MetrobusQ or Sistema MetrobusQ (the name is short for ''Metrobús (de) Quito'') is a
bus rapid transit system managed by the
Empresa Metropolitana de Servicios y Administración del Transporte (EMSAT), the transportation agency of the municipality of the city of
Quito,
Pichincha Province
Pichincha () is a province of Ecuador located in the northern Sierra region; its capital and largest city is Quito. It is bordered by Imbabura and Esmeraldas to the north, Cotopaxi and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the south, Napo and ...
,
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
. It is composed of three subsystems, or three busways:
*
Trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or trol ...
system ("
Trole"), opened in 1995 and subsequently extended.
*
Articulated bus line ("
Ecovía"), opened in 2001.
*Articulated bus line ("
Metrobus") running through northern and central Quito ("Corredor Central Norte").
External links
"Sistema Convencional de Transporte" ''Metrobús Quito.'' Retrieved 2009-03-26.
Transport in Quito
Bus rapid transit
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