page_title: Lima metropolitan area
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Lima metropolitan area / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: Map of six subregions of the Lima Metropolitan area
context_page_description: The Lima metropolitan area, is an area formed by the conurbation of the Peruvian provinces of Lima and Callao. It is the largest of the metropolitan areas of Peru, the seventh largest in the Americas, the fourth largest in Latin America, and among the thirty largest in the world. The conurbation process started to be evident in the 1980s. The metropolitan area is composed of five subregions. These are Lima Norte, Lima Sur, Lima Este, Central Lima, and Callao. Its estimated 2020 population is over 11 million according to the INEI.
context_section_description: Today Lima and Callao have conurbanized to the point that only signs mark the borders. Hundreds of streets and highways link the two cities.
  Taxicabs vary in quality of service and price. Most can be simply stopped at any street, private taxi companies can be called to pick up passengers at a certain address. To improve the quality of taxis running in Lima, a new law was passed to prohibit importing used cars; thanks to this law, the city of Lima has ensured that taxis and other motorists drive increasingly new vehicles, thereby reducing smog.
  Bus
  Numerous inter-urban bus companies offer transportation to other cities in Peru. Quality varies depending on the price, from luxury express buses to ill-maintained and crowded micros.
  Mass-transit systems:
  El Metropolitano
  The newly completed bus system called Metropolitano is an above-ground mass-transit system which traverses the downtown area, the financial district, other residential districts, and the upper reaches of the Cono Sur. The system starts in Chorrillos (southern Lima) and finishes in Comas (northern Lima). Plans for additional lines were abandoned in favor of adding complementary lines to the existing route.
  Lima Metro
  In 2010 the  government of Alan García renewed the project of Lima Metro, starting with the construction of Line 1. It calls for the construction and implementation of 11.7 kilometres (7.3 mi) (with a total of 22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi)) of viaduct elevated of double ramp from the Atocongo Bridge to downtown Lima. The Lima Metro Line 1 is being built by a consortium made up by two engineering and construction companies. It is estimated that construction will be complete by December 2010, with remaining work the electrification of the line. Siemens Engineering has responsibility for that portion. The first part of Line 1 must be completed in June 2011 and starts daily operations in July 2011.
  Air transport
  Lima's main passenger gateway for national and international air travelers is Jorge Chávez International Airport located in Callao.
caption: Map showing six subregions of the Lima metropolitan area
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