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“Bring Your Pets to Work” – printed and for sale!
One of the great pleasures in life is publishing a book after months and years of work. Although we published “How to Bring Your Pet to Work” almost two years ago, it was only available digitally. So, over the last few months, we fixed a few things and sent the book to be printed. It’s for…
Despacio at COP21
Despacio spent the last two weeks in Paris at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21). We helped coordinate the Sustainable Low-Carbon Transport Partnership (SLoCaT) booth in the Green Zone and the joint FIA Foundation–ITDP–TRF booth in the Blue Zone. We provided visitors with general information about the work of SLoCaT and other organizations, as well as…
Urban Hackathon – Results
On November 7th, Despacio and the Bogota Chamber of Commerce held an Urban Hackathon to find solutions to the city’s mobility problems. Participants had to study road safety problems, public transit, bike inclusion and fines, using data from various sources. In total, the event had 52 participants in 21 work groups. Each group choose the topic that most…
Factsheet on Active Transport in Bogota and Colombia
The Universidad de los Andes School of Medicine has recently published a new factsheet “Are we moving towards healthier cities?” Despacio contributed to the factsheet. The short report explains the health benefits of active transport in Bogota and in Colombia overall. A few key statistics: 34% of Colombian adults meet the Physical Activity Recommendations by walking as…
Slow Roll Chicago in Bogota
This past Monday, we sat down with Oboi Reed, co-founder of Slow Roll Chicago. Oboi is visiting Bogota and Medellin to learn about the relationship between bicycle planning and anti-poverty and anti-violence work in these cities. What is Slow Roll Chicago? Where does the name come from? Slow Roll Chicago is a local bicycle…
Slow Roll Chicago en Bogotá
El lunes charlamos con Oboi Reed, co-fundador de Slow Roll Chicago, quien está visitando Bogotá y Medellín para aprender sobre la relación entre la planificación para la bicicleta y el trabajo contra la pobreza y la violencia que estas ciudades han realizado. ¿Qué es Slow Roll Chicago? ¿De dónde viene el nombre? Slow Roll Chicago…
Gas Prices and Road Safety in Bogotá
José Segundo López, our lead engineer, presented today at the XI Colombian Congress of Transport and Transit Engineering in Barranquilla. His presentation looked at the relationship between gas prices and road safety in Bogotá, a topic that was also the focus of his master’s thesis at the Universidad de los Andes. Dr. Juan Pablo Bocarejo,…
Despacio Postcards Experiment
“Despacio se llega lejos” (Slowly you get far) is our third and final experiment of 2015. Today, the Internet is the main way we communicate with people that live far from us. This generally makes communication is immediate and easy. However, we have forgotten about other modes of communication that are not as a fast but…
In Memory of Carsten Wass
Last night, Dr. Carsten Wass, a renowned expert in road safety, passed away. Carsten spent October in Colombia, where he presented during Road Safety Week and trained us on conducting road safety inspections in Bogotá. Those of us that had the opportunity to work with Carsten admired his observational abilities, a skill he developed through many years of…
Despacio in the US
“Bogota remains an inspirational and informative example of how investments in sustainable mobility can improve the quality-of-life, and people around the world are keen to see what projects the city delivers in the coming years,” says Chris Morfas, Senior Advisor to Despacio. Last month, Chris spoke to transit, bicycling, and walking planners and advocates at three gatherings…