Sistema Integrado de Transporte Optibús

SIT Optibús (officially Sistema Integrado de Transporte Optibús) is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system operating in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Locally it is known also as "La Oruga" (the caterpillar), due to its use of articulated buses.

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History

Most of the Optibús route uses city streets, but with dedicated bus lanes and high-level platform stations. The system was inaugurated on September 27, 2003 and cost a total of 1,405,700,000 pesos to implement.^[1] León was the first city in Mexico to implement a BRT system.^[2] The system is part of the integrated transit network for León and utilizes prepaid farecards (known as Pagobús), which can be used for every other bus route as well.^[1]

In 2016, 58 Torino OH 1624/59 buses by Mercedes-Benz were acquired for the system.^[2]

In 2019 and 2020, an app to improve the service was being planned, along with a purchase of 1,000 new buses, gates, and installing Wi-Fi and security cameras in each bus.^[3]^[4]

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Statistics

The Optibus accounts for 85% of trips taken on public transportation in León.^[5] Daily ridership is around 120,000.^[1] There were 17,200,123 riders in August 2024.^[6] According to a 2024 study by the Mario Molina Center, León's public transportation system in ranked ninth place out of 32 systems in Mexico.^[6]

Sistema Integrado de Transporte Optibús

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