Transportation
Meet the Chileans Obsessed With Their Struggling Transit System
Following a disastrous launch, Santiago’s ambitious Transantiago network became widely hated across Chile's capital city. But a determined group of transit fans is trying to rescue it.
This story was first published in Spanish on our sister site, CityLab Latino.
SANTIAGO, Chile — In a cafe on the east side of Santiago, five men gather to talk public transportation. They talk about which city bus lines run most frequently and which show up the least. They talk about traffic flow studies and discuss their quest to ride every line in the whole bus network. They compare their impressive collections of transit cards.