How Quito is building resilience into its mobility services

Jonathan Andrews spoke to Rubén Darío Tapia Rivera, Secretary of Mobility, Quito about the challenges of providing mobility services in a rugged and hilly city

Quito is constructing its first metro line. In such difficult topography and geology, how are you incorporating resilience into the plan?

As far as the metro is concerned, resilience is reflected in the ability to continue to operate and recover in the shortest time possible. Both the tunnel and the stations are constructed of reinforced concrete–material that has excellent resilience to earthquakes, fire or flood. The metro’s electrification system has redundancy characteristics, which allow the system to be up and running even if ...