What are the cities with the best and worst public transportation in Latin America?

They are not the best in the world. Nor, the worst. When it comes to public transportation, Latin American cities are in the middle in relation to cities in the rest of the world. Which is not a cause for much consolation. According to the Urban Mobility Index study, which evaluated 84 large cities in the world on a scale from 0 to 100, the average rating was 43.9 points. The one that obtained the highest score was Hong Kong with 58.2 points, which indicates that there is still a large room for improvement, since to reach 100 points it is necessary to have the best performance in the 19 aspects evaluated. The study, carried out by the international consulting firm Arthur D. Little and the International Union of Public Transport (UITP), included 9 Latin American cities. Although it was published in 2014, its results are still valid for the region, according to Eleonora Pazos, coordinator of the Latin American division of the UITP, told BBC Mundo. «Very little has changed for Latin America. The progress has been very small in the points that the ranking considers. In general, there are cities that are improving, but we are still very far from having what is needed," he said.

When we look at the ranking in general, Latin America's position is not the most convenient despite the fact that in the vast majority of large cities around half of the population uses public transportation. We have good use of public transport, but poor quality in general. We still have to evolve a lot," he added. The study evaluated elements such as integration between different modes of transportation, network Europe Cell Phone Number List planning, compliance and punctuality of service; the possibility for users to have information about the system in terms of congestion, schedules, waiting time, maps, etc.; and the integration into the network of services that offer added value such as services that allow the transportation system to be integrated into urban life. But how were the Latin American cities evaluated? From Santiago to Caracas Santiago de Chile, located in position 30, was the one that obtained the highest score: 47.1. Bogotá is closely followed, in 32nd place with 46.3 points, and Sao Paulo, in 34th place with a score of .



 Then the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janiero and Curitiba appear, tied in 39th place with 44 points, so they are slightly above the average of the 84 cities evaluated. The cities with the best public transportation (according to their place in the Urban Mobility Index) Santiago de Chile 30 Bogota 32 Sao Paulo 34 Rio de Janeiro 39 Curitiba 39 Lima 44 Buenos Aires 48 Mexico City 49 Caracas 58 Urban Mobility Index The capital of Peru, Lima, was ranked 44th, with a rating of 43.5. Buenos Aires and Mexico City were in positions 48 and 49, with a score of 42.4 and 42.2 respectively. Much further away, Caracas closes the list, which came in 58th place with 40.1 points. The report places all of these Latin American cities within a broad group of 57 cities that it qualifies as an “average group.” What makes the difference? Pazos explained that the cities that are best in the ranking consider a total integration of the transportation system, with a network that includes different modes of transportation: bus, metro, tram, but also individual shared means such as public bicycles as well as on-demand means.