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TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and Soacha, a neighbouring city. The system opened to the public in December 2000. As of 2022, 12 lines totalling 114.4 km (71 mi) run throughout the city. It is part of the city's Integrated Public Transport System, along with the urban, complementary and special bus services operating on neighbourhood and main streets.
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Pueblo Nuevo is a quarter of the City of Temuco, Chile. It is located in the northeast of the city, and corresponds to a residential area, with fragments used as warehouses, workshops, and electrical and transportation infrastructure. Its population was established there in the 1950s, but only in 2000 it was officially defined by the Municipality of Temuco in its Plan de desarrollo comunal. Then, in 2010, in its Diagnóstico sistémico territorial, the Municipality of Temuco modified its limits, transferring part of the territory of the Downtown and Costanera del Cautín Macrosectors, in addition to Ñielol Hill southeastern slopes. A new Territorial Diagnosis returned, in 2014, its original borders, being its current bordering macrosectors Ñielol (west), Costanera del Cautín and Downtown,.
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- ↑ "Expreso Rancagua".
- ↑ "Los otros "Trans…" y el maquillaje de progreso, Plataforma Urbana".
- ↑ https://www.mtt.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mapa-transporte-rancagua-micros-noviembre2013.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ "Los recorridos que proponen los microbuseros de Rancagua para llegar al Hospital Regional".
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