In Conversation with Diego Monraz Villaseñor, Secretary of Transport for Jalisco, Mexico (opens in new tab)

In the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, located in Mexico’s State of Jalisco, the region’s newest bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor, Mi Macro Periférico, officially launched in 2022. It has become one of the largest such systems in the country, providing more than 300,000 trips per day across 46 stations. ITDP Latin America Director Bernardo Baranda invited Diego Monraz Villaseñor, the state’s Secretary of Transport, to discuss the decision to invest in BRT and what it can mean for other cities.