Transmilenio reports that the Americas Portal is closed due to a demonstration and the Patio Bonito and Biblioteca Tintal stations. The power supply to the Portal is canceled and the trunk fleet makes returns at the roundabout on Avenida Cali with Américas.
At 5:50 pm, the Trasmilenio transport system indicated that the system had already been restored, but at 8:20 pm it mentioned that another blockade had been generated.
The protests are carried out by the bixitacistas, from the early hours of this Thursday, July 28. Also, Around 2:00 pm there was a confrontation with the public force, which is why several points in the city presented damages to mobility.
This mobilization was generated as a result of the declaration of the mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López who indicated that they could no longer operate in the city because they were illegal. However, in the midst of the marches that took place yesterday and today, the president clarified that she is referring to motorcycle taxis.
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“The use of bicycles and pedicabs has always been welcome in Bogotá. But let’s clarify what is pedicabism and what is not. Bicitaxismo is riding a pedal bicycle, at low speed, sometimes an electric bicycle. We promote that. But pedicabism is not putting a motor, gasoline and high speed on a bicycle and going through sidewalks and pedestrian public spaces,” said López.
The citizens, for their part, recently indicated on social networks that the pedicabs helped them get home without having to pay another ticket of $ 2,650 or more because the journeys they make from their places of work or study are long and they do not reach to do transfer with the personalized card.
Another of the topics indicated by those who are dedicated to transport people on bicycles adapted is that this is a means of work in the midst of unemployment in the capital.
