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Infrastructure of transportation systems in metropolitan area of Buenos Aires
Olga Vicente Engineer, Member at Argentine Road Association
Oscar Fariña Engineer and Researcher, Corresponding Member of the World Road Association Technical Committee 2.2 on Improved Mobility in Urban Areas.
The transportation system of Buenos Aires (18,380 km2 and 14.8 million inhabitants in 2010) is made up of several mass and individual means of transport, which, relying on road infrastructure that consists in a network of urban freeways, avenues and streets with interconnection points, enables people to move, whether by car, bus, train, underground trains, motorcycles, bicycles, etc.