Many of the streets/roads have lines painted on them. However, nobody seems to pay any attention to the lines. If your vehicle fits somewhere, it's a lane. Motorcycles go right in between cars at traffic lights. Cars, buses, and trucks drive on the shoulder. Beeping your horn is the way you let the person beside you know that you are creating a new lane and they shouldn't drift into your car.
Many streets and highways have fairly high curbs separating lanes of traffic. This is probably to prevent too many lanes from being improvised.
Also, a full stop at a stop sign appears rare. When traffic lights are out because of the rotating black outs, you need to slowly edge your nose into the traffic until someone stops. Then your lane appears to have the right-of-way.
Horn beeping is very common for many reasons. However, no one seems to get upset or use hand (or finger) gestures.
Busses are plentiful in Guayaquil. In the city, elevated platforms are often in the center of the streets with "bus only" lanes.
Interesting, there seem to be a lot of newer vehicles on the roads. Chevy and Toyotas appear to be popular.
The roads are in fairly good condition in the city and the highway system appears well designed. Outside the city the roads sometimes are a little more bumpy and sometimes very bad. A lot of the larger boulevards in Guayaquil have very nice landscaping and the city does a great job keeping trash cleaned up. At different places in the city, you can see tile art designs decorating highway bridge underpasses. This has successfully cut down on graffiti.
Gas is $1.48 per gallon. Yes, per gallon, not liter. This is due to the fact that Ecuador is an OPEC member and the government keeps the price controlled.
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