Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Guadalajara

Fed Up With(out) Bike Infrastructure in Guadalajara

By Aaron Bialick | | 1 Comment
Some citizens in Guadalajara, Mexico have taken direct action to make positive physical changes on their streets. As part of a movement known as “Ciclovía Ciudadana”, or Citizen Cycleway, activists planned the designs and procured the equipment themselves to implement the necessary bicycle infrastructure they felt couldn’t wait longer. Complete with well-marked bike lanes, intersection […]

New Freeway Revolt Grips Guadalajara

By Chris Carlsson | | 13 Comments
While the world has gathered in Cancun, Mexico, to discuss again a shared approach to Climate Chaos, action is already being taken in countless communities. On a visit last week to Guadalajara, Mexico, more than a thousand miles west of the Climate Meeting, I had the pleasure of discovering a vibrant grassroots movement to block […]

A Cycling Congress in Mexico

By Chris Carlsson | | 7 Comments
Respect me: I am also traffic! Guadalajara, Mexico was host this month to the 2nd annual Congress of Cyclists in Mexico, a national gathering of bicyclist activists from around the country. I was invited to give a speech, which I somehow managed to do in Spanish (thanks to my media naranja for translating and coaching […]