Obviously the devil is in the details. In Bogota, the program is implemented in a very coherent and comprehensive way, but this has been developed over years of experience (here are <a href="http://www.idrd.gov.co/www/section-875.jsp">more details in Spanish</a>). There are <a href="http://www.idrd.gov.co/www/resources/MAPACICLOVIA%20_noviembre%202006%20%201000.jpg">connected corridors from one end of the city to the other</a> which become effectively 'non-motorized' during the ciclovia period. Plus they have very effective enforcement to keep it that way. I have a number of relatively recent pictures of <a href="http://flickr.com/search/?q=ciclovia&w=77386913%40N00">Bogota's Ciclovia on my photo web-site</a>, plus there is an entire <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/856608@N22/pool/">photo pool dedicated to it</a>.<br>
<br>If there is no connectivity between the areas which have the ciclovia activities and there is not serious planning and enforcement, then it certainly could make things worse. But change does not happen by some miracle. It takes continuous concerted efforts. If the current implementation in Jakarta is not working, then perhaps it is best to review what the problems are.... Better not to waste the current momentum with a faulty implementation.<br>
<br>Best regards,<br><br>Zvi<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/2/24 Carlosfelipe Pardo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:carlosfpardo@gmail.com">carlosfpardo@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Funny... The Universidad de los Andes did a study last September comparing days with ciclovia (Sunday carfree) and regular days in Bogotá, and found, among others, that PM10 was 13 times higher during a weekday, and noise was 7 times higher. This was done with actual measurements during various days, so it would be more relevant than the opinions shown below... the full study is available (in Spanish) from <span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Olga Lucía Sarmiento <<a href="mailto:osarmien@uniandes.edu.co" target="_blank">osarmien@uniandes.edu.co</a>> </span><div>
<span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Best regards,</span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br>Carlos.<br></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/2/24 Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory <span dir="ltr"><edelman@greenidea.eu></span><br>
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<h1>Activists: Car-Free Days Are ‘A Waste’</h1>
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