The mobility secretary launched a pilot program of public bicycles in two important locations in Bogotá. Here we analyze the pilot system and provide recommendations.
This document aims to provide an overview of Bogotá’s status quo, business as usual and optimal urban development based on the evaluation and benchmarking of six categories. It proposes a way forward in order to achieve a world class, transit-oriented metropolis by 2050.
Despacio is a non-profit organization that conducts research to promote quality of life in all stages of the life cycle and works in productive, educative and reproductive sectors, seeking to challenge the intuitive in their respective fields of knowledge by performing applied research to improve the welfare of the community in general.
Energy use in the transport sector fell from a record high level by almost 5 per cent between 2007 and 2009, and over the following two years energy usage has remained at a relatively constant level (figure), increasing according to preliminary data by 0.1 per cent between 2010 and 2011, writes the European Environment Agency in its annual report on transport and the environment.