The newspaper El País of Spain, in a multimedia special on sustainable mobility, highlighted Bogotá as one of the most successful cities in the world regarding the implementation of the use of bicycles, during the time of the pandemic.
The newspaper pointed to the Colombian capital as one of the most ambitious cities in the world in this area: to the 550 kilometers of bicycle lanes another 80 were added during the pandemic.Although Bogotá still has fewer daily trips on bicycles than last year (580,000 compared to 880,000), the The importance of two wheels: if in 2019 6.6% of journeys were made by bike, now they are 13%.
Among the cities mentioned by the article for their outstanding strategies to gain space for cycling are: Brussels, Belgium; Oslo, Norway; Lisbon Portugal; Amsterdam, Holland. “Many cities were already experiencing a bicycle boom, but the pandemic has taken it further. Cities that were planning infrastructures in the coming years are now doing it in just a few months, ”says urban planner Brent Toderian.
