Editing Transport in Colombia (section)

===Urban transport===

Urban transport systems have been developed in Barranquilla, Bogotá, Cali, and Medellín. Traffic congestion in Bogotá had been greatly exacerbated by a lack of rail transport; however, this problem was alleviated, to a degree, by the formation of one of the world's most expansive and highest-capacity [[bus rapid transit]] (BRT) systems—known as the [[TransMilenio]] (opened 2000)—and the restriction of vehicles through a daily, [[Pico y placa|rotating ban]] on private cars (depending on plate numbers). Bogotá's BRT consists of bus and minibus services managed by both private- and public-sector enterprises.

Since 1995, Medellín has had a modern urban railway, the [[Metro de Medellín]], utilizing two train lines with 27 stations. The Metro also connects with the cities of [[Itagüí]], [[Envigado]], and [[Bello, Colombia|Bello]]. An elevated gondola-cablecar system, the ''[[Metrocable (Medellín)|Metrocable]]'', opened in 2004 to improve Metro accessibility for some of the city's more isolated, dense ''[[Communes of Medellín|barrios]]''. The gondola design was specifically chosen due to the mountainous geography of the city, with most of the neighborhoods served being reasonably higher in elevation from the city center. A [[Bus rapid transit|BRT]] line called Transmetro began operating in 2011, with a second line added in 2013.

Other Colombian cities have also installed BRT systems, such as [[Masivo Integrado de Occidente|Cali]], with a six-line system (opened 2008), [[Barranquilla's Transmetro|Barranquilla]] with two lines (opened 2010), [[Metrolinea|Bucaramanga]] with one line (opened 2010), [[Transcaribe|Cartagena]] with one line (opened 2015) and [[Megabús|Pereira]], with three lines (opened 2006).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brtdata.org/#/location/latin_america/colombia/|title=Global BRT Data|access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=cp/> A future [[Barranquilla light rail|light rail]] line in Barranquilla is planned.