{"id":2432,"date":"2014-12-22T09:32:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T14:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/despacio.org\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2014-12-22T09:32:43","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T14:32:43","slug":"the-world-comes-to-colombia-february-21-25-bicycle-transport-study-tour-to-bogota-and-medellin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/despacio.org\/en\/2014\/12\/22\/the-world-comes-to-colombia-february-21-25-bicycle-transport-study-tour-to-bogota-and-medellin\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Comes to Colombia: February 21-25 Bicycle Transport Study Tour to Bogot\u00e1 and Medell\u00edn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"_DSC2017.jpg by Carlos Felipe Pardo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/carlosfpardo\/15837710389\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8577\/15837710389_9f14181469.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2017.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Save the Date!<\/strong> Despacio, a Bogota-based NGO internationally recognized for its\u00a0sustainable mobility analysis and activism, is hosting an affordable study tour to Bogot\u00e1 and Medell\u00edn <strong>February 21-25<\/strong> before the World Bicycle Forum in Medell\u00edn February 26-March 1. Save the date and join us for a fascinating and informative inside look at two of the world&#8217;s most interesting cities!<\/p>\n<p>Despacio will provide participants with an inside look at cycling promotion, infrastructure, and activism in Medell\u00edn within the context of placemaking, health, equity, and sustainability. \u00a0One of the\u00a0highlights of the trip will be experiencing Bogot\u00e1&#8217;s world-famous Ciclov\u00eda on February 22, where more than a million people in the city use the streets for cycling, walking, and running, all car-free!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"_DSC2038.jpg by Carlos Felipe Pardo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/carlosfpardo\/15401502274\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7526\/15401502274_c670d631ca.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2038.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBogot\u00e1\u2019s Ciclov\u00eda and its extensive\u00a0bikeway system\u00a0have become a global model, serving as catalysts to improve\u00a0public spaces and transport systems in developing and developed cities. Medell\u00edn is known internationally as a\u00a0urban success story, which used public transport and placemaking to\u00a0create a safer, more livable city. In this study tour, you\u00a0will experience the bicycle and transit systems firsthand and meet with system managers, agency executives, political leaders, intellectuals, activists, and bike shop owners.<\/p>\n<p>More details to come, but for now, SAVE THE DATE!<\/p>\n<p>For more info, contact <strong>Juan Manuel Prado<\/strong> at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:oficina@despacio.org\">oficina@despacio.org<\/a> (Espa\u00f1ol\/Portugu\u00eas) or <strong>Chris Morfas<\/strong> at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:chrismorfas@gmail.com\">chrismorfas@gmail.com<\/a> (English\/Fran\u00e7ais)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ciclovia Bog Tr CC dia 4 (33) by Carlos Felipe Pardo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/carlosfpardo\/8218395408\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8203\/8218395408_dd0477f278.jpg\" alt=\"ciclovia Bog Tr CC dia 4 (33)\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save the Date! 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Save the date and join us for a fascinating and informative inside look at two of the world&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[119],"class_list":["post-2432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sin-categoria","tag-study-tour"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/despacio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/despacio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/despacio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/despacio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/despacio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/despacio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/despacio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/despacio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/despacio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}