http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/transportation_policy+columbia+city_planning PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/17100 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/17100 Cityscapes<br />Latin America and Beyond<br />Winter 2003<br />Bogot&aacute;<p>Arturo Ardila-G&oacute;mez</p><p>The sleek red bus zooms out of the station in northern Bogot&aacute;, a futuristic symbol of an (almost) transformed city. Nearby, thousands of cyclists of all ages enjoy a sunny morning on Latin America's largest bike-path network.</p><p>The TransMilenio, as the modern bus network is called, moves 750,000 passengers per weekday-almost 100,000 more than Washington D.C.'s subway system. And Bogot&aacute;'s citizens are proud of their transportation, proud of their city.</p><p>That wasn't always the case. In 1988, during Colombia's first mayoral elections, a local radio station launched its own &quot;virtual&quot; candidate. The candidate's transport platform was simple: instead of fixing all the roads, why not remove the pavement remaining to level out potholes. Vehicles would then no longer have to &quot;sink&quot; into potholes-instead they would simply ride over the unpaved street.<br />...</p><br />