This city suffers from a serious case of ‘ Not In My Back Yard ‘
Money talks and bullshit walks. That’s pretty much what’s happening in the saga of the TransMilenio extension to Carrera Séptima. The rich folk living along the route have kicked off enough and got a delay in construction. With a new mayor coming in later this year, it may well have put the kibosh on the project. That’s the money talking.
What of all the poor sods living in the extreme edges of the city? Their torturous commute isn’t about to get any better, and with ever-rising private car numbers getting in the way of their buses it’s likely to get worse still. Unfortunately for them, the political class and the oligarchy see them as just so much bullshit.
