SIT Optibús (officially Sistema Integrado de Transporte Optibús) is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system operating in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Locally it is known also as "La Oruga" (the caterpillar), 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.[1] León was the first city in Mexico to implement a BRT system.[2] The system is part of the integrated transit network for León and utilizes prepaid farecards (known as Pagobús), which can be used for every other bus route as well.[1]
In 2016, 58 Torino OH 1624/59 buses by Mercedes-Benz were acquired for the system.[2]