This Friday the Mayor of Bogotá Claudia López began a bike ride at 153th Street through Carrera 9 to supervise the construction of the bicycle path that it is been built in this road.
Throughout her journey, Mayor López listened to the citizens and their concerns regarding infrastructure and safety for bicycle users. This topic is one of the priorities of her government during the next four years. In this sense López stated:
“Bogotá has a 550km of bicycle network and since March we enabled 80km of provisional bike paths during the pandemic. We plan to integrate these paths into the city´s permanent network and we will construct 250 km of additional paths”
The new bicycle path of Carrera 9 is 6.95km long and it is separated from the car track. It goes from 170th street to 127th street. From this point onwards it becomes an exclusive lane for cyclists until 116th street, where it connects with the bike path of Carrera 11.
The Carrera 9 path will be bidirectional and it will be located next to the central separator of the road, it will have 101 traffic signals, 4.229 demarcation elements and 17 traffic lights.
Cyclists from neighbourhoods such as Toberín, San Cristóbal Norte, Los Cedros, Lisboa and Bella Suiza will benefit from this project. Additionally, the Mayor´s Office is also working to guarantee security for bicycle users.
Claudia López further explained:
“We are creating a true alternative transportation network in our city. Bogotá needs to continue developing its bicycle mobility as a way to generate more public space for its citizens’’.
