Latin America | This Big City

Nov

Income Inequality and Transportation Policy: The Challenges Facing Mexico’s Next President

Categories: Governance, Latin America, People

by Claudia Huerta

With Mexico's new President taking over the reigns on December 1st, many are wondering what is in store for the country. While closing the income inequality gap remains a challenge, the President will also need to address the exponential growth of private vehicles on Mexico’s roads. Read more

Nov

WikiCity: How Tactical Urbanism is Improving Mexico City for Pedestrians and Cyclists

Categories: Community, Governance, Latin America, People

Tags: cc, Mexico City, wikicity

Comments: 1

by Joe Peach

Across the globe, citizens are taking control of their cities by implementing the changes governments aren't providing. We recently met with Alejandro Morales and Jimena Veloz to discuss their work with Camina, Haz Ciudad - a Mexico City collective aiming to improve facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. Read more

Nov

Beyond Sandy: How Climate Change Has Affected Cities Worldwide

Categories: Asia and the Pacific, Energy and Services, Latin America, Planning, Urban Scale, USA and Canada

Tags: Buenos Aires, cc, climate change, New York City

Comments: 2

by Drew Reed

Global climate change is more than something to be talked about for a couple of days after a destructive storm. Worldwide, it has changed the paradigm of planning and governance, especially for cities. Read more

Nov

Buenos Aires Residents on the Fence About New Park Enclosures

Categories: Latin America, Placemaking, Planning

Tags: Buenos Aires, cc, green space, parks

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by Drew Reed

The government of Buenos Aires recently announced plans to fence off several parks. However, this fence-building project has been met with opposition in Caballito, the middle class neighbourhood surrounding Parque Centenario. Read more

Oct

Transit Culture: the Missing Element In Boosting Ridership

Categories: Community, Latin America, People, Public Transport, Transport, USA and Canada

Tags: Buenos Aires, cc

Comments: 11

by Drew Reed

How we travel is more than a simple choice of how to get around, it is a part of how we see ourselves and a way we relate to the people around us. That's why creating transit culture is a critical part of building ridership. Read more

Oct

To Drive or Not To Drive: Two South American Countries Consider Congestion Pricing

Categories: Cars and Roads, Latin America, Transport

Tags: Buenos Aires, cc, congestion pricing, Santiago

Comments: 2

by Drew Reed

Judging by the reaction to two congestion pricing proposals in South America, car owners all over the world can agree on one thing: they don’t want to pay to use the roads they drive on. Read more

Sep

The Week The Subway Stood Still: How I Survived Buenos Aires’s Longest-Ever Subway Closure

Categories: Latin America, Public Transport, Transport

Tags: Buenos Aires, cc, public private, subway

Comments: 1

by Drew Reed

Buenos Aires’s subway has closed multiple times this year due to an ongoing feud between the federal government of Argentina, the city government, the private company who run the subways, and of course, the subway workers’ union. Read more

Aug

São Paulo Bicycle Library Brings Books to the City’s Homeless

Categories: Bikes, Latin America, Transport

Tags: education, libraries, São Paulo

Comments: 1

by Global Voices

If good ideas transcend boundaries, this one does it by bike. Bicicloteca is a bicycle library which aims to encourage reading in São Paulo, especially among people who live on the streets. Read more

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