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Quito is building a 400-space underground parking structure, installing 280 LED lights, and adding 65 security cameras to the city's most-visited park. Construction starts in April.
Three major north-south corridors will get exclusive bus lanes by Q4 2026, complementing the Metro de Quito. The $28 million project aims to serve 180,000 daily passengers.
Three months after launch, Latin America's highest-altitude metro is beating ridership projections by 22%. Traffic on parallel routes is measurably declining. Here's what the numbers show.
For the first time in years, Air Canada will fly nonstop to Quito from both Montreal and Toronto starting December 2026. Boeing 787 Dreamliner service, three times weekly from Montreal, once from Toronto — a big deal for Canadian expats.
Starting mid-April, Avianca will offer daily nonstop service between Quito and Miami, giving expats and travelers yet another convenient link between Ecuador and the US.
Riding the success of its first metro line, Quito has greenlit an ambitious $800 million expansion that will add three new routes -- including a direct airport-to-downtown connector that could transform the expat commute.
