Cities and Urbanization

Lessons in public transport, from a mountain city with 20 volcanoes

Ecuador's capital Quito is crossed by four tectonic faults, 192 ravines and surrounded by 20 volcanoes

New buses and cable cars will connect poorer Ecuadorians with jobs in the city centre. Image: Danny Arte

Mauricio Rodas
Senior Fellow at the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center and Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, Global Commission on BiodiverCities by 2030
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