Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bogotá

To Make Cities More Sustainable, Should We All Put On Mascot Costumes?

By Kea Wilson | Feb 9, 2023 | No Comments

A Maryland activist is poking fun at people who oppose sustainable transportation projects with the help of a human-sized insect costume — but he's far from the first mascot to cheer on the movement for people-oriented places.

Enrique Peñalosa in SF: A Livable Streets Visionary Shares His Wisdom

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 21, 2014 | 13 Comments

This weekend, San Francisco was treated to a visit by Enrique Peñalosa, the livable streets visionary who spearheaded a transportation revolution as mayor of Bogotá, Colombia by championing ideas like car-free streets, bus rapid transit, and protected bikeways. Peñalosa, who now professes his vision to city leaders worldwide, spoke at Sunday Streets in the Mission […]

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Ten Years After Redefining BRT, What’s Next for TransMilenio?

By Elizabeth Press | Sep 7, 2011 | No Comments

Three years ago Streetfilms brought you a comprehensive look at Bogotá, Colombia’s TransMilenio, the world’s most advanced Bus Rapid Transit system. TransMilenio changed the way Bogotá residents think about public transportation, becoming indispensable to the 1.7 million people who use the system daily. If anything, the bus network became a victim of its own success, […]

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Riding Bogotá’s Bountiful Protected Bikeways

By Elizabeth Press | Aug 9, 2011 | No Comments

Since 1998, Bogotá, Colombia has built more than 300 kilometers of protected bikeways. Streetfilms recently had the chance to explore the city’s bike network with the man responsible for building it, former mayor Enrique Peñalosa. “When we build very high quality bicycle infrastructure, besides protecting cyclists, it shows that a citizen on a $30 bicycle […]

Enrique Peñalosa Urges SF to Embrace Pedestrians and Public Space

By Matthew Roth | Jul 8, 2009 | 14 Comments

Photo: Matthew Roth Celebrated Colombian urbanist and former mayor of Bogotá Enrique Peñalosa told a standing room audience of more than one hundred people at the San Francisco Public Library last night that San Francisco can be friendly to cars or to people, but not both. Further, he argued that there is no fundamental technical […]

BRT Comes Out Ahead of Light Rail, Again

By Matthew Roth | Feb 10, 2009 | 42 Comments

BRT bus in Las Vegas looks a lot like light rail The debate among policy makers and community stakeholders over the merits of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) versus Light Rail Transit (LRT) is often heated, and usually centers around whether LRT recoups the substantial capital costs of implementation over time versus BRT, and whether BRT […]