Santiago Brito

Superior Writing
7:00 9:00
May 16, 2016
Early in the morning before the sunrise, the battle for arriving Quito begins. People from
the south, the north, and even the valleys commute every day because the bulk of
workplaces and schools are located there. Crowded buses, delays and uncomfortable travels
are common and unpleasant daily features due to the increasing of city and population. Many
alternatives to solve this issue have been proposed and putted into practice with no
satisfactory results. More buses and new routes has not helped to shrink this problem, and
people still live this odyssey every morning. Lately, a new proposal that is based on a metro
and a new transportation system came from the local government. Although this new idea
could look like a suitable answer to this difficult situation, the construction of the metro and
the implementation of Sistema Integrado de Transporte de Pasajeros (SITP) in Quito will not
solve the transportation problems of the city.
The concept of the metro of Quito takes into account the integration of the south and
north of the city in about thirty four minutes. There will be eighteen trains with six wagons
each one, and the whole group would carry up to four hundred thousand people. The SITP is
the new system of transportation for Quito. It was designed by a group of international
institutions and Metro de Madrid. SITP uses the metro as the backbone of transportation in the
city, and the main routes and providers such as Ecova, Corredor Suroriental, Trole, Corredor
Central Norte, Corredor Sur Occidental, and conventional buses will remain as secondary
service providers and will be used to connect the neighborhoods of the city with the metro
stations. As a result, service providers will continue having an important duty in the city
transportation, and unless they improve their negligent service, the whole system wont solve
any problem. This careless service can be described by anyone who has taken a bus and
could not pass from the entrance or felt the pressure inside a crowd. Nevertheless, a better
proof of this issue can be provided by the increase of private vehicles. People look for a more
comfortable way to commute, and buying a car is the most common answer. Every year,
thirty five thousand to forty thousand new vehicles are bought, so Quito has about four

hundred fifty thousand vehicles on its streets. People deserve a decent service transportation,
but they also need to know who to use it.
Many people who are Quito public transportation users do not know how to use it
appropriately. It is usual to witness people taking or leaving the bus wherever on the street,
standing near the doors while the middle of the bus is almost empty, vandalising seats and
windows, or entering before everyone inside the bus could leave. Even though people causes
these problems, it is not their fault utterly. They were never taught about the proper behavior
of a citizen and user by their families and even the society. As a consequence, a new
transportation system in Quito will fail unless an educational program changes users minds.
Additionally, this program should be aimed at both people who live in Quito and people who
travel to Quito since they are involved in this problem.
There are two valleys near the city. Los Chillos and Tumbaco are important locations
since they are home for a huge amount of people who travel to Quito. In particular, there are
ten service providers for Los Chillos and carry more than seventy thousand persons every day.
While it is true that SITP considers the valleys in its master plan, it does not recognize that
private service providers are the essential problem. Even though each provider has to work as
a group, the owner of each bus only pursues his own income. Thus, it is normal to see buses
of the same provider competing for the passengers. Moreover, a system to share the incomes
within the providers and called Caja Comn was not effective, either. It is supposed that Caja
Comn will be utterly implemented by the end of this year, but many providers has stopped
using it after tried for a couple of months. Therefore, SITP needs better strategies to sort out
Quitos problems.
The metro of Quito will have fifteen stations, and its travel will begin at Quitumbe and
end at El Labrador. As a result, the metro wont cover the whole extension of the city, and the
secondary service providers will have to do their duties neatly. Otherwise, the metro of Quito
will just be another crowed bus and not the savior everyone is desiring.
Overall, Quito will continue growing, as well as, its population, and solutions for its
transportation problems, such as a metro, need to integrate not only surficial features but also

the whole reality of the society. It is important to take into account people, their homes and
behaviors. In conclusion, an immediate solution for Quito cannot be found, so local
government and society need to get involved and take more responsibility of the
transportation service.

Santiago Brito
Superior Writing
7:00 9:00
May 18, 2016
Early in the morning before the sunrise, the battle for arriving Quito begins. People from
the south, the north, and even the valleys commute every day because the bulk of
workplaces and schools are located there. Crowded buses, delays and uncomfortable travels
are common and unpleasant daily features due to the increasing of city and population. Many
alternatives to solve this issue have been proposed and putted into practice with no
satisfactory results. More buses and new routes has not helped to shrink this problem, and
people still live this odyssey every morning. Lately, a new proposal that is based on a metro
and a new transportation system came from the local government. Although this new idea
could look like a suitable answer to this difficult situation, the construction of the metro and
the implementation of Sistema Integrado de Transporte de Pasajeros (SITP) in Quito will not
solve the transportation problems of the city.
The concept of the metro of Quito takes into account the integration of the south and
north of the city in about thirty four minutes. There will be eighteen trains with six wagons
each one, and the whole group would carry up to four hundred thousand people. The SITP is
the new system of transportation for Quito. It was designed by a group of international
institutions and Metro de Madrid. SITP uses the metro as the backbone of transportation in the
city, and the main routes and providers such as Ecova, Corredor Suroriental, Trole, Corredor
Central Norte, Corredor Sur Occidental, and conventional buses will remain as secondary

service providers and will be used to connect the neighborhoods of the city with the metro
stations (Alcalda de Quito, 2013). As a result, service providers will continue having an
important duty in the city transportation, and unless they improve their negligent service, the
whole system wont solve any problem. This careless service can be described by anyone who
has taken a bus and could not pass from the entrance or felt the pressure inside a crowd.
Nevertheless, a better proof of this issue can be provided by the increase of private vehicles.
People look for a more comfortable way to commute, and buying a car is the most common
answer. Every year, thirty five thousand to forty thousand new vehicles are bought, so Quito
has about four hundred fifty thousand vehicles on its streets (La Hora Nacional, 2015). People
deserve a decent service transportation, but they also need to know who to use it.
Many people who are Quito public transportation users do not know how to use it
appropriately. It is usual to witness people taking or leaving the bus wherever on the street,
standing near the doors while the middle of the bus is almost empty, vandalising seats and
windows, or entering before everyone inside the bus could leave. Even though people causes
these problems, it is not their fault utterly. They were never taught about the proper behavior
of a citizen and user by their families and even the society. As a consequence, a new
transportation system in Quito will fail unless an educational program changes users minds.
Additionally, this program should be aimed at both people who live in Quito and people who
travel to Quito since they are involved in this problem.
There are two valleys near the city. Los Chillos and Tumbaco are important locations
since they are home for a huge amount of people who travel to Quito. In particular, there are
ten service providers for Los Chillos and carry more than seventy thousand persons every day
(Ortiz, 2015). While it is true that SITP considers the valleys in its master plan, it does not
recognize that private service providers are the essential problem. Even though each provider
has to work as a group, the owner of each bus only pursues his own income. Thus, it is normal
to see buses of the same provider competing for the passengers. Moreover, a system to share
the incomes within the providers and called Caja Comn was not effective, either. It is
supposed that Caja Comn will be utterly implemented by the end of this year, but many

providers has stopped using it after tried for a couple of months (Bus Ecuador, 2013).
Therefore, SITP needs better strategies to sort out Quitos problems.
The metro of Quito will have fifteen stations, and its travel will begin at Quitumbe and
end at El Labrador. As a result, the metro wont cover the whole extension of the city, and the
secondary service providers will have to do their duties neatly. Otherwise, the metro of Quito
wont be able to offer a proper service to the users. According to the census of 2010, Quito
has 2239.191 inhabitants. Urban population decreased from 76.6% in 2001 to 72.3% in 2010
while rural population increased 4.3% in the same period. Thus, the population have tended
to settle in areas located near the south and north limits of the city, as well as, in the valleys
(Municipio del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, 2011). With these data, it is easy to note why
the metro need to increase its coverage in order to offer an efficient service to whole
population.
Overall, Quito will continue growing, as well as, its population, and solutions for its
transportation problems, such as a metro, need to integrate not only surficial features but also
the whole reality of the society. It is important to take into account people, their homes and
behaviors. Finally, an immediate solution for Quito cannot be found, so local government and
society need to get involved and take more responsibility of the transportation service. All
together need to learn who to be users and providers for each other.

References
Alcalda de Quito. (2013). Metro de Quito EPM. Retrieved from
http://www.metrodequito.gob.ec
Bus Ecuador. (2013). La Ventana del Bus. Retrieved from http://www.busecuador.com/la-cajacomun.html
La Hora Nacional. (2015, Sep 18). Preocupa el incremento del parque automotor. Retrieved
from http://www.lahora.
com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/1101864895/-1/Preocupa-el-incremento-del-parqueautomotor.html

Municipio del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito. (2011, Dec). Plan de desarrollo 2012 -2022.
Retrieved from http://
www.emaseo.gob.ec/documentos/lotaip_2012/s/plan-de-desarrollo-2012-2014.pdf
Ortiz, S. (2015, Feb 5). Los habitantes del valle de los chillos viven una carrera contra el
tiempo. El Comercio.
Retrieved from http://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/valle-chillos-transito-transportebuses.html

Santiago Brito
Superior Writing
7:00 9:00
May 19, 2016
Early in the morning before the sunrise, the battle for arriving Quito begins. People from
the south, the north, and even the valleys commute every day because the bulk of

workplaces and schools are located there. Crowded buses, delays and uncomfortable travels
are common and unpleasant daily features due to the increasing of city and population. Many
alternatives to solve this issue have been proposed and putted into practice with no
satisfactory results. More buses and new routes has not helped to shrink this problem, and
people still live this odyssey every morning. Lately, a new proposal that is based on a metro
and a new transportation system came from the local government. Although this new idea
could look like a suitable answer to this difficult situation, the construction of the metro and
the implementation of Sistema Integrado de Transporte de Pasajeros (SITP) in Quito will not
solve the transportation problems of the city.
The concept of the metro of Quito takes into account the integration of the south and
north of the city in about thirty four minutes. There will be eighteen trains with six wagons
each one, and the whole group would carry up to four hundred thousand people. The SITP,
which was designed by a group of international institutions and Metro de Madrid, is the new
system of transportation for Quito. SITP uses the metro as the backbone of transportation in
the city, and the main routes and providers such as Ecova, Corredor Suroriental, Trole,
Corredor Central Norte, Corredor Sur Occidental, and conventional buses will remain as
secondary service providers and will be used to connect the neighborhoods of the city with
the metro stations (Alcalda de Quito, 2013). As a result, service providers will continue having
an important duty in the city transportation, and unless they improve their negligent service,
the whole new system wont solve any problem related with transportation. This careless
service can be described by anyone who has taken a bus and could not pass from the
entrance or felt the pressure inside a crowd. Nevertheless, a better proof of this issue can be
provided by the increase of private vehicles. People look for a more comfortable way to
commute, and buying a car is the most common answer. Every year, thirty five thousand to
forty thousand new vehicles are bought, so Quito has about four hundred fifty thousand
vehicles on its streets (La Hora Nacional, 2015). People deserve a decent service
transportation, but they also need to know who to use it.
Many people who are Quito public transportation users do not know how to use it
appropriately. It is usual to witness people taking or leaving the bus wherever on the street,

standing near the doors while the middle of the bus is almost empty, vandalising seats and
windows, or entering before everyone inside the bus could leave. Empresa Pblica
Metropolitana de Transporte de Pasajeros has accounted 1.831 vandalised windows in stations
and buses. In these surfaces were found engravements and graffiti (Pacheco, 2016). Even
though people causes these problems, it is not their fault utterly because they were never
taught about the proper behavior of a citizen and user by their families and even the society.
As a consequence, a new transportation system in Quito will fail unless an educational
program changes users minds. Additionally, this program should be aimed at both people
who live in Quito and people who travel to Quito since all of them are involved in this problem.
There are two valleys near the city. Los Chillos and Tumbaco are important locations
since they are home for a huge amount of people who travel to Quito. In particular, there are
ten service providers for Los Chillos and carry more than seventy thousand persons every day
(Ortiz, 2015). While it is true that SITP considers the valleys in its master plan, it does not
recognize that private service providers are the essential problem. Even though each provider
has to work as a group, the owner of each bus only pursues his own income. Thus, it is normal
to see buses of the same provider competing for the passengers. Moreover, a system to share
the incomes within the providers and called Caja Comn was not effective, either. It is
supposed that Caja Comn will be utterly implemented by the end of this year, but many
providers has stopped using it after tried for a couple of months (Bus Ecuador, 2013).
Therefore, SITP needs better strategies to sort out Quitos problems.
The metro of Quito will have fifteen stations, and its travel will begin at Quitumbe and
end at El Labrador. As a result, the metro wont cover the whole extension of the city, and the
secondary service providers will have to do their duties neatly. Otherwise, the metro of Quito
wont be able to offer a proper service to the users. According to the census of 2010, Quito
has 2239.191 inhabitants. Urban population decreased from 76.6% in 2001 to 72.3% in 2010
while rural population increased 4.3% in the same period. Thus, the population have tended
to settle in areas located near the south and north limits of the city, as well as, in the valleys
(Municipio de Quito, 2011). With these data, it is easy to note why the metro need to increase
its coverage in order to offer an efficient service to whole population.

Overall, Quito will continue growing, as well as, its population, and solutions for its
transportation problems, such as a metro, need to integrate not only surficial features but also
the whole reality of the society. It is important to take into account people, their homes and
behaviors. Finally, an immediate solution for Quito cannot be found, so local government and
society need to get involved and take more responsibility of the transportation service. All
together need to learn who to be users and providers for each other.

References
Alcalda de Quito. (2013). Metro de Quito EPM. Retrieved from
http://www.metrodequito.gob.ec
Bus Ecuador. (2013). La Ventana del Bus. Retrieved from http://www.busecuador.com/la-cajacomun.html
La Hora Nacional. (2015, Sep 18). Preocupa el incremento del parque automotor. Retrieved
from http://www.lahora.
com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/1101864895/-1/Preocupa-el-incremento-del-parqueautomotor.html
Municipio del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito. (2011, Dec). Plan de desarrollo 2012 -2022.
Retrieved from http://
www.emaseo.gob.ec/documentos/lotaip_2012/s/plan-de-desarrollo-2012-2014.pdf
Ortiz, S. (2015, Feb 5). Los habitantes del valle de los chillos viven una carrera contra el
tiempo. El Comercio.
Retrieved from http://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/valle-chillos-transito-transportebuses.html
Pacheco, M. (2016, Apr 11). Daos en el transporte pblico de Quito. ltimas Noticias.
Retrieved from http://www.
ultimasnoticias.ec/noticias/31412-2016-04-11-15-21-34.html

Santiago Brito
Superior Writing
7:00 9:00
May 20, 2016
Early in the morning before the sunrise, the battle for arriving Quito begins. People from
the south, the north, and even the valleys commute every day because the bulk of
workplaces and schools are located there. Crowded buses, delays and uncomfortable travels
are common and unpleasant daily features due to the increasing of city and population. Many
alternatives to solve this issue have been proposed and putted into practice with no
satisfactory results. More buses and new routes have not helped to alleviate this problem, and
people still live this odyssey every morning. Lately, a new proposal that is based on a metro
and a new transportation system came from the local government. Although this new idea
could look like a suitable answer to this difficult situation, the construction of the metro and
the implementation of Sistema Integrado de Transporte de Pasajeros (SITP) in Quito will not
solve the transportation problems of the city.
The concept of the metro of Quito takes into account the integration of the south and
north of the city in about thirty four minutes. There will be eighteen trains with six wagons
each one, and the whole group would carry up to four hundred thousand people. The SITP,
which was designed by a group of international institutions and Metro de Madrid, is the new
system of transportation for Quito. SITP will use the metro as the backbone of transportation
in the city, and the main routes and providers such as Ecova, Corredor Suroriental, Trole,
Corredor Central Norte, Corredor Sur Occidental, and conventional buses will remain as

secondary service providers and will be used to connect the neighborhoods of the city with
the metro stations (Alcalda de Quito, 2013). As a result, service providers will continue having
an important duty in the city transportation, and unless they improve their negligent service,
the whole new system wont solve any problem related with transportation. This careless
service can be described by anyone who has taken a bus and could not pass from the
entrance or felt the pressure inside a crowd. Nevertheless, a better proof of this issue can be
provided by the increase of private vehicles. People look for a more comfortable way to
commute, and buying a car is the most common answer. Every year, thirty five thousand to
forty thousand new vehicles are bought, so Quito has about four hundred fifty thousand
vehicles on its streets (La Hora Nacional, 2015). People deserve a decent service
transportation, but they also need to know how to use it.
Many people who are Quito public transportation users do not know how to use it
appropriately. It is usual to witness people taking or leaving the bus wherever on the street,
standing near the doors while the middle of the bus is almost empty, vandalising seats and
windows, or entering before everyone inside the bus could leave. Empresa Pblica
Metropolitana de Transporte de Pasajeros has accounted 1.831 vandalised windows in stations
and buses. In these surfaces were found engravements and graffiti (Pacheco, 2016). Even
though people causes these problems, it is not their fault utterly because they were never
taught about the proper behavior of a citizen and user by their families and even the society.
As a consequence, a new transportation system in Quito will fail unless an educational
program changes users minds. Additionally, this program should be aimed at both people
who live in Quito and people who travel to Quito since all of them are involved in this problem.
There are two valleys near the city. Los Chillos and Tumbaco are important locations
since they are home for a huge amount of people who travel to Quito. In particular, there are
ten service providers for Los Chillos and carry more than seventy thousand persons every day
(Ortiz, 2015). While it is true that SITP considers the valleys in its master plan, it does not
recognize that private service providers are the essential problem. Even though each provider
has to work as a group, the owner of each bus only pursues his own income. Thus, it is normal
to see buses of the same provider competing for the passengers. Moreover, a system to share

the incomes within the providers and called Caja Comn was not effective, either. It is
supposed that Caja Comn will be utterly implemented by the end of this year, but many
providers has stopped using it after tried for a couple of months (Bus Ecuador, 2013).
Therefore, SITP needs better strategies to sort out Quitos problems.
The metro of Quito will have fifteen stations, and its travel will begin at Quitumbe and
end at El Labrador. As a result, the metro wont cover the whole extension of the city, and the
secondary service providers will have to do their duties neatly. Otherwise, the metro of Quito
wont be able to offer a proper service to the users. According to the census of 2010, Quito
has 2239.191 inhabitants. Urban population decreased from 76.6% in 2001 to 72.3% in 2010
while rural population increased 4.3% in the same period. Thus, the population have tended
to settle in areas located near the south and north limits of the city, as well as, in the valleys
(Municipio de Quito, 2011). With these data, it is easy to note why the metro need to increase
its coverage in order to offer an efficient service to whole population.
Overall, Quito will continue growing, as well as, its population, and solutions for its
transportation problems, such as a metro, need to integrate not only superficial features but
also the whole reality of the society. It is important to take into account people, their homes
and behaviors. Finally, an immediate solution for Quito cannot be found, so local government
and society need to get involved and take more responsibility of the transportation service. All
together need to learn how to be users and providers for each other.

References
Alcalda de Quito. (2013). Metro de Quito EPM. Retrieved from
http://www.metrodequito.gob.ec
Bus Ecuador. (2013). La Ventana del Bus. Retrieved from http://www.busecuador.com/la-cajacomun.html
La Hora Nacional. (2015, Sep 18). Preocupa el incremento del parque automotor. Retrieved
from http://www.lahora.
com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/1101864895/-1/Preocupa-el-incremento-del-parqueautomotor.html
Municipio del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito. (2011, Dec). Plan de desarrollo 2012 -2022.
Retrieved from http://

www.emaseo.gob.ec/documentos/lotaip_2012/s/plan-de-desarrollo-2012-2014.pdf
Ortiz, S. (2015, Feb 5). Los habitantes del valle de los chillos viven una carrera contra el
tiempo. El Comercio.
Retrieved from http://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/valle-chillos-transito-transportebuses.html
Pacheco, M. (2016, Apr 11). Daos en el transporte pblico de Quito. ltimas Noticias.
Retrieved from http://www.
ultimasnoticias.ec/noticias/31412-2016-04-11-15-21-34.html