Busetas in Bogota

I dont understand fully, but I do know how to get to a few important places using certain busetas. Basically you look at all the places that are listed on the sign and they go in that order. For example, if I want to go from Unicentro to 93 or andino, I go on to 15 and take a bus that says Cra 11 and Cra 13. Because I know it is going to go 15-100-11- 13 and then i can get off at like 93 and 11 or 13 and 85. Or if I want to go to Calle 100 - I take a Ave 68 but because it goes 15 and turns right on 100 untill it gets to 68.

Ok well really I´ve never figured one out for myself. I just have people tell me. Its kind of easy to get to Unicentro though because a lot of them actually have Unicentro on the sign... If you have a pretty good idea that the bus might go where you are going, then just check with the bus driver. Or just post where you are and where you want to go and im sure someone on here will tell you what buseta to take.

You dont need to worry about times because unfortunately and fortunately they pass by very frequently.

Apparently one of the reasons that TM is overcrowded is because people take transmilenio when they should actually be taking a buseta.

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It's very complicated for Bogotá resident's too.
I never know all the routes, and where finish or start.

I know for colors of the buses, the numbers of the route notice, and the colors of the route notice go to different areas in Bogotá. But if say in the rout notice av 19, next paragraph, calle 100, av 68, next paragraph, calle 13.

The bus takes all the av 19, later takes or turn on the calle 100, an later to Av 68 and later turn on Calle 13.

Or if say CC andino it will be there. Some say Exito, but you have to guess the route but it can say av 68, and exito. is Exito Av 68, but is in some cases because now Bogotá have a lot of exito and in the same av can have 2 or 3

Some times is simple some times is very complicated. Is very confused, to routes like Estrella, lucero, tesoro, berlin. mta tigres, jejeje

May be district government must or have to do a web page with that info like the transmienio routes page.

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I think that it is really up to the owners of the busetas both as to schedule and route. WHY invite the government to step on freedoms here as they are in the US

Mr. Bill Somondoco

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Bill - so that the horrendous traffic in Bogota can be improved. Bus owners already have too much freedom and power in Bogota. They put as many buses as they possibly can on the road because their money comes from the bus drivers who pay to use the buses not the passengers. Therefore it makes no difference to the bus owners if there are no passengers on their buses. How is that good for anyone but the bus owners??

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You're spot on gamm2!!! Bill, the government already gives the busetas permission to run, it's not involving them anymore, it would just require that they do their job right.

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The government should also impose emissions regulations on busetas.

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That also, but before that, they need to improve the quality of diesel, which is pretty dirty and will emit lots of pollutants regardless of the engines. Then add the fact that the busetas have really crappy and old engines.

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Johnny, drivers usually get paid a % of each passengers fare that they carry in the buses. At the end of the shift/day they go to a garage and report to the owner or his representative who checks how many passengers went through the turnstile and collects the fare money from the driver, minus his comission. The fact that drivers make money this way just takes competition to the extreme and causes "guerra del centavo".

About the people going through the back door or jumping the turnstiles, the bus industry calculates it amounts to 30% of the fares (I think they overestimate it), but there is no reasonable way to calculate it.

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