How Peru revived their abandoned Metro
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- The full (ish) story of how #Lima got Línea 1.
I went to #Peru for the Inca Trail and couldn't pass up the opportunity to talk about Lima's #Metro system 🤓 - because it's surprisingly good for a city with such informal transit.
Lima's challenges with the Metro are shared by plenty of other South American cities - and beyond - making for what might be the most interesting procurement story so far on this channel.
A huge thank you again to Romina, Christy, and Franco for helping out. This was 100% my most ambitious video yet, and these 3 helped colour in the cultural context and history that I was missing. Let me know if there's an angle that you think I should've covered - I always try and do my best to paint the whole picture.
00:00 What happened
00:58 Welcome to Lima's traffic
03:27 Looking for solutions
05:15 The revival
06:02 Project funding and P3 procurement
08:23 Keeping knowledge in-house
09:52 Metro finally opens
11:02 Race against time
11:47 An atypical success
Follow me on twitter to hear me yap about funding and procurement - twitter.com/hudsonyuen
The natural follow up question/solution that this video leads to was hinted at during the video intro... Tram's... They should be revived in Lima and other cities worldwide as supporting infrastructure to metro systems... They are the last-mile solution needed to truly make a city urbane... And to take back the roads from private cars...
This is the sort of in-depth, serious coverage of nonwestern, nonasian transit that I LOVE seeing, and I wish we had more of!
moose 🤝 whale - really glad you enjoyed it! hopefully there'll be more 😎
Even asian transit is generally not covered as much as it should be, especially anything outside of Japan, China, and South Korea. I've recently been watching videos from @Shindo Ride who has some pretty good videos about Transit in Jakarta which I have basically never seen anyone else talk about.
@@cornkopp2985 I'll have to check them out :^)
South America is on the western hemisphere.
@@JustinSh. most of the time, for Americans, "Western countries" = US, Canada, the Anglosphere, and Europe, that's it.
as a Peruvian, I've always wanted to see an English-speaking transit account covering the Lima metro. thank you for the good work!
Glad you enjoyed :)
I love how enthusiastic you clearly are about these projects. Can't help but get excited about transit myself after watching! Together, we can stem the tide of car domination.
Time to write to all my state reps lol
I did not have seeing FB Walshy in the comments of this video on my bingo card but can't say it didn't make me smile.
Being a Peruvian, it's fun to see an English-speaking person tlaking about our metro and traffic networks. And regarding those other transport methods their names are "Mototaxi" and "Micro Bus" just like the one you pointed out, and also there's a ton of carpooling, that kinda acts like taxis, but for many ppl.
Lov u.
Glad you enjoyed, and thanks for the note!
"Buses that look like they are from the 1950s or an afterwar zone", lol that was my favorite part, completely true.
I really enjoyed the video, greetings from Lima.
haha glad you enjoyed :)
Oh my god do the SANTIAGO METRO!
As a Chilean-Peruvian, every time I go to Lima I get all excited at the (admitedly, slow) improvements on the metro. My family is definetly the example of: much rather save up and buy a car, to the point they don't understand how my 30year old self isn't focused on getting one (santiago has functional public transport). So the race against time is a REAL thing.
I also think Lima knows itself as a tourism hub, and frankly there's a limit to how much they can exploit that with such an awful traffic.
Santiago is definitely one I'd like to cover - might be a bit of time before I make a trip happen but there's been a lot of interest in the comments! And thanks for sharing your perspective with the cars haha - I have hope the things are finally kicking into gear in Lima with the Metro :)
@@TheFlyingMooseCA if you can give the Santiago metro time, you should definetly touch upon on its construction financing/planning model too, since it has been quite recorgnized as an useful method of rapid expansion of the network. Also, just so you can differentiate yourself from other youtubers that have covered it, you can expand on its relationship to the bus system, and how its improving so much it's expanding to other cities in chile.
@@MeliDMR93 Good idea - will keep in mind for when the time comes :)
hey im also peruvian-chilean!!!
As a fellow Peruvian-Chilean, I support this!!! Visit Santiago :)
Lima, South America’s LA as in lots of traffic, sprawl (via the hills) and the second largest city in South America outside of São Paulo. I wish the metro existed and went to where my mom and dad grew up when I went there years ago. Would’ve been much better than taking the combi or micro but then again, that’s a whole experience into itself. I’m glad Lima is finally having a Metro which is something long overdue for a huge city.
Ironically, when I went to LA the first time around, I felt like I was back in Lima but Americanized. Where I live, I don’t have to go far and see the combis which exist in Paterson and Hudson County all going into Manhattan.
Forgot to add, I remember somewhere in the outskirts of Lima seeing the sight of all the buses that were supposed to be the backbone of a public bus network all abandoned, something my uncle told me.
Finally a happy story when it comes to abandoned metro projects. Too often it just ends with talk or MAYBE a small section of tunnel construction but good on Lima for reviving a good idea... eventually! Now if only Havana, Baghdad, Cincinnati, Rochester and Charleroi could do the same...
Haha what an extensive list of places to cover next 😎
I watch a lot of podcasts. This is the best. This episode was not boring. Keep up the good work
this was far from the driest topic! and i love your editing, voice over and music choices, they're always so fun. thanks for the very interesting history lesson!
Glad you enjoyed it - I definitely learnt a lot making this :)
Your channel has been my favorite one that I've found recently, and definitely one of my favorite channels about urbanism. For a few reasons:
1. You talk about history of transit, which is relevant beyond just being related to current events.
2. You actually talk about transit success stories, which inspires me (and doubtless others) to think that the future isn't just cars and depression.
3. Your videos are actually engaging to watch, and aren't just slideshows of stock footage. Related to this:
4. You have a great voice for narration! It's a relief to listen to after voices full of vocal fry, that "reading aloud rhythm", and just a lack of care and investment.
5. You're dedicated enough to film on location for all your (most recent) videos???
I don't know why your channel hasn't blown up, you wholly deserve it!
Wow thank you for this comment - really appreciate it! Every point you mentioned is something that's intentional, so I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
also the on-location thing started as an accident but now I'm just gonna sync up all my trips with a video LOL - taking transit makes vacation more fun anyway
To add to this, I appreciate the interviews. They definitely add more to the story and keep it personable. I also enjoy the storytelling format you are using. Looking forward to seeing your new content and watching your channel grow!
also, only 1 Baseball reference!? ... I guess Peru doesn't have any notable players after a Google search. But Jesus Luzardo has a Career WAR of 6.6, looks like he's under performing rn
this dude is such a refreshing break from white guys with lofi and stock footage lol
glad you enjoy the interviews :) also you have no idea how soul sucking it was to not have an mlb team to use for this one 🥲 and I had no idea Luzardo was Peruvian LOL - that would've been a good reference
@TheRealVenusian you’re a little harsh regarding other North American urban transit enthusiasts and their “awful vocal fry.”
Would you really want to hear a soulless artificial computer voice over, instead?
But yes, @TheFlyingMooseCA is blessed with the dulcet tones of a very good NPR or CBC Radio voice!
Never donated to a video before but your in-depth coverage and passion for the topic was so enjoyable to watch! gonna go watch more of your channel! thanks for the interesting content!
Wow thank you! Glad you enjoyed and there’ll definitely be more to come :)
This is great, and I'm so amazed by both the Peru Metro as this video. Such high quality content for debatably a small channel, I'm sticking around!
Great video! I've been to Lima, and can attest that the traffic is horrible and the drivers are crazy. The bus system is a chaotic mess, except for the BRT system which runs in dedicated right of ways. That works great. Lima is a fascinating city, I recommend it for people thinking about visiting South America. With a better transit system, hopefully Lima becomes a much more pleasant city for moving around in. PS You should visit Santiago, Chile to see one of the best metro systems in Latin America.
I definitely want to visit Santiago - have heard lots of good things about their metro. And agree that Lima is fascinating - I think the recent transit improvements have a real chance of snowballing in value and sticking, which would really improve a city that has somehow managed to grow in spite of the congestion
@@TheFlyingMooseCAdo it 😁
Much worse than US drivers
Please cover Sao Paulo, including the metro, trains and buses. Although traffic is still very bad and people still spend hours every day commuting, the transit systems have improved a lot in the last decades. Just like Lima, i think it can also be considered a success story.
I'd love to cover more systems in South America - will definitely make the effort to take another trip at some point :)
Thanks!!!
I moved to Lima for love. Just did my first ride on line 1 two days ago.
Great video! the DBFOM explanation was perfect. Would love a video in the future about the Bogota metro.
Glad you enjoyed the video and the explanation - wasn’t sure how it’d turn out 😎 and bogota is somewhere I definitely want to visit
This is real quality video! is pretty impressive as Peruvian i didn´t know a lot of the history of linea 1 i knew some things but not everything!
Thanks a lot! You can talk about the linea 2 or the Tacna-Arica but it's kind of old (super old)
First nice thing I've ever heard about Peru. I hope they are coming out from under their cloud! : )
Thank you for covering the transit of my hometown! As a lifelong Lima resident I can assure you really did the topic justice, with all the political nuances that it involves. Having had the opportunity to travel to travel to western cities and see the transit systems that they have, I'm always amazed me managed to pull something like Línea 1 in my own country. With the new project of lines 2 and 4 I'm hopefull for the future of transit in this city, we just need to get enough political support to start changing the quality of life of our people for good.
Really appreciate your comment! I'm hopeful for the future as well - once line 2 gets going I think the network's utility will really shoot up beyond what people expect. If those other E-W lines can get going as well, then there'll really be a foundation for a comprehensive network
@@TheFlyingMooseCA Spot on, we need the east west connection. When line 2 is done Lima will be a far smaller and more integrated city. However we will still be lacking capacity for our population of 11 million. We will have to play catch up for several decades but the city experience of peruvians in 10-15 years will be vastly different to the one I had.
I've visited Peru a bunch to visit family there and vividly remember the heavy traffic in Lima and never got a chance to see the metro (will definitely do so on my next trip!). I understand a lot of the country uses privatization, and the P3 model here for funding the metro I guess is no exception.
I tried understanding the bus routes, but it seems like there are not any designated stops - instead you just flag them down instead. The government seems to license the routes out to private operators.
Anyways great video! Would love to see other LATAM transit content.
Hey, love your videos! And the non-BRT buses were definitely too complicated for me to try alone haha - you’re right in that most are now privately operated after the 1990 deregulation, so many routes overlap and it’s pretty inefficient. The metro was great to ride tho, maybe you can drag your family along 🤓
Yes, most buses stop if you wave your hand at them + you're standing on the corner or a crossroad. The combis (postwar zone lol) will stop for you literally anywhere. So essentially, the stops are "invisible", and you have to know which buses go where. Fortunately, there are apps that can help you with the second.
Great video. Thank you, Hudson. As an advocate for public Transit in New Zealand, you have a great focus on the commercial requirements for getting transit built, which many transport vloggers do not cover. Keep the videos coming, please! These folks in Lima are brilliant, and what a positive story.
Thanks Paul - I enjoy shedding light on the commercial side of these projects that aren't covered as much, so I appreciate your comment!
Great video as always! Would love to see you cover Seattle's light rail system. The system is undergoing a major expansion now, but also had multiple false starts and was nearly cancelled more than once. The book "Back on Track: Sound Transit’s Fight to Save Light Rail" is a good intro to it.
Thanks for watching - I'm always looking for books as well so thanks for the suggestion! A Seattle video will definitely come at some point - my girlfriend's going back to school at UW soon so I'll be in the area. The whole story about Seattle turning down subway funding and helping Atlanta get MARTA is very interesting, so that'll probably factor into an in-depth look at the light rail :)
@@TheFlyingMooseCA Great, can't wait!
Genuinely a great small channel, hope to see you grow
I have been following you for several videos and I couldn't even imagine that you would come to my country (and city) to make a note about our incipient metro system. The truth is that the first metro line (of 6 that must be built) has helped many people who don't have much money and who live in the extremes to connect more easily but being a single line it's insufficient to solve the traffic. That's why it's true when you say we're in a race against time. In my opinion, not only should the remaining 4 lines be built but also extend our BRT system to the east and west (currently it's from north to south) to guarantee greater connection and, believe it or not, also improve the expressways and highways too. It's a complete package really.
Definitely agree that a comprehensive network is needed. Glad to hear your perspective on it - I I think there’s a decent foundation to build off of with the metropolitano and the metro, so the next decade or so will really be critical. And fwiw from some of these interviews, it seems like formalising the bus system will underpin a lot of this, but that’s naturally a messy process that’ll just have to happen slowly :)
I really enjoyed my time in Lima and the rest of Peru btw!
Sadly, for the BRT, there is no way to extend the line easily from E-W, one plan was to instead of building a metro, line(Linea 2) build a BRT line, and we all know that a BRT line moves less people than a metro one. I would say that first we have to build all 6 lines that we have in project, then we can see where the BRT's should be. The next time you come, hopefully, we have the Linea 1 and 2 connected, glad you enjoyed your visit here.
Dude, thanks for exposing how bad traffic in Lima is.
What an awesome video!!! Now I have at least 2 reasons to go to peru: food and metro
LOL agreed, very good reasons
Wow, I just came across this channel. This video is so well-written and well-produced! I'm definitely subscribing. And I bet you'll get a lot of subscribers in the future!
As for a city to cover: Atlanta is really interesting. The city (unincorporated areas included) is split across 5 counties, and the metro area is split across a dozen or so more. Only 3 (previously 2) counties have joined MARTA, so the line doesn't go far. The metro area is also the 2nd most sprawled in the US. Still, the subway is really impressive for what it's worth! And they're doing a lot of TOD and QOL improvements that should hopefully increase ridership.
Hi, I really liked the video, the content of the video is very informative about the history of Linea 1. Right now, Linea 2 is being constructed and is going to be finished around 2030 I believe, along with a part of Linea 4. Most of the transit is from N-S, because there we have a bigger concentration of people that would use the metro, in that sense, Linea 3 is the most important of all, since it connects wealthy/turistic places like San Isidro, Miraflores, Surco with residential areas that are not that wealthy like the north of Lima and SJM in the south.
Perfect report.
What hurts more about Lima Metro is that what seems impossible is that the complete net is paralyzed. Around 15 or 20 more years it's taking to finish line 2, mostly because of bureaucracy and corruption.
Excellent information Greetings from Peru
Yes, hi. Santiago de Chile, apart from it's well known metro, started its electric tram system in the year 1900, 2 years before Lima's according to this video. But to be fair, the first electric tram in Latin America was built in Brazil. So unless there's some nuance to the definition of "Latin America´s first electrified tram system", Lima wouldn't the first.
This channel is incredibly underrated. Keep up the good work.
I can't believe I just came across the channel! The quality is impeccable and I'm really impressed that you actually went to Peru (definitely trust-worthy source). I always wondered why some of the transit projects and fundings get cancelled but now I have some understanding👍
Would love to hear your take on what's taken the first metro line in Bogotá over 70 years to be delivered! It's an astounding tragedy for a city of now almost 10 million
always appreciate the effort you put into videos bro!
Excellent video. This is rapidly becoming one of my favourite transit youtube channels
Thank you! 10/10 username from yourself haha
Only recently discovered this channel with the DC Metro Silver Line video, and I’m very glad I did! Keep up the good work!
As a fellow Chilean that's lives in Santiago. I recommend you to do research on the whole transit system here and how it's expanding to other parts of the country (specially the modern bus system). In recent years, the government has taken a more pro view on transit due to the good impact it makes on the environment compared to private ways of traveling. We opened 2 new lines with expansions to others, a new commuter rail outside the city and new trains everywhere and were upon the building of 3 new lines simultaneously. I think Santiago and Chile in general are great examples that you could maybe feature on one of your future videos, it can dive on the way transit should really be dealt with in the modern world and how it helps everywhere it arrives. (srry if I made any mistake, not a native...)
Would love to look at the transit in Santiago and Chile more broadly - definitely an impressive system for the reasons you've mentioned
This is an incredible video! I love transit and watch it all the time on youtube but had never heard of Lima's metro. This was my first time watching one of your videos and I'm definitely watching more.
So glad you liked it - see you around!
visit the Santiago metro, considered the most modern and efficient system in America, it is also the fastest growing metro network in Latin America. It is currently expanding, building 3 new lines 7, 8 and 9 at the lowest cost km in the world due to the enormous experience that the company has in METROS construction (50 years)
Would love to visit - it's on the list!
I worked in procurement for about a year, this video is making me reconsider its potential as a career path lmao. Another great video tho, love to see it!
haha what specifically did you do? it's a long slog for sure but I'm probably headed there eventually
@@TheFlyingMooseCA I worked for Georgia Tech's procurement dept for about a year as one of my first jobs out of college!
@@snekposts that is very interesting indeed 😎
This channel delivers quality content!
Thank you ☺️
This is so cool. And brilliantly communicated!!!
Love it, another great video! You have such a positive way of telling the lessons from elsewhere. Very jealous of your travels too!
Thank you so much Kevin! Transit oriented travel is the only way to do it 😎
Really well produced and interesting video. 👌
You also have a great voice for narration. ✌️
Hey Hudson, just wanted to say that I love your videos. I've always been interested in public transportation, and your videos have scratched that itch.
Thanks a lot - glad you're enjoying these :)
Wonderful report. Thanks for sharing the history of this project. People, in general, don't know much about the huge timeline that this transit system took due to Peru's recent history.
Glad you enjoyed :)
Peruvians are not much used to the word success. Your outlook is highly appreaciated. Lima Metro is under a second phase of extension. This story is not over yet.
Love your videos! Keep em coming!!
Thank you!
Keep making these great videos; very high production values and very interesting.
Glad you enjoyed - more to come :)
Thank you for talking about Peru metro.. TOO MUCH PEOPLE , AND IT TAKES LIKE 4 HOURS FOR GO TO HOME :C
Subscribed! Finally “boring” topics some of us find intriguing! 😉
haha perfect, youtube has found the correct audience 🤓
Awesome stuff! Great production, and finally one video on the internet not about the west or hong kong/bangkok
You could cover the Monterrey metro, right now it has 3 lines and 3 more are planed for 2026, of which 2 of those lines are already under construction, although they are gonna be monorails not metro. There's also an urban train under planning that would conect the most outwards parts of the metropolitan area
This is an incredible video. Very well done.
Really glad you enjoyed it! And good idea on the purple line - might have to make another trip out there :)
Wow, you're making amazingly interesting videos! Subscribed!
Amazing explainer!
Would love to see a future Lima metro plans, and where or how that is going to build it out more in-depth.
I'd love for you take a look at Sydney's metro which is in the process of being built. Australia is quite similar to Canada in a lot of things, (especially the Housing Crisis). Currently Sydney is undergoing Australia's largest public transit project in history. Sydney Metro has quite a few quirks in the sense that it's built more like a commuter rail system and has some massive gaps between stations for a metro while its Commuter rail lines are built like metros some parts with very short distances between stations.
Would love to cover a Sydney story at some point - agree that Australia and Canada do have some striking similarities, so it’s also interesting to see what plays out differently. I took a trip there last summer and it might be a little bit until I find the time (and money 🤡 again)
The Sydney metro is just a converted commuter rail line with 2 new segments linking the commuter rail segments together aka grade separation of existing lines. Of course it’s suburban lol😅 the original parts WERE part of the suburban network.
Excellent video! More, please. 😊
Thanks! More will be coming 😎
Dude your videos are really good. Keep making new ones! Also it really helps that you are actually going to these places in real life. Lots of other YTers are just talking about these places and relying on footage other people have made. Nothing wrong with that of course, but a little bit extra goes a long way.
Glad you enjoyed! And I definitely have fun actually being there - it worked out with my vacation schedule and hopefully I'll be going places in the future just to make videos 😎
Beautiful video ♥ For a world with better transit!
I would love for you to cover the Santiago Metro, I think it's an amazing example for all NA metro systems
I'd love to head there too someday - definitely seems to be a popular suggestion, and for good reason :)
Santiago is South America but your point stands
@@qjtvaddict I guess is an example for NA and SA metro systems. I was referring to his conclusion, that US and Canada can build subways if Lima can
Researched well with good story-telling. You recorded on location and even had interviews. Hope the algorithm picks you up soon
Glad you enjoyed it - hope the algo is kind to me as well haha
Great video!!
As someone born and raised in Lima, I feel seen. Very accurate video.
It used to take me around 2h to get from my home in Miraflores (west side of the city) to my uni in La Molina (eastern Lima) in public transport. Such traffic can really make you feel miserable if you’re stuck on it so many hours a day, most of the days.
Even tho I don’t live in Peru anymore I really hope politicians take this matter seriously ASAP. Rn the current major of the city has absolutely no interest in that unfortunately and is really more into building more lanes on the large avenues.
Capitalism sucks.
Glad you enjoyed :)
Fantastic video 👏🏻
Damn great video! surprised you don't have more views.
Good video!
I like this channel. Most other CZcamsrs don't travel very frequently.
great video as always! congrats on 10k subs, you deserve a ton more, excited to watch your channel grow! As for other systems to cover, i vote the medellín metro and specifically the metrocable, i may be a little biased since my family is from there, but i love the innovative methods medellín is using to address both transportation and poverty/inequality at the same time-i would also love to see you cover the Ohlone (SF) Bay Area but for the opposite reason lol i live here and the system isn't great tbh...it's honestly comically bad lol and it's so ironic to me since Silicon Valley is here and we're supposed to be the tech and innovation capital of the world and we don't even have decent trains-on weekends Caltrain runs 1 train per direction per hour and they're all "local" trains, which make all stops and have an average speed of like 25 mph, barely faster than biking speed. Seems like by the end of September this years they're going to be replacing the oldest trains with a different train set and that's supposed to help. idk for the sake of my mental health i hope it does lol im spending wayyy too much of my life commuting and as you said im at the point where im just about ready to buy a car even though just a couple of years ago that would have been unthinkable. anyway sorry for the rant lol thanks again for another great video and keep up the great work!
Haha wow I don’t think I’ve heard such a detailed testimony of the pain of Caltrain - I’m not opposed to covering the anti success stories tho, and my next video will be talking about the issues with Chicago 😎
I’d definitely also love to visit Medellin and talk about their transit solutions - it’s something very innovative and I’m sure I’ll make it down there sometime :)
Great video! 🚇💰
this kinda mirrors the transport situation in the Philippines...🤔 thanks for this :)
I've seen other videos discussing Lima's metro, but they all focus on how expensive it was to build compared to neighboring countries like Chile, where they managed to construct twice the kilometers/stations for less money than what Lima needed for Line 2
I am not sure how much content you could make out of it, but I would be very interested to see a video about the abandoned Cincinnati subway project. My understanding is that there is still major cost in maintaining it and would be curious to see if there is anything that could be done to turn it into a functional system like outlined in this video!
I'd love to get round to a Cincinnati video at some point. The whole "largest abandoned system" in the US angle is very interesting
+ i want to watch the reds play again haha
Love the videos, you should make one on the queens link in New York!
Im going to school for a degree in mechanical engineering, because i want to desing trains. Looking at this video honestly gives me hope for Haiti, if we could put our heads together with the political instability. Love your videos bro!
Glad you enjoyed - love it when I can share a bit of hope in these videos :)
Cover San Juan, Puerto Rico’s Tren Urbano and suggest on how it can improve its use
Would love to see u cover switzerlands system especially the zürich S-Bahn service and ur opinion of it, i think its a very fascinating approach of how else one could do mass transit without a metro
There's a desperate need for more philly content ❤
If the Phillies win the World Series I’ll go 😈
You should do a video on Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic’s Metro
alright guess i gotta watch the dominican winter league too >:)
Nice video! It is nice to hear encouraging stories of transit victories.
I'd like to see you cover either the successful planning and expansion of the Taipei MRT or the politics around the Let's Move Nashville referendum.
Oooo Taipei would be fun, need to brush up on my mandarin 😎 and surprisingly enough nobody’s suggested Nashville yet but that’s been on my radar for a bit
I suggest you to cover Delhi Metro as well. It's a behemoth and doesn't always get the praise it deserves. Plus the Delhi metropolitan area or the NCR as a whole has been investing in transit projects a lot (RapidX, Delhi Metro, tons of buses, airport express, etc.) and they tend to be done in time in most cases. Metro construction in India has picked up a lot in the last decade and many cities are opening or extending metro lines.
Hopefully, my grandchildren will see the inauguration of line 6 in the future 👴
You should also talk about the case of Bogotá, first they built a brt network because some mayor promised it would do the same as a metro but cheaper (nowadays it moves 4 million people per day!! Its totally overcrowded). Now after 70 years of proposals of a metro line, they're building the first line. Hope you can come and give us your opinion and observations. Nice vid!
I’d love to visit and see what’s going on! We’ll see when I can make a trip happen - there’s definitely a story as you suggest :)
Please make a video about line 2 in Lima! I love this video about line 1 👍🏼
glad you enjoyed, and maybe I'll make another trip back :)
awesome video! would love to see you do one on Kuala Lumpur's rapid transit system too :))
hopefully one day - I'd love to visit :)
if you ever want to cover some truly intense nimby battles, you're always welcome in Seattle. the stories of the bus tunnel, kemper freeman, and the first hill streetcar are all beyond insane
also, footage of lima is strikingly similar to how traffic looked in taiwan and south korea from the 70s through the 90s. having lived in both of those countries recently, i can tell that change is definitely possible!
Seattle is definitely on the list - my girlfriend's moving there in the fall to go back to UW so I'll have a perfect excuse to yap about transit there 😎 And glad you called out the similarity to Taiwan/Korea - Franco's (and other) research also noted that these traffic issues are very natural results of informal transit governance, and that there's no reason why Lima can't go the route of those countries!
I just found your Videos and totally love them! I would love to see you come to Germany and make a video about the "Schwebebahn" (flying railway) in Wuppertal.
Glad you enjoyed! I’d love to make something in Germany one day - and that’s a good suggestion :)
Overall this is a great video; I had no idea that Lima even had a metro system. But I am curious as to what some of the consequences the privatization of Lima Metro's operations and maintenance have been. Apparently an Argentine company operates the Lima Metro, but railway + mass transit privatization in Argentina has led to the botched rollout of several important projects in Argentina.
This is especially true for the Buenos Aires Subte, whose former private operator (Metrovias) bought a series of used and poorly-compatible trainsets from Japan and Spain to be used on Line B. Metrovias has been in the same consortiums with Ferrovias (operator of Lima's Metro according to Wikipedia) in the past. Most of Buenos Aires' metropolitan area railways have been re-nationalized, and from my knowledge that has largely led to positive change as opposed to private operations.
Great point - I can't speak too much to the consequences of Line 1's private operation (seems like fares have stayed pretty consistent and rider satisfaction is high), but the P3 execution of Line 2 has run into challenges. Here's just one article outlining overspending during that procurement (perureports.com/peru-investigates-overspending-lima-metro-expansion/4407/) - it stops short of alleging outright corruption, suggesting negligence instead.
Perhaps the age and simplicity of the network plays a role as well - when you only have one line that's only a decade old, you'll probably have fewer problems. Only time will tell I suppose :^)
Damn
García was never ousted. He finished his term.
Do one (or many) videos about São Paulo metro system (the metro itself, the suburban trains and the monorail, the three operates as a metro system). The São Paulo Metro has a long story, different details, creative solutions, a mix of classic and modern and it said by foreigners that is more clean and organized than many systems around the world. And it has a plus: you can reach many touristic places through it.
Line 4 - Yellow it's the loved one, but lines 1 - Blue, 2 - Green and 15 - Silver are amazing too.
And as all brazilians says: please come to Brazil!
It's definitely on my list - not sure when I'll make it out there but everything you described sounds like it'd be great to look into :^)
Day #2 of asking the Moose to cover the SEPTA of Philadelphia, which interestingly operates Metros, Light rail, buses, trolleys, and regional rail.
You will likely find Philadelphia's SEPTA interesting, it makes sense for the city and has a surprisingly good network but it's grossly un-hygienic and unsafe. If they committed to cleaning it rather than spending millions to install new and surprisingly bad turnstiles, the potential for more riders and a practical transit network is real.
Yes, the Moose remembers the Philly suggestion 😎 Definitely a lot to cover there, and we'll see when it works into my travel schedule :^)
Peru has detailed & discover cities i like how they are kind of a South American Spain.
Could you cover the Maryland Purple line once it opens ( I know it will be a while)
as an indonesian who went to peru one time back in 2013 🔥🔥🔥
(come to seattle bro)
Uno de los principales problemas para el desarrollo de las líneas de metro en Lima es la expropiación de terrenos. El estado debe realizar un proceso individualmente con cada propietario y puede judicializarse y durar mucho tiempo. Actualmente la línea 2 de metro está paralizada por ese tema y porque el alcalde de Lima, el inútil y corrupto de López Aliaga, no quiere dar al autorización para la construcción de la estación central porque eso implicaría la paralización del tráfico en el centro de la ciudad. Espero cuando sea abuelo (tengo 30) llegue a ver las líneas terminadas. El tráfico es intratable en Lima.