Medellin metro reopens
Medellin announced on Monday afternoon that the city’s mass transit system was running its...
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Colombia approves road reconstruction funds
The Colombian government will spend more than $83 million on road reconstruction to fix routes that were damaged during the winter. Carlos Ivan Marquez, Colombia’s director of the National Risk Management Agency told...
Horse-drawn carts to disappear from Bogota streets
The mayor of Bogota on Monday launched a plan to remove all horse-drawn vehicles from the streets of Colombia’s capital city. The streets of Bogota could soon be horse and donkey free if the plans of Mayor Gustavo Petro...
Colombia govt will allocate $22B for national highway: Santos
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday announced 30 bids worth $22.65 billion for construction of the ‘Ruta del Sol’ motorway. The motorway is set to link the Caribbean coast with the Pacific via Bogota. The World Bank...
Bogota airport expansion on track
Bogota’s El Dorado International Airport is set to open a new terminal later this year, announced Colombian Transport Minister German Cardona. The new 275,000 square feet space will serve as El Dorado’s international terminal...
Colombian truckers complain about ‘unworkable’ road network
Truck drivers in Colombia complained Monday about the poor state of the road system throughout the country, claiming the heavy rain and lack of maintenance made the situation “unworkable.” Pedro Aguilar, the head of...
Bus crash leaves 6 dead
Six people were killed and over 20 seriously injured when a truck crashed into a bus, sending it tumbling into a ravine on the road linking Bucaramanga to the Atlantic coast, according to RCN Radio. According to traffic police,...
North Colombians replace donkeys with motorcycles
Locals in Colombia’s northern coastal department of Bolivar have begun to replace donkeys with motorcycles as a means of transportation. On the Caribbean Coast in the Santa Rosa del Norte municipality, work animals have...
Medellin receives international award for public transportation
An international organization that analyzes public transportation in cities around the world announced that Medellin will receive an award for being a great example of mobility strategies. “Medellin is a reference point...
Foreign firms propose changes to Colombian contract bidding
Multinational corporations presented proposals to the Colombian Ministry of Transportation to improve competitiveness and permit more foreign investment in the transportation sector, reported La Republica Wednesday. The...
Bus crash leaves 6 dead and 28 injured
A bus carrying 36 passengers crashed early Tuesday morning in northeast Colombia leaving six dead and 28 injured. The bus left the city of Bucaramanga in the northeast department of Santander at 8:00 pm Monday to the city of...
Trucks stopped at Ecuador-Colombia border
Colombia has restricted transportation trucks from entering the country at the Ecuador-Colombia border claiming that the truckers undercut Colombian transportation businesses, RCN Radio reports. Pedro Aguilar Rodriguez,...
