Better ways to travel

I was doing a search on Enrique
Peñalosa, (no not the singer Enrique) but former Mayor of Bogotá,
Colombia.  Fascinating guy.  Did wonders to that city especially
interms of transportation, quality of life, pedestrian pathways, parks,
bicycle paths, and so on in just three years.  Not sure how.  Trying to
find out.

I am sure Enrique the singer has millions of fans and fanclubs all
over the world.  I hope to start a Chenai chapter of ‘Enrique the Mayor
fan club’.  How public policy nerdy can one get?  Watch and learn.

Looks like he is also associated with 

  • Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

    • If you are in San Francisco on June 19, 2006, you may want to attend
    their “Evening with Peñalosa”.  Check out their mission statement too. 
    I especially liked

    Our programs include
    bus rapid transit, congestion pricing, pedestrianization, bicycle and
    pedestrian planning, brownfield revitalization, bicycle and cycle
    rickshaw modernization, the development of buyers’ cooperatives among
    independent bicycle dealers, and emerging work in health service
    delivery logistics.

    All of our projects are used to leverage additional resources from
    international development institutions, inspire these institutions to
    change their own priorities, encourage private sector participation,
    and encourage more participatory and transparent decision-making.

    Cycle rickshaw and private sector on the same page?  That sounds like Centre for Civil Society talk.