BOGOTÁ: A century in the waiting, the city's first metro has an opening date: Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán announced that passengers board Line 1 on March 15, 2028, with the 24-km elevated line more than 80% built - even as the Line 2 tender was declared void after drawing no bids. TransMilenio meanwhile awarded a roughly US$107 million cable car contract to extend aerial transit into more hillside neighbourhoods.
BRASÍLIA: Brazil's federal government issued a guarantee unlocking Niterói's approximately US$294 million, five-kilometre light rail project across the bay from Rio de Janeiro.
