Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bogotá

“Life Is Sacred” — How Bogotá Reduced Road Deaths and Homicides Together

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 16, 2018 | No Comments

The city's traffic fatality rate declined by roughly 50 percent between 1996 and 2006. Key to that result was an initiative to address traffic deaths and homicides in tandem.

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Enrique Peñalosa: Democracy Is Bus-Only Lanes and Protected Bikeways

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 9, 2013 | No Comments

I lived in Bogotá, Colombia, for about half of 2002. While I was there, a political party headquarters near my house was car-bombed, guerrillas attacked the presidential inauguration, and thousands of people were killed in routine violence. It was a stressful place to live. Adding to that stress was the speed and chaos of traffic. […]

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Ten Years After Redefining BRT, What’s Next for TransMilenio?

By Elizabeth Press | Sep 7, 2011 | No Comments

Three years ago Streetfilms brought you a comprehensive look at Bogotá, Colombia’s TransMilenio, the world’s most advanced Bus Rapid Transit system. TransMilenio changed the way Bogotá residents think about public transportation, becoming indispensable to the 1.7 million people who use the system daily. If anything, the bus network became a victim of its own success, […]

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Riding Bogotá’s Bountiful Protected Bikeways

By Elizabeth Press | Aug 8, 2011 | No Comments

Since 1998, Bogotá, Colombia has built more than 300 kilometers of protected bikeways. Streetfilms recently had the chance to explore the city’s bike network with the man responsible for building it, former mayor Enrique Peñalosa. “When we build very high quality bicycle infrastructure, besides protecting cyclists, it shows that a citizen on a $30 bicycle […]

Juan Valdez and Jay-Z Invite New Yorkers to Take to the Streets

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 7, 2008 | 6 Comments

The City’s official Summer Streets web site and press release hit our inbox this morning. Jay-Z is joining Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan in inviting New Yorkers to hit seven miles worth of car-free streets in Manhattan this Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bringing it back full circle to Bogotá’s Ciclovia, […]

Wiki Wednesday: Ciclovía

By Ben Fried | Aug 6, 2008 | 3 Comments

With New York’s big Summer Streets premier less than 72 hours away, this week we’re highlighting the StreetsWiki entry on the mother of all car-free events, Bogotá’s Ciclovía. Actually, the phrase "car-free event" doesn’t quite do justice to a weekly gathering of a million people along 70 miles of streets. And as the authors note, […]

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