A stop on Calle 19 of Bogota's Transmilenio BRT system. Photo by Kinori, taken 10 July 2004. Via Wikimedia Commons. A new journal article provides a sympathetic but 'warts and all' examination of Bogotá's celebrated (and much emulated ) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, Transmilenio, and the dangers that it is now facing. Fresh from hearing former Bogotá Mayor, Enrique Peñ alosa , speak at the World Cities Summit in Singapore last week, my interest was piqued. The article , "Bus Rapid Transit: Is Transmilenio a Miracle Cure?", is in the July edition (vol. 28, issue 4) of Transport Reviews journal (paywalled, sorry). It is by geographer and expert on Latin American cities, Alan Gilbert of University College London. The abstract explains: ... The article describes its main characteristics and applauds the improvements that it has already brought to urban transport in Bogotá. Naturally, the system is not without its flaws and these need to be drawn to the attenti