Revista de la Mañana. Tabletas en taxis y semaforización: los problemas de movilidad que enfrenta Bogotá

Abstract

Analyst Fernando Rojas harshly criticized the implementation of tablets in Bogotá taxis, a measure aimed at providing security and trust to users, but which has resulted in a “blunder” by the district administration. The Council of State halted the measure due to procedural issues, as the Transit Code does not contemplate such devices. Rojas pointed out that the mayor’s office failed to consider key variables such as supply, costs (650,000 pesos per tablet), difficulty of use for older drivers, and the lack of holiday surcharge calculation. He warned that although fines were set to begin on July 1, thousands of taxi drivers do not have the device, which will generate protests and chaos. Regarding traffic light modernization, he criticized the administration for becoming “overly enamored” with technology without resolving the Prosecutor’s Office alerts about the company Zotec (with defaults in Argentina), risking million-dollar lawsuits. Finally, he called Peñalosa’s mobility management a failure, with no substantive improvements in Transmilenio, a seventh avenue project full of uncertainty, and a system that does not respect users.