There is an increasing recognition among Brasilia’s 2.5 million inhabitants that the current transportation system does not satisfy the needs of its users. Current options available to Brasilia’s residents and workforce which is heavily commuting to downtown from the peripheral areas are limited to the standard urban and rural bus lines, microbuses and vans, and a limited metro system, in operation since 2001 which carries 150,000 riders per day.. As it stands, 62% of Brasilia’s mass-transit users rated the city’s transportation system as “poor,” and a meager 0.3% categorized it as, “good”. An outdated fleet of mass-transit vehicles and limited station accessibility contribute to rider dissatisfaction.. One rider was quoted as saying, “Em Brasilia, onibus nao se pega; se conquista”. “In Brasilia the bus doesn’t come to you; you chase it down.”