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Catharsis Bogotá
Catharsis Bogotá is a new joint project of Despacio and El Espectador to understand what bogotanos find bothersome about the city. The project starts with a simple question asking people what they dislike about Bogotá and then uses these responses to generate solutions to these problems. Help us by filling out the survey. For those of you that think this initiative is too negative, we…
Sustainable TOD Workshops in Colombia
From April 7-9, Despacio led workshops on sustainable Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in Bogota, Cali and Medellin. Despacio was hired by the Low-Carbon Resilient Development (LCRD) program to develop the workshops in cooperation with local entities. The objective was to increase knowledge and interest in sustainable TOD projects in Colombian cities, utilizing transit systems (SITM, SETP and SITP)…
Despacio and SLoCaT: two years of great work
For the past two years, Despacio has served as the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) representative for the Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) Partnership. CAF – Development Bank of Latin America hired Despacio to advance these issues in the region and to participate in various conferences on SLoCaT’s behalf. During the first year of…
Ateliers DOTS Colombie
Mandaté dans le cadre du programme LCRD (Développement résilient à faibles émissions de carbone), Despacio a organisé (en coopération avec quelques entités locales) trois ateliers sur le thème du Développement Orienté vers le Transport Soutenable (DOTS) qui ont eu lieu les 7, 8 et 9 avril à Bogotá, Cali et Medellín. Le but de…
Les publications de Despacio et la promotion du transport et du développement urbain durable
Chez Despacio, nous aimerions penser que les publications auxquelles nous avons participé ont permis de contribuer à certains changements en matière de politiques urbaines. Bien qu’il ne soit pas possible d’en être certains, nous aimerions croire que les documents sur lesquels nous avons travaillé ont pu servir à quelque chose. A ce titre,…
Despacio’s Publications: promoting sustainable transport and urban development
At Despacio, we’d like to think our publications have created changes in urban policies. Although we cannot prove this scientifically, we hope that our reports and books have had this kind of influence. Below, a list of our publications. – In 2012, we conducted research, designed and published Bogotá 21 (Pardo was a co-author), which proposed ways for Bogotá to promote transit-oriented development…
Photos from Car-Free Day (part 2)
More photos comparing a handful of locations on Día Sin Carro to a day with cars.
Photos of Car-Free Day in Bogotá
For Día Sin Carro (Car-Free Day) this past Wednesday in Bogotá, we decided to take pictures to see the difference between a day with cars and one without. Lucas, one of our volunteers, traveled around the city and took photos to show the difference. It should be obvious which is which:
Supporting Retro Cleto Collective
The Retro Cleto collective works in Sibaté and in some parts of southern Bogotá (we visited Sibaté in 2012). Their work highlights the importance of thinking about the city from a regional perspective, integrating rural and urban, and of using a range of artistic activities, tactical urbanism, and civic participation in public spaces. To promote bike…
Medellin’s Safe Route: One Year Later
Medellin’s Safe Route, one of Despacio’s major projects of the last few years, is about to have its first birthday. The AMVA has conducted a count of bike use twice a month since the Safe Route’s impelementation and can confirm that rush hour bicycle trips along the Avenida San Juan have increased between 270% (current) and 1000% (measured during the World Urban Forum in April…