Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Quito

Ecology of Biking in Quito, Ecuador

By Chris Carlsson | Mar 7, 2011 | 6 Comments

I just spent a few days in Quito, Ecuador, a remarkably beautiful city of a couple million sprawling 40 kilometers north-to-south through a series of valleys and plateaus in the Andes, surrounded by snow-capped volcanoes and rugged green mountains. I interviewed Heleana Zambonino from Quito for Streetsblog a while back, and wanted to see for […]

Bicycling Activism in Quito, Ecuador: An Interview with Heleana Zambonino

By Chris Carlsson | Feb 23, 2010 | 5 Comments

Heleana Zambonino conducting a basic bicycling skills class at Sunday Streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sept. 2009. In Guadalajara last September I met dozens of cycling activists from around Mexico, and one remarkable woman from Quito, Ecuador, Heleana Zambonino. While riding in a big Critical Mass in Guadalajara, she told me about the cycling scene in […]