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Petro Requires Galán to Explain “to Detail” the Rise in the Transmilenio Tariff

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The tension between President Gustavo Petro and the mayor of Bogotá, Carlos Fernando Galán, is not new. The current and growing shock is due to the rise in the fare of TransMilenio, the public transport system of Bogotá, decreed by the District. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Transport has questioned the increase to 3,550 pesos—350 pesos more than in 2025, an increase of 10,94 %—and has announced that it will request, together with the Superintende…

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The tension between President Gustavo Petro and the mayor of Bogotá, Carlos Fernando Galán, is not new. The current and growing shock is due to the rise in the fare of TransMilenio, the public transport system of Bogotá, decreed by the District. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Transport has questioned the increase to 3,550 pesos—350 pesos more than in 2025, an increase of 10,94 %—and has announced that it will request, together with the Superintende…

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The TransMilenio passage for 2026 was $3,550. Photo: taken from bogota.gov.co To the list of disagreements between the National Government and the Mayor of Bogotá has added one more: the adjustment in the TransMilenio passage for 2026. After the district officialized an increase of $350 (10.9%) in the unified tariff of the trunk services, the Ministry of Transport issued a statement questioning the measure, considering that this “demands a techn…

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El Pais broke the news in Spain on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.
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