The mayor of Bogotá, Carlos Fernando Galán, appointed María Fernanda Ortiz Carrascal as the new manager of the Integrated Public Transportation System of Bogotá, Transmilenio. The civil engineer, master in Transportation Engineering, and in Smart Cities and Urban Analyticsis originally from Valledupar, but has developed her professional life in the country’s capital.
From 2016 to 2021 he was part of the government of Bogotá; He participated in the planning and implementation of projects such as the First Line of the Bogotá Metro, the renewal of the trunk component of the Transmilenio System and the integration of the Bogotá SITP with regional projects such as the Regiotram of the West.
Due to her career, in 2022 she was recognized by the TUMI and Women Mobilize Women initiative as one of the 15 outstanding women worldwide working in mobility.
electricity due to the decarbonisation of transport.
