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Tag Archives: Bogota
América Latina – El líder mundial en góndolas urbanas (Latin America – The global leader in urban gondolas)
Desde Medellín hasta la Ciudad de Mexico y La Paz, América Latina lidera el planeta en el desarrollo de Metrocables o Teleféricos (góndolas urbanas). La siguiente tabla identifica las ubicaciones de las góndolas urbanas y proporciona detalles sobre los sistemas … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, Latin America, Maps, Mexico, placemaking, planning, product design, social equity, South America, spatial design, Statistics, technology, topography, tourism, Trade, transit, transportation, Travel, Urban Gondolas, urban planning
Tagged Aparecida, Bogota, Cablebus, Cali, Caracas, Ciudad de Mexico, Ciudad de Panama, gondolas, La Paz, Lima, Medillin, Metrocables, Mexicable, Oruro, Puerto Vallarta, Quito, Rio de Janeiro, Salta, Santiago, teleféricos, trams, urbanas gondolas, Zacatecas
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The “Latin America Green City Index”
In a visually stunning and remarkably detailed 2010 report prepared by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) of The Economist magazine and Siemens AG, an expert advisory panel ranked 17 major urban centers of Latin America utilizing an eight category green city index. The index categories include: … Continue reading
Posted in bicycling, cities, climate change, culture, density, diversity, economic development, energy, environment, food systems, geography, health, history, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, poverty, South America, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, transit, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged Belo Horizonte, Bogota, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, cities, Curitiba, ecology, environment, green cities, Guadalajara, infrastructure, Latin America, Lima, Medellin, Mexico, Mexico City, Monterrey, Montevideo, planning, Porto Alegre, Puebla, Quito, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Sao Paulo, South America
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Where mass transit matters – BRTs in Bogota: el mejor en autobuses de tránsito rápido
In the past decade or so, bus rapid transit (BRT) has become a popular mass transit option for a number of cities in the United States and around the world. The first such system opening Curitiba, Brazil in 1974. However, … Continue reading
Posted in cities, climate change, culture, density, energy, environment, geography, land use, planning, South America, spatial design, transit, transportation, urban planning
Tagged Bogota, BRT, bus rapid transit, cities, mass transit, South America, transportation
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