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After the mayor Claudia Lopez announced together with the governor of Cundinamarca, Nicolás García, the regional integration plan – which includes the Regiotram of the West– He gave the sword to Transmilenio.
The mayor, On twitter, he referred to the work that his predecessor left designed Enrique Penalosa and, with a ‘sharp cut’, he assured that will leave it in the middle of the original proposal.
López, precisely, argued the determination with the arrival of the Regiotram, which —according to him— will enter to evacuate a large part of the passenger demand through 13th street.
The Mayor’s Office is still ‘stuck’ on 13th street
Recently, this road corridor has been the center of controversy and of various protests due to the constant traffic jams and recent actions of the District.
In fact, the district administration opened an exclusive lane for bicycles and, according to road users, that took up space, which has increased traffic jams.
Still, from the District they said that that scene on 13th street is something “natural” before the distribution of public space.
“The traffic jams on Calle 13 do not arise now from the bike lane, they are not new and clearly it is a problem that Bogotá and the Nation have not solved in recent years,” said Secretary of Mobility Nicolás Estupiñán at the time.
Faced with this scenario, Claudia López pointed out this Tuesday that with the entrance of the Regiotram there will be a lane for cargo and another for the bike lane.
Here, the trill of Claudia López
The TM that we will do on 13th Street is not the same as designed by the previous administration. It will be half the size proposed since the demand for passengers will be distributed with the Regiotram Occidente so that they complement each other and leave another lane to load and another to the bicycle lane.
– Claudia López 👍 (@ClaudiaLopez) November 3, 2020
Miguel Uribe Turbay, squire of Peñalosa, claimed Claudia López
Minutes after the announcement of the president of Bogotá, the former Secretary of Government in the mayoralty of Enrique Peñalosa, called it “absurd”.
He said that López is ignoring the progress of the mayor’s office in which he was an official and that she just wants to “destroy ready projects” and it wastes time for the capital.
Absurd.
By ignoring the progress of the past administration, Claudia López insists on destroying projects that are ready and that will transform Bogotá.
The expansion and renovation of Calle 13 with mass public transport is already advanced.
We can not lose more time. https://t.co/sBvV22xnw3
– Miguel Uribe Turbay (@MiguelUribeT) November 3, 2020
Carlos Fernando Galán, another who questioned Claudia López
Although Galán initially applauded that the work was carried out in the west of the capital, later he regretted the cut announced by the mayor.
Councilor Galán assured that the project left by Peñalosa “It’s ready and the city needs it”, so the news given by López would mean a setback.
The decision of the mayor is correct @claudialopez to carry out the 13th Street project including Transmilenio, contrary to what he had previously announced. The project is ready and the city needs it. Nice change of mind.
– Carlos F. Galán (@CarlosFGalan) November 3, 2020
For Calle 13, the mayor has just clarified that “TransMilenio yes, but not like this…. “🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/CLQDtU6665
– Carlos F. Galán (@CarlosFGalan) November 3, 2020
However, López said that his administration’s project includes the expansion of Calle 13, the extension of Calle 63 to Cundinamarca, the Via Alterna de Occidente, the ALO centro -from Calle 13 to Calle 80- and the project Perimetral de la Sabana.
This was the announcement of the Regiotram:
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