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Bogotá was once seen as the world-famous capital of narcotraffic and guerrillas. However, all that has now changed, with Colombia’s largest city receiving visits by politicians and planners from across the globe looking to develop sustainable transport and public space projects in their own cities. |
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Although Bogota’s transportation system Transmilenio has been used as an example of positive urban development for years, it seems the city has outgrown the system. And residents are taking to Youtube to express their dissatisfaction. |
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The first BRT in the world was implemented in 1974 in Curitiba, Brazil, and high-speed, bus-priority public transport systems have been cropping up in cities all over the world since then. Here’s five that followed Latin America’s lead. |
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After London successfully implement a congestion pricing scheme in 2003, countless cities said they were considering doing the same. Nine years later, few have followed London’s lead. So what’s happened to city-wide congestion pricing? |
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The way we get around our cities is a critical factor in their sustainability. Here are 5 of the best blog posts we’ve featured on This Big City in 2011 exploring that very topic. |
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78% of all car journeys are taken with a single person in the car – a massively inefficient use of space, energy and money. This new infographic shows how many cars are on our roads, what capacity they operate at, and the potential of car sharing for the environment. |
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Think electric car, and what you probably see is a nippy vehicle in a quirky colour being parked with expert precision and zero revs in a tiny space in a crowded city. But recharging points at service stations up and down the UK’s motorways could change this vision altogether. |
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Driving is a dangerous endeavour, for more than just the obvious reasons. Between ignition and parking most people become lesser animals: differentiating between car and driver becomes cognitively impossible. And it’s a similar situation for cyclists. |