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SYSTRA studied the feasibility of creating an efficient and rapid transport system to improve access from the city centre to the San Rafael Ecological Park on the outskirts of Bogotá.
SYSTRA’s Consultancy and Planning teams were asked by the public funding agency Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional (FDN) to look into the best way of linking the Usaquén district in Bogotá city centre to the future San Rafael Ecological Park.
This 1,200-hectare activity and leisure centre will feature several sports facilities (cyclocross, climbing, skateboarding, etc.) and restaurants around an artificial lake. Just 6km from Bogotá as the crow flies, the San Rafael area is separated by terrain and requires a 30-minute drive to reach.
A multi-criteria study to offer optimum mobility
SYSTRA’s 2019 study took into account a wide range of criteria:
- Analysis of passenger numbers, to determine the most appropriate size and technology for this link;
- Demand modelling, to plan the necessary adaptations to the public space, and traffic management around the future stations to optimise passenger numbers;
- A presentation of all the possible aerial mobility solutions (cable car and ropeways);
- A study of the route from the Usaquén district to Bogotá city centre;
- A cost-benefit analysis of the project.
The study was submitted to the Colombian authorities in 2019. The Ecological Park remains a project at present.
