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Zohran Mamdani: “Bogota moves 40,000 people in an hour on a bus. We don't…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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This, this is nuts. No way. This is not happening. New York City, we like to talk about ourselves as the best in the world. And I love this city, But Bogota moves 40,000 people in an hour on a bus. We don't even move 35,000 people in a day on a bus. That's the, that's the closest we get, is the most frequented bus in New York City is barely that, you know? So what we're going to do is make buses fast and free. (00:05–29:43)

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Asserts that Bogota's bus system moves 40,000 people per hour, while New York City's busiest bus route doesn't move 35,000 people per day.

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