Infrastruture

The MABA has a population of around 12,000,000 inhabitants and around 18,000,000 trips are made each day, combining 295 lines of buses, 5 lines of subways, 1 pre-metro, 6 lines of metropolitan trains, 50,000 taxis and 2,000,000 private cars. The bus system daily transports 9,200,000 passengers (83% of the movement in public transportation and 50% of the total trips). The trains transport a total of 1,200,000 passengers (11% of the movement in public transportation and 3% of the total trips). The subways and the pre-metro daily transport a total of 700,000 passengers (6% of the public transportation movement and 3% of the total trips).
The metropolitan road infrastructure is formed by the urban network of the Capital Federal and the different urban and rural roads of the province of Buenos Aires. The total extension of highways, avenues and streets, paved or not, is approximately 25,000 km. In the northern sector cars represent an average of around 70% of the average traffic near Capital Federal, decreasing to 50% as we move away, while buses and trucks increase their participation. In the West there is also a predominance of cars, in less proportion (50%), observing a greater participation of buses and trucks near Capital Federal. An analogous situation occurs in the South.
The railway system in MABA is in extension the fifth in the world, with 901 km, of which 164 km (18%) is powered with electricity, joining more than 250 stations with 4 terminals in the centre of the region.
There are three international airports in MABA. In order of importance these are:

• Aeropuerto Internacional de Ezeiza
• Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
• Aeropuerto Don Torcuato

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