This city installed a series of orange-roofed escalators in its Comuna 13 to improve mobility across its steep terrain. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this capital of Antioquia and the second-most populous city of Colombia. This city north of Cali experienced a 97 percent drop in homicides after the early 1990s in part due to a “citizen commitment” to infrastructure.
ANSWER: Medellín (“meh-duh-YEEN”)
[10e] Medellín is serviced by five lines of this form of transport built by the French company Poma and developed from Alpine ski facilities.
ANSWER: gondola lift [accept cable car; accept chair lift; accept incline car; prompt on lift]
[10h] Medellín has this public transport system common in Latin America in which namesake large vehicles receive traffic priority and dedicated road width. Curitiba, Brazil championed this system that goes by a three-word name.
ANSWER: Bus Rapid Transit [or BRT; accept Bus Rapid Transit System or BRTS; prompt on bus lanes or busways or transitways]
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