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Bogota and Beyond: A New Model for Urban Planning and Development

Enrique PeÃ±alosa has become internationally recognized as a political leader and visionary who "walks the walk" regarding issues of social equity, sustainability, and civic participation. As mayor of Bogota from 1998 to 2001, he oversaw the transformation of a major city beset by many of the problems that face other cities in the developing world: stark disparities in income, disenfranchised citizens, traffic congestion, pollution, and more.

By Aaron Donovan

11:16 PM EST on November 2, 2006

Enrique PeÃ±alosa has become internationally recognized as a political leader and visionary who “walks the walk” regarding issues of social equity, sustainability, and civic participation. As mayor of Bogota from 1998 to 2001, he oversaw the transformation of a major city beset by many of the problems that face other cities in the developing world: stark disparities in income, disenfranchised citizens, traffic congestion, pollution, and more.

Since serving as Bogota’s mayor, PeÃ±alosa has spoken on his approach to urban revitalization at international conferences and major universities around the world. He has also advised national and local governments on urban issues in Central and South America, Africa, India, China, and Southeast Asia. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy in New York City.

Aaron Donovan

Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.

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