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The troubles of Bogotá’s TransMilenio

A model public-transport system runs into trouble

That TransMilenio feeling
|BOGOTÁ

DURING ONE recent morning rush hour Yuraima Salas, a cleaner running late for work, found herself squeezed in a crowd of commuters waiting for a bus. When it arrived the crowd surged, she tripped and someone trod on her foot. She ended up in hospital, with severe bruises and a sprained ankle.

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