Sistema Integrado de Transporte Optibús
SIT Optibús is a bus rapid transit system operating in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Locally it is known also as "La Oruga", due to its use of articulated buses.
History
Most of the Optibús route uses city streets, but with dedicated bus lanes and high-level platform stations. The system was inaugurated on September 27, 2003 and cost a total of 1,405,700,000 pesos to implement. León was the first city in Mexico to implement a BRT system. The system is part of the integrated transit network for León and utilizes prepaid farecards, which can be used for every other bus route as well.In 2016, 58 Torino OH 1624/59 buses by Mercedes-Benz were acquired for the system.
In 2019 and 2020, an app to improve the service was being planned, along with a purchase of 1,000 new buses, gates, and installing Wi-Fi and security cameras in each bus.