Posts tagged as ‘Bogota’

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Metro de Bogotá: is this really what the city needs right now? / Realmente lo que la ciudad necesita en este momento?

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The mayor of Bogota has just released this new video to promote the construction of the ‘Metro de Bogotá’. It’s kind’a cool and gives a nice overview of the design of the first line of Bogota’s metro which should in theory be constructed in the coming years.

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I’ve always thought that Bogota has been left behind in the stone age of mobility by not having some sort of rail solution operating. There have been many attempts to design and put in motion it’s construction since as early as the 1950′s, and millions have been spent by different local administrations over the years in viability studies and early designs for the metro grid.

This time however, it seems that they actually mean to take it to the next level and build the damn thing after all. But a big question arises: is this really what Bogota needs? (more…)

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Bogota: Building a Sustainable City

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I came across this video the other day, and thought that it would be interesting to publish it here too. It’s a look at Bogota (Colombia), my home town, and it’s current developments from a sustainability perspective.

The video itself is quite interesting and it portrays the work done on the city during the past decade and how it is meant to boost Bogota towards a more sustainable future. Having experienced the city and the new infrastructure first hand, I can honestly say that the video is a bit idealized, and that not everything is as pretty (more…)

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

Vamos por Colombia!

Well, there’s not much to say besides the fact that Evula and I had a TERRIFIC time in Colombia. We visited a whole bunch of places which I hadn’t seen in over 15 years, so that was pretty nice… to go back and re-visit my own country before I continue going around visiting other people’s countries (not that I’m gonna stop doing that).

Anyway, we went around half the country, travelling mostly by bus to really get a good impression of what the landscapes were all about (something you don’t get to do too well while travelling by plane).

We fell in love with the fincas in Armenia, Quindio (the coffee growing farms in the coffee producing region of Colombia), we passed by Medellin during the annual Flower Festival, we visited (more…)