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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Lessons from Bogotá

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on March 4, 2008

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Had enough livable streets lessons from Bogotá? Good. Neither have we.

In the final chapter of our September NYCSR visit to Colombia, where the indefatigable Gil Peñalosa was our tour guide, you'll find lots of tasty video morsels including: riding the comfortable ciclorutas and cycle paths, a visit to a thriving pedestrian-only street where they said it couldn't be done, a "bollard farm," mucho footage of the city's parks and public spaces and comments from the city's residents. And we couldn't resist - just a wee bit more dance mania at the Recreovia.

If this is your first foray into Bogotá, might we suggest these related Streetfilms which will bring you up to speed on Ciclovia and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT):

Ciclovia (9:41)

Bus Rapid Transit: Bogotá (7:29)

Mark Gorton Interviews Enrique Peñalosa (12:07)

15 Comments

Last comment by Greg Cantori
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    Greg Raisman

    WOW!!!

    March 4, 2008 at 1:33 am Link # 1
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    Bike There - Torture

    This is a good kind of torture - it shows us what is possible. We have to set our sights high - very...

    March 4, 2008 at 3:21 am Link # 2
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    sustainableflatbush.org

    [...] brings us more Livable Streets lessons from Bogota, Colombia: pedestrian-friendly streets, miles of bicycle paths, and free outdoor recreation for [...]

    March 4, 2008 at 2:06 pm Link # 3
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    Greg Cantori

    We are presenting your excellent film to Mayor Dixon in two weeks to get our Ciclovia (americanized to "Sunday Streets") started in Baltimore! Wish us luck!

    March 4, 2008 at 3:53 pm Link # 4
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    Clarissa

    Way to go StreetFilms, Streetsblog, and Transportation Alternatives! More excellent reporting of what's possible in New York City and in the U.S.

    March 4, 2008 at 7:55 pm Link # 5
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    J.Emma

    This is totally amazing. great stuff!!

    March 5, 2008 at 8:11 pm Link # 6
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    Dan Kaufman

    "It's not about budgets it about priorities and will." Yes and the tide is moving in the right direction.

    March 6, 2008 at 12:56 am Link # 7
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    Jerry Robbins

    Nice movie. It would be neat if it included a map showing the bike path system in relation to the urban area and physical feature of Bogata.
    Thanks.

    March 6, 2008 at 5:58 pm Link # 8
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    Das alternativas à estupidez « apocalipse motorizado

    [...] Das alternativas à estupidez foto: streetfilms [...]

    March 12, 2008 at 10:57 am Link # 9
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    O que não se fala sobre Bogotá « Cão Uivador

    [...] mais sobre Bogotá no Apocalipse Motorizado, e assista ao documentário produzido sobre a cidade - o vídeo está em inglês, mas a tradução de alguns trechos está na postagem do [...]

    March 13, 2008 at 1:47 pm Link # 10
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    Casandra

    I am so proud of us!! I knwo the key is to beleive in us, our human part, that's what makes us precious and we can even be example to the world!!
    great!! Only the video is kind of heavy, it take too long to download, can there be something done about it!?

    greetings,

    Cas

    March 14, 2008 at 11:14 am Link # 11
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    James Neville

    Someone should send a copy of this to Ken Livingstone
    Even if we had one Sunday in the month wouldn't it be great to ravel the streets of London without traffic

    March 21, 2008 at 8:21 am Link # 12
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    Gillmore

    [...] of course. In an effort to balance out this negative press I urge you to take a look at this link: http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/lessons-from-bogota/.  It features a short film made all about an amazing scheme called “ciclovia” in [...]

    March 22, 2008 at 6:20 am Link # 13
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    meneame.net

    Lecciones de la transformacion de Bogota...

    Video sobre la transformacion de Bogota... parques, ciclovias, transporte publico...

    April 19, 2008 at 8:58 pm Link # 14
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    Greg Cantori

    BALTIMORE is going to do it! Looks like a 8 mile route for starters - We are tangling with the police cost issue. Really don't need a cop on every intersection but will do so for starters until everyone is used to the event....wish us luck and email me if you have any questions on our process to date. gcantori@knottfoundation.org rchambers@onelesscar.org

    June 13, 2008 at 5:01 pm Link # 15