACSAG]

I am a colombian transportation finance expert, though I live in NYC. I remember vividly the moment we got the cost estimate and funding mechanism for the 2016 underground alternative and it was wild, the cost was so far unfetchable for the city that, sadly, it made sense to change it from the underground alternative to the elevated. It was the fiscally responsible thing to do, otherwise the level of debt the city would have to reach was off the charts. I hope in the future the economy keeps growing so we could have more lines, some at level, and some underground, but always improving public transportation.

[@keshavgupta6150]

In delhi we faced the same issue , in early 2000's , so today 7 of our lines are elevated and only 2 lines are underground , even them metro prices are raised manually to service the debt

[@dheepanbrunner6048]

Colombia looks beautiful, love from India❤

[@sanexpreso2944]

Fact: although it seems like a lie, Bogota has received the Sustainable Transport Awards 2 times, only two cities have won the award twice, Bogota and Paris

[@laurasad_]

Who payed for that to happen, Peñalosa? jajsaja

[@vlz.matthew]

well yeah because of the amount of bikes

[@mariapaulamarino9876]

Thank you for the insightful video!! I really loved the part where you said “close your eyes and imagine what first comes to mind when you think about Colombia” I was expecting yet another video or comment about our drug past but you actually mentioned two wonderful things that we are actually proud of!! As a Colombian, thank you!

[@CarlosSibaja-bq8sq]

About Bogotá having the worst traffic in the world, I must say it hasn't always been this bad. The increase in time spent in traffic between 2019 and 2023 is actually due to the fact that many infrastructure projects are being built right now. On top of the Metro there are 2 additional BRT lines being built and a whole bunch of renewal projects around the city. So it is bad right now, but I think it's for the better.

[@yashagrawal88]

Metros are not for the better. But thank you for the information that such projects are actually causing traffic.

[@rashidnassermartinez646]

@@yashagrawal88if you think metros are not for the better than you are a moron

[@malariaa0293]

​@@yashagrawal88 Care to explain? We already have BRTs and segregated bus lines and yet still have awful traffic

[@artel6225]

Great innovation was disrupted by atypical bureaucracy. Excellent update from the B1M team.

[@Djotta480]

I was really impressed by the accuracy of your research on this topic. That is my city, our history and recent advancements are just just as you explained. Greetings from Italy.

[@NELSONORLANDOPEÑAPEREZ]

The video is excellent Thanks for posting it.

[@DanAnderssonOksman]

Coffee. I was thinking of coffee!

[@brandonrico6223]

I was thinking of coffee as well

[@lontongstroong]

Not so fun fact: Colombians don't drink specialty coffee (it's all exported, in spite having rather large middle class).

[@petrilio]

I was thinking of co... 😉 Makes more money than coffee.

[@lucianomejia1293]

As a Colombian and a Bogotano, I can say that everything in this video is accurate and really well said. Thank you for your amazing work!!

[@philrobson7976]

Heck. Vancouver has had several driverless overground transit systems for almost 40 years. Instead of several long trains with expensive drivers using very large stations, smaller stations, shorter trains can be used. At rush hour capacités more trains can be added without the extra expense of a driver.

[@sebastianrendon8482]

I have follow you for years and Let me tell you mate you got an ever last fan, I'm a colombian proud son!

[@inosukehashibara5930]

I think you should consider doing a topic of Manila, Philippines since they're similar to Colombia with the issue of traffic and politicians with their views on projects like this. Right now Philippines is having its first Metro Manila Subway since this was proposed way back 1960s and there are also multiple train projects within and outside metro manila

[@danielvillegasortiz]

Great video, it is very nice to hear about my country from an informed and neutral point of view.

[@YYZDaniel]

Great to see the B1M to post about this Colombian project. You should make a video of the Medellin Metro, it is the pride of its citizens. It has changed life's and improved society in a big way.

[@audikool]

B1M covering Colombia ? Wow!

[@juandavid-nd1yu]

Dude, amazing video. Thank you for making high quality material about my country

[@micaiah_smbdy]

One of the previous mayors of Bogota that actually got this bus system going visited Jamaica recently and held a talk here on public transit and planning cities. It was quite insightful and I never expected to see a video on it 😅 Edit: it was Enrique and he was actually mentioned here 😂 he had some strong views on cars and he was right tbh saying that nowhere in the constitution do cars have the right to park and he says trains and trams aren’t as good as BRT (bus transit).

[@parukia45]

A B1M Video about my city? Never thought i'd see the day! Thank you for sharing the more positive aspects of my country but also painting a fair and complete picture of what's going on, as always.

[@tristanlee6538]

I like Fred mills didn’t mentioned at beginning on what we first thought about Colombia at first . I am impressed with Medellin new garden in city project which pioneering for other cities in world

[@alejocatano8352]

Thank you, thank you for representing another imagen of Colombia. People need to know that my country it’s not only drugs, prostitution and violence (which are still problems we need to work on) Colombia and its people are much more than that. We are hard working people ready to accept tourist and every one with love

[@juangranados7458]

As a rolo (Bogotano) I love this. Very few notes on your script. 1 the tram was lost to a mass riot 2 might hace mentioned that Bogota is the best bike friendly city in the american continent. And most stations will have bike parking. 3 Peñalosa did not made transmilentio. He just delivered it. Mokus (the best mayor of Bogotá history) left the money, plan and contracts. Construction was mostly done under peñalosa and he opened with no fare system to open in during hist last month as mayor. As a PR as the fare system was the last thing remaining. 4 the Petro twit needs the context that at that time the peso to usd conversion was much better 2000 to 1 and now its 4000 to 1. So a unfair comparisson but I just want a metro.

[@lmjohnsono]

I need to know more about the riot that destroyed an entire tram system

[@Cbax]

@@lmjohnsonosearch 1948 bogota riots

[@MeDanielo]

The Bogotazo in 1948 did destroy a lot of the tram system, but that wasn’t the main reason it disappeared. The real push came from people promoting motorized transport, especially those tied to the oil industry. They used the situation to push buses as the “modern” option, while the old tram system was already falling apart due to lack of investment. They not only made the city less efficient in terms of transportation but also more contaminated and uglier (those buses were incredibly ugly). Only now, Bogota seems to be awakening from that nightmare that started almost 80 years ago

[@50factsabout]

Hola veci, buen dia :)

[@go_de_go]

@@lmjohnsono in 1948, a presidential candidate named Jorge Eliécer Gaitán was assasinated under "misterious circumstances". The candidate was from a liberal party and was accused of having a communist ideology, the conservative government of the time didn't want him to become president. It was never clear wether the goverment had anything to do with the crime, but people went crazy and almost 30% of the city was destroyed, including the tram system, so many people died during the riots that a whole new cemetery had to be built.

[@andersonsteventapieroespit115]

As a Colombian who used to live in Bogotá, I can’t wait to see this Metro train working for everyone in Bogotá, it’s gonna be hugely beneficial, my people will have a efficient transport system and we will no longer have to waste our time in traffic congestion.

[@schaaf9637]

Great to see some coverage of South America, there is much more to cover.

[@aiglv]

I am glad that you made this video. I have been suggesting this coverage for a long time. AWESOME! We need to bring more attention to the infrastructure being build in developing countries, it is often much more impactful and exciting.

[@garag9]

Amazing to see a video of my city on a channel like this! Just a small correction: when Gustavo Petro was mayor, he didn’t complete the project studies. What he left were basic studies, so to speak, without significant details. He didn’t even structure the costs or secure funding. When Peñalosa returned to office, he found incomplete studies and a project with a very high cost for the city. That’s why he chose a more affordable but well-structured solution. Unlike Petro, he managed to structure the project, secure the funding, and finalize the bidding process.

[@kenon6968]

Well we can go throwing blame back to 1948, that's as long as these jokers have been wasting our tax money on studies about the bloody Metro.

[@simoncuevas5764]

Thank you very much for this video. I have been following the construction of the Metro on my city and we are all very exited. We just completed the first kilometer.

[@UltimateAzumanger]

Who remembers when this video was titled "Colombia's Urgent $4BN Rail Upgrade"?

[@Nielsx]

Thanks for this high quality and objective report. Thanks for showing those beautiful views of out capital Bogota. We are all really excited with the construction of out first metro line.

[@alexbaur2502]

It's funny that the machine tu build tunnels has the shortening based on german language: TBM means Tunnelbohrmaschine, so the german word "bohren" ist used also in the english shortening, like kindergarden.

[@GeekyMedia]

I love videos like this. It proves how infrastructure can somewhat level the playing field for a lot of working class people with opportunities - professional and personal.

[@davidprocha7708]

Ayyy mi Bogota...

[@Zhebaxthian]

I've been watching these videos for a long time now, I have to admit, I've never clicked a video as fast as this one. It's good to see videos from other parts of the world, loved to be included in your Videos as a Rolo (Bogotano's demonym).

[@Colombiandawg09]

It warms my heart that you showcased my hometown Bogota, Colombia and it being at the forefront when it comes to urban planning. Never thought I would see a video from you about it.

[@sergiorr90]

Thank you for the video as A Colombian and also a Bogotan I think you did an amazing job. You gave a very good picture of the difficulties of mobility in a city as densely populated as is Bogota, and the huge difficulty of balancing political rivalries and economical limitations while keeping the city. We’re doing our best with the resources we have.

[@jsebastiansierra]

As a Bogotá resident let me tell you something: a BRT system will NEVER replace the efficiency and comfortability of a metro system. A BRT system is ok for a 300k inhabitants city, but it is insufficient and ineffective for an 8M inhabitants city.

[@andresuaza]

Thanks for mentioning my city Medellín as well. Before, I was really proud of our METRO system and thought, about how Bogotá hasn't had any all over these years?. Now that I live in London I see the urge to have a robust transportation system for the big cities. I really want to Bogotá to excel, and a big massive transportation system is something that all cities MUST have!

[@NanobanaKinako]

That's somehow worse than the Philippines, we never had a metro that took 80 years to make. Even MRT 7 wouldn't last that long.

[@ludahucasas]

I really enjoyed this video, it was very well explained! I’m from Colombia and lived in Bogotá for 8 years. It's a vibrant and diverse capital with a rich culture, amazing restaurants, and lively bars. I have so many great memories from there, though, unfortunately, traffic was definitely not one of them. The metro system construction and planning was delayed for over 40 years, and other transport options built just weren’t efficient enough for a city of its size. Even if you live in high-income neighborhoods and don’t rely on public transportation, traffic is chaotic everywhere. It's great to see that they’re finally building a more extensive metro system, and hopefully, the city's public transport will improve in the future!

[@yashagrawal88]

Expensive metros systems don't significantly improve transport, and if they do, it is often at huge cost to the environment.

[@adamcheklat7387]

When I think of Colombia, I think of Simon Bolivar.

[@nicperjac]

Nice video. We all hope this project can succeed promptly without delays; the city has needed this metro for 20 years

[@juanbustos1338]

Comment section: - Drug addicts talking about cocaine (guess the country where most of that shit goes). - Locals happy but surprised to appear in The B1M while remembering all the circus it's been. - Nice foreigners discussing the actual subject of the video.

[@Raorl173]

What a great and informative video about Bogota, I am hopeful the metro will bring a solution to a problem that has plagued my city for decades. Thank you for bringing awareness

[@Raul-in3tj]

As a Colombian, I loved the video and the perspective from someone who is not Colombian. However, there are some precisions to be made. First, the major of Bogota in 2014 (now President) did not finish studies for the underground metro. On twitter he posted “renders” as images of the Moscow metro. Secondly, although an underground metro is a better option, it is almost double the price than the one that’s currently building. The discussion of the metro right now is the president just trying to win his lost argument of few years back. The first metro line is being built and will hopefully help to reduce Bogota’s traffic. It’s impossible!

[@yashagrawal88]

Metros hardly reduce traffic.

[@LadyBernkastell]

I liked this video. It's nice to see the projects in south america being mentioned... I hope you guys make more videos of projects in latam :D

[@baahcusegamer4530]

No. We are thinking of Betty La Fea and Romancing the Stone.

[@SITENG]

Great Vid, always learning something new here 😁

[@jodesai]

Public works in Colombia costs 10 times more because of corruption...They could have built 4 Dubais with the stolen $$$

[@jb-r9717]

Glad to see you're making video about the construction about the my city's metro and its public trasport.

[@jofresivilla4466]

The system Transmilenio is a very good system and a good idea put into practice, giving a lesson to the rest of the world that BRTs can be much more frequent than any metro and can also be fast to carry even more people than some metros. Bogota has given the world a great demonstration. However, a very good idea for a metropolitan area of ​​300-800 thousand inhabitants, in no case for a metropolitan area of ​​more than 10 million inhabitants. Not having a metro there is a lot of trouble, I think the metro proposal is great but there is still a lot to be done to consider that they have a good public transport network.

[@yashagrawal88]

Bus lanes are far better than metros.

[@jofresivilla4466]

@@yashagrawal88 If the city is small, maybe, although coexistence between the two things is possible. But if the city is big, you need both things. Obligatory.

[@yashagrawal88]

@@jofresivilla4466 Metros create a lot of problems. Most transport needs can be met by starting prioritized bus or tram services.

[@FGH9G]

3:13 LMAO "NOBODY USES THIS." 😂🤣 So true! The London Cable Car is such a tourist trap! Haha

[@verucasaltblue]

I was thinking about Carlos Valderrama. Sorry Colombia.

[@mrfish1051]

07:21 Lima already has a over the city metro line -> LINEA 1 with 22.1 kms . It was built without using a "beam launcher" . Lima is also building its first underground metro Linea 2 + a branch of Linea 4 going toward the New Airport Jorge Chavez.

[@dnlgrmn7169]

Ok

[@charleslemos7972]

The tram system in Bogotá was destroyed on April 9th 1948 when the great Liberal leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán was assassinated leading to a devastating urban riot now known as the bogotazo. Therein began our long national nightmare from which we have yet to fully emerge. It is ridiculous how long it took Bogotá took to build a metro. Peñalosa did make a few significant transportation improvements but he really dropped the ball when it came to the metro. I just hope to live long enough to actually ride on it.

[@TechnoTradingFinance]

I'm glad B1M featured our capital in one of their great videos! As a Colombian and a "Rolo," I am proud that this project is finally in progress after decades of waiting and nearly abandoning the idea. Please keep track of this monumental development, and also look into the project happening at El Campín, which involves significant renovations and a new stadium, both taking place in Bogotá at the same time! Cheers! 🥰👽⚡

[@moondaymood.]

1:31 Of course it's Pablo Esco.. oh nevermind

[@oldunion]

First ever underground railway tunnel is in Brooklyn NY USA, the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel is officially the world’s oldest subway tunnel. This tunnel was built in 1844 beneath a busy Atlantic Street now Atlantic Ave in the Borough of Brooklyn

[@samsonsoturian6013]

In Latin America, they do everything the hardest way possible

[@totre-hv5jb]

lack of guvernmental capabilities at both bureaucratic and technical levels