Archive for April 2014
Sustainable Transport and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
During this event, a group of climate change experts and the audience evaluated the pertinence and effectiveness of the goals set in the sustainable transport Results Framework, a document being prepared with the aim of including sustainable transport in the United Nation’s Post-2015 Development Agenda. This is being done on behalf of the Partnership on…
Read MoreWhat do NAMAs contribute to Sustainable Urban Development?
During this event, we described the ways in which NAMAs (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions, an instrument to finance climate change mitigation) can be useful in advancing the implementation of sustainable urban development policies. The event was carried out in a networking format alongside 20 similar events. Participation fluctuated immensely, with a maximum of about 50 participants.…
Read MoreConfiguring the Urban Night
This event was developed by Parque Explora, LSE Cities (and its project Configuring Light) with support from ARUP, to discuss the different aspects of analysis when talking about urban lighting, the night and even light pollution. If you missed it, you can watch the recorded version here. In daily life and in cities, night and darkness have good…
Read More“Before I Die” Wall
The idea of the “Before I Die I Want To…” Wall is from Candy Chang, who in her book, says her motivation for doing so was understanding well the life stage that is normally evaded (death) and using it as a reflection for the things that each person would want to do with the rest…
Read MoreImplementation of the Safe Route
As part of our work with ONU Habitat to support improvements in non-motorized transport in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley (AMVA), we implemented—alongside the regional government—a Safe Route to the World Urban Forum that improved conditions for those arriving to the Forum on bicycle and beyond. To carry out the Safe Route pilot…
Read MoreSafe Route Experiential Tour
One way to show the work done within the framework of the UN Habitat agreement was to ride the safe route on bicycle, explaining from the beginning the participation of private business (Plaza Mayor) and the differences that existed among the various entities in Medellin’s government. For this, we called on different members of UN…
Read MoreVisita Experiencial de la Ruta Segura
Una forma de mostrar el trabajo realizado en el marco del acuerdo con Onu-Hàbitat, era precisamente hacer el recorrido en bicicleta por la ruta segura, explicando desde el principio toda la participación de la empresa privada (Plaza Mayor) hasta las diferencias que hubo con algunas entidades del municipio de Medellín. Para esto se convocó a…
Read MoreImplementación de la Ruta Segura
Como parte de nuestro trabajo con ONU Hábitat y para apoyar el mejoramiento del transporte no motorizado en el Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá, implementamos junto con AMVA (el gobierno del Área Metropolitana) una Ruta Segura al Foro Urbano Mundial que mejoró las condiciones para quienes llegaran en bicicleta al Foro y más…
Read MoreMuro “Antes de Morir Quiero”
La idea del muro de “antes de morir quiero” fue de Candy Chang, quien en su libro describiendo la idea dice que su motivación para hacerlo fue la de comprender bien una etapa de la vida que normalmente se evade (la muerte) y utilizarlo como reflexión para las cosas que cada persona podría hacer en…
Read MoreVisita Técnica a Medellín, Bogotá y Pereira
Durante Abril 11-16, tuvimos la oportunidad de llevar a un grupo de personas a visitar los sitios más importantes de proyectos de transporte en Medellín, Bogotá y Pereira. Estuvimos en todos los sistemas de transporte masivo existentes en esas ciudades y además montamos en bicicleta, visitamos obras… en fin. ¡Si se emocionan a participar en…
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