Ecuador
Quito Metro Line One
 Description                                                      Development Challenge
 Purpose: To provide efficient, underground public                Quito, Ecuador’s capital, is located in a valley surrounded by
 transportation to the residents of Quito, Ecuador.               volcanoes which limits construction of modern wide roads.
 Expected Results (include): Build 23 kilometers of               Limited infrastructure has meant traffic jams and increased
 metro rail and 15 stations with six of them integrated           greenhouse gas emissions.
 with the Metrobus-Q to transport 360,000
 passengers daily; save $14 million in fuel annually;             Project Description
 generate 1,800 jobs. To alleviate traffic congestion             The Quito metro involves the support of four multilateral
 and improve access to the 760,000 people who work
 near the metro line.
                                                                  agencies to invest $1.5 billion in the first line of the project.
                                                                  The project will improve urban mobility to reduce travel time,
 IBRD Financing: $205 million
                                                                  decrease operational costs of the transport service, improve
                                                                  connectivity, security, and comfort of the current system and
                                                                  reduce emissions from pollutants and greenhouse gases.




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For more information:
http://www.worldbank.org/projects/P144489/ecuador-quito-metro-line-one?lang=en
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