[citation needed] Based on its master plan, the completed system, which is being built by the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group,[6] is intended to reach a length of 33.8 km (21.0 mi) with 11 lines and 30 stations.

[8] In 2018, Mi Teleférico won a Latam Smart City Award in the category of "Sustainable urban development and mobility".

[9] Mi Teleférico was planned in order to address a number of problems, including a precarious public transit system that could not cope with growing user demands, the high cost in time and money of traveling between La Paz and El Alto, chaotic traffic with its subsequent environmental and noise pollution, and a growing demand for gasoline and diesel fuel, which are subsidized by the state.

Prior to the construction of the cable car, travel between La Paz and El Alto was limited to heavily crowded, winding streets, and the only public transit consisted of buses and minibuses that often got stuck in traffic.

The most controversial aspects of the plan were the fare, the low passenger capacity, and the proximity to the Basilica of San Francisco.

During the 1991 municipal elections, the Conciencia de Patria (CONDEPA) party candidate argued against a cable car, claiming it would cost minibus drivers their livelihoods and impact privacy.

In July 2012, Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma drafted a bill for the construction of a cable car to connect El Alto with the center and south of La Paz and sent it to the Plurinational Legislative Assembly.

On 26 January 2015, the law permitting construction of Phase Two was passed, increasing the number of new lines to six and committing US $450 million to the project.

[25][26] The project was originally due to open in November 2016, but it suffered repeated delays until Mi Teleférico took over construction work in 2017.

On February 14, 2015, a eucalyptus tree fell, striking an empty cabin on the Yellow Line, dislodging the cable and leaving passengers stranded for three hours.

[citation needed] Beginning in December 2014, the Mi Teleférico and La Paz Bus systems began allowing passenger transfers at the Chuqui Apu station.