Despacio – equitable transport

WUF 7 – Transpot and Just Cities – breakout 1 – April 7 2014

Tempo giusto…

This is the city many people want

Fast

Effective

Efficient

Alive

Modern

Progress

Technology

This is the city they really get

Dangerous

Polluting

Impersonal

Distant

Inefficient

Machine

Development?

What do we perceive at 4 km/h (walking pace)?

What do we perceive at 200 km/h?

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Going too fast… Ir muy rápido...

Medellin pilot project for WUF and beyond… ?

• Integration:

• Participation:

• Equity:

• Employment:

• Inclusion:

• Cobenefits:

Medellin pilot project for WUF and beyond… ?

• Integration: governmental agencies, private sector

• Participation: community painting and expressions

• Equity: road space allocation

• Employment: planter manufacturers

• Inclusion:

• Cobenefits: health, road safety

= Safe Route to WUF

Before

Proposed

In reality

Where are we

going to do

it?

HOW are we

going to do

it?

Site visits…

Inviting the

community to join

The community participating

Government employee

Ice cream

man

Local flowers

Voluntee

r

Volunteers!

Volunteers

and bicycle

activists

Citizen art

Despacio staff – reflective

strips

Project

director Strategic director

Despacio volunteer

Nice place…

… but it looks much

nicer with bikes!

Training volunteers for bike parking

operation

“Dear sirs, bicycles

are ok”

Impacts and Estimates

• 1 ton CO2 reduction during WUF week

• Increased equity from road space reallocation

• Private sector involvement (bike parking)

• Volunteers everywhere (Despacio, AMVA, citizens)

• Integration of governmental agencies

• Generation of employment (planters, flowers)

Did we make it?

• Integration?

• Participation?

• Equity?

• Employment?

• Inclusion?

• Cobenefits?

Thanks!