Metroplús Manrique, formal BRT in a small neighbourhood streets

Medellín

By Jaron Rau

Metroplús Manrique, formal BRT in a small neighbourhood streets

Not where you expect this kind of bus corridor This spot is interesting because the Metroplús corridor feels unusually formal for its setting. In many hillside-adjacent neighbourhoods, you expect ordinary buses, motorcycles, informal stops and traffic negotiating its way through the street. But on Carrera 45 in Manrique, the city inserted proper BRT infrastructure: dedicated bus space, stations, platforms and a corridor clearly designed around public transport priority. It is not just a bus lane added to the side. The whole street landscape changes. A bus corridor that reshapes the street Tha…

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