enrique peñalosa

enrique penasola bw

[new york, bogotá, colombia]

intro’d to Enrique here:

Why buses represent democracy in action

sept 2013

“An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport,” argues Enrique Peñalosa. In this spirited talk, the former mayor of Bogotá shares some of the tactics he used to change the transportation dynamic in the Colombian capital… and suggests ways to think about building smart cities of the future.

Enrique Peñalosa was the mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, between 1998 and 2000. He advocates for sustainability and mobility in the cities of the future.

equity – a bus with 100 people has right to 100 more space as a car with 1 person..

not even school children are more important than cars, ie: forgetting to make sidewalks..

people vs cars

those who walk are equally important as those who have cars..

more than 10,ooo children killed by cars every year

cars have been here for less than 100 yrs..

in 1900 no on killed by cars in us, between 1920-1930 – almost 200,000 people killed by cars

1935 – almost 7000 children killed by cars in us

every other street only for pedestrians and bicycles… bicycle highways…

streets only for busses, bicycles, and pedestrians..