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Apr 26, 2012
Structural Change in Bogota's Transportation Systems: Public and Non-Motorized Transportation Priority and Private Car Restrictions
Publication: Urban Public Transportation System: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass Transit
Abstract
Bogotá is developing an ambitious mobility strategy whose main objective is to initiate a structural change in transportation to improve livability and make the city more efficient and competitive. The strategy seeks transit priority, exploration of alternative transport modes and reduction of private automobile use. This paper summarizes some aspects of Bogotá's mobility strategy including the situation prior to its initiation, objectives and program formulation, resource mobilization, process description, goals achieved, sustainability, lessons learned and transferability.
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Urban Public Transportation System: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass Transit
Pages: 26 - 36
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© 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Automobiles
- Buildings
- Business management
- Construction engineering
- Construction industry
- Construction management
- Facilities (by type)
- Highway and road management
- Highway and road structures
- Highway transportation
- Infrastructure
- Practice and Profession
- Private sector
- Public buildings
- Public transportation
- Structural engineering
- Structures (by type)
- Sustainable development
- Transportation engineering
- Urban and regional development
- Urban areas
- Vehicles
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Dario Hidalgo, Ph.D.
Deputy General Manager, TRANSMILENIO S.A, Bogotá, Colombia
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