Buenos Aires Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Buses=== {{Main|Metrobus (Buenos Aires)}} [[File:Centro_de_Trasbordo_Federico_Lacroze_en_detalle_02.jpg|thumb|Federico Lacroze Transfer Center of the [[Metrobus (Buenos Aires)|Metrobus]]]] There are over 150 city bus lines called ''[[Colectivo#Usage in Buenos Aires|Colectivo]]s'', each one managed by an individual company. These compete with each other and attract exceptionally high use with virtually no public financial support.<ref name="trb.metapress">{{cite web |url=http://trb.metapress.com/content/v5542g6mh27j6u44/ |title=Transportation Research Board, Buenos Aires Colectivo Buses and Experience with Privatization |publisher=Trb.metapress.com |date=15 January 2007 |access-date=9 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715220622/http://trb.metapress.com/content/v5542g6mh27j6u44/ |archive-date=15 July 2012 }}</ref> Their frequency makes them equal to the underground systems of other cities, but buses cover a far wider area than the underground system. Colectivos in Buenos Aires do not have a fixed timetable, but run from four to several per hour, depending on the bus line and time of the day. With inexpensive tickets and extensive routes, usually no further than four blocks from commuters' residences, the colectivo is the most popular mode of transport around the city.<ref name="trb.metapress"/> Buenos Aires has recently opened a [[bus rapid transit]] system, the [[Metrobus (Buenos Aires)|Metrobus]]. The system uses modular median stations that serve both directions of travel, which enable pre-paid, multiple-door, level boarding. The first line, opened on 31 May 2011, runs across the Juan B. Justo Ave has 21 stations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1377920-el-metrobus-ya-une-palermo-con-liniers|title=El Metrobús ya une Palermo con Liniers|date=1 June 2011|newspaper=La Nación|access-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505232439/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1377920-el-metrobus-ya-une-palermo-con-liniers|archive-date=5 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The system now has 4 lines with 113 stations on its {{convert|43.5|km|abbr=on}} network, while numerous other lines are under construction and planned.<ref>[http://movilidad.buenosaires.gob.ar/metrobus/%C2%BFpor-que-metrobus/ ¿Por qué Metrobus?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133235/http://movilidad.buenosaires.gob.ar/metrobus/%C2%BFpor-que-metrobus/ |date=4 March 2016 }} – Buenos Aires Ciudad</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page