For Jesus Carlos Soto Morfin and Patricia Karenina Casarín
Before planning a transportation system, we must ask what city do we want?: Enrique Peñalosa
On Tuesday April 22, 2008 held a symposium "Mobile City and quality of life" in the Adalberto Navarro Auditorium University Center for Social Sciences and Humanities at the U of G. The presidium was formed by Enrique Penalosa, former mayor of Bogotá, current advisor in urban and environmental policies, Mario Silva President of Jalisco Ecological Collective, Jose Palacios, president of the Guadalajara 2020; Diego Monraz SITEUR president and member of Étienne Von Bertrab City for All.
"Happiness, for that matter since we got ... and we can not forget how important ingredient, the urban experience that has day to day." Thus began his speech the former mayor Enrique Peñalosa of Bogotá, "today one more citizen" as the same is declared and noted that "Bogotá is not an issue and [that] do not come to talk about it", reflected on urban problems beyond the mere planning specialist . And is that a good city design is not done by the demonstration route, but through the art of looking for that with which one feels better, he says. "If we had a magic wand, what would we do with it? residential areas may mingle with popular areas, widen the sidewalks, we would reduce the height of the buildings ... the magic wand, "said "Is called time. Gothic churches were taken over 300 years to build, we should not resist very long-term plan our cities. "
How is a democratic city? Peñalosa says that this is necessary to speak of equality and that for many if communism failed, the current system becomes the only possible formula. "Capitalism creates inequality and paradoxical to our Western culture that was born the concept of equality," he said. Political rights, the socioeconomic raised in two types:
1) all citizens are equal before the law is, the interest is a priority to particular interest. "It should conclude, for good urban policy, which should be priority in road space (which is public) public transport rather than private."
2) The equality in the quality of life. Described as an example that all children should have equal access to various goods as "green" you're missing, "within 30 years we can not overthrow the city 30 acres for parks, the twentieth century will be remembered as the century of urban disaster, "he explained.
The whole street was old pedestrian while the car is only 80 years old and uses a public space not all share. The land, seen as a single ship, and inspires us to be appropriated out of any place, but Peñalosa refuted "Mexico is not yours, but of private property and in other places you can camp for 3 or 4 days on private property without asking permission. "
"The only real access (common) is the pedestrian public space to be paying much attention [but] before planning a transport system, one must ask what city we want? and before that how we live? Transport organization is not an engineering issue but a vital matter of choice. Before, had scattered to cities its logic when oil was very cheap, but now it is absurd we spend all on fuel, "he exclaimed.
But what is a good city? Peñalosa asked. "First, one that can be with people, shops, housing, work, all together or next-in the street. Second, walking, bicycling is a more efficient way of walking, if a city requires you to buy bread in a car, has a bad design. Third, do not feel inferior. The street is a meeting between rich and poor, through cultural events, public libraries. " The conflict over public space between cars, bicycles and pedestrians should make us reflect on what Therefore we assign each whom? as fast cars produce unpleasant city, the roads we are locked and there is more violated.
cars are quite recent in human life and every human being matters even without car but still doing environmental impact studies, "what about the human impact?" Questioned. "Is the discussion of public space between both frivolous crime and violence? Free time makes a difference in life while the rich can go to your home with great space and security, the poor have to go to a very small house and only public space, which is the minimum of democracy for citizens. The civilized city, can now be recognized for its pedestrian areas, which demonstrate the value of human life as sacred. "
In Bogotá, Peñalosa said that it required a strong media campaign to convince traders that demanded access to the file "almost to the inside of the stores." He described one of the main problems faced is the invasion of pedestrian areas with cars. On the other hand, parking on the surface (unlike the subway or vertical) is another major urban problem that the government has no obligation to resolve because there is no right to parking, "but other pedestrian safety should be a "clear Peñalosa. On the other hand, "transportation is not resolved by building more roads and more and gets worse is not sustainable mobility is not solved with money but with a change in our way of life." In an advanced city, the question is "how to reduce car use" and in a city where development is "how to facilitate the use of the car."
"Some truths are counter-intuitive", for example, when there is a bottleneck and is thought to create other means will solve the problem. This is not because "make more room for cars means that there are more cars and if there are fewer there is less room for them. " Guadalajara need to find a more compact, since the density is an effective strategy for mobility, where the density increase must go hand in hand with the creation of bike and pedestrian routes. This not only enables density less environmental impact (as opposed to the cities "scattered"), but the coexistence of citizens and the establishment of democracy. At the same time, the high density helps to reduce car use because as you increase the difficulty of using it (through transport subsidies motorist, pedestrian areas, few roads to drive), increases the need to use public transport . Enrique Peñalosa
concluded "A good city is one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can travel and go back and forth safely."
the end Enrique Peñalosa, Mario Silva Jalisco Ecological Collective stressed the importance of public discussion on the use of the car. Penalosa described the proposals as revolutionary and avant-garde, with him (Peñalosa) dared to not be afraid of discussion. On the other hand stressed that almost never talked about the children who are not recognized as citizens or as persons and citizens all must ask ourselves what we want to Guadalajara? "The human being is also an endangered species extinction, the city is its current average ecological niche "and therefore the reality of this niche determines our personal development and needs a city that wants to participate in its construction, with information. Continuing
Étienne Von Bertrab panel Town for All quoted Eduardo Galeano, who described the current status in the city saying "people are banned in the cities." We need a critique of the current model of government, which runs isolated activities without a comprehensive vision. Bogotá's example is that of a concerted government action. In Guadalajara, campaigns such as carpooling (SEMADES) or construction viaducts, are great failures as they do not solve anything, major highways, interventions difficult to erase. Etienne said that in Guadalajara recognize some citizens over others, and in Jalisco there happens to be a great contempt for the public by officials who do not use public property commonly referred to as the population in general (public schools, transportation, etc.) The know and decide on them.
Without dialogue, nothing happens and the public is left in making decisions as to 400.000 million donated by the government, as opposed to people dying of cancer in the intervention and waiting Salto solution and nothing happens for 30. Would have to admire that in Colombia the political will to change was beyond the war situation that exists, opt for an inclusive vision, not unconnected systems, concluded Von Bertrab.
Finally, Diego Monrráz stated that "we must not colombizar GDL" but that "it is better at times" the current situation. He noted that the citizen's attitude change as the environment, for example, light rail to the truck where it collides with the driver. He explained that "we are not against cars but we recognize an imbalance" and should encourage other means of transportation, because our current mobility system is outdated and obsolete and demand change from the public, the government has to make with fair participation.
On Tuesday April 22, 2008 held a symposium "Mobile City and quality of life" in the Adalberto Navarro Auditorium University Center for Social Sciences and Humanities at the U of G. The presidium was formed by Enrique Penalosa, former mayor of Bogotá, current advisor in urban and environmental policies, Mario Silva President of Jalisco Ecological Collective, Jose Palacios, president of the Guadalajara 2020; Diego Monraz SITEUR president and member of Étienne Von Bertrab City for All.
"Happiness, for that matter since we got ... and we can not forget how important ingredient, the urban experience that has day to day." Thus began his speech the former mayor Enrique Peñalosa of Bogotá, "today one more citizen" as the same is declared and noted that "Bogotá is not an issue and [that] do not come to talk about it", reflected on urban problems beyond the mere planning specialist . And is that a good city design is not done by the demonstration route, but through the art of looking for that with which one feels better, he says. "If we had a magic wand, what would we do with it? residential areas may mingle with popular areas, widen the sidewalks, we would reduce the height of the buildings ... the magic wand, "said "Is called time. Gothic churches were taken over 300 years to build, we should not resist very long-term plan our cities. "
How is a democratic city? Peñalosa says that this is necessary to speak of equality and that for many if communism failed, the current system becomes the only possible formula. "Capitalism creates inequality and paradoxical to our Western culture that was born the concept of equality," he said. Political rights, the socioeconomic raised in two types:
1) all citizens are equal before the law is, the interest is a priority to particular interest. "It should conclude, for good urban policy, which should be priority in road space (which is public) public transport rather than private."
2) The equality in the quality of life. Described as an example that all children should have equal access to various goods as "green" you're missing, "within 30 years we can not overthrow the city 30 acres for parks, the twentieth century will be remembered as the century of urban disaster, "he explained.
The whole street was old pedestrian while the car is only 80 years old and uses a public space not all share. The land, seen as a single ship, and inspires us to be appropriated out of any place, but Peñalosa refuted "Mexico is not yours, but of private property and in other places you can camp for 3 or 4 days on private property without asking permission. "
"The only real access (common) is the pedestrian public space to be paying much attention [but] before planning a transport system, one must ask what city we want? and before that how we live? Transport organization is not an engineering issue but a vital matter of choice. Before, had scattered to cities its logic when oil was very cheap, but now it is absurd we spend all on fuel, "he exclaimed.
But what is a good city? Peñalosa asked. "First, one that can be with people, shops, housing, work, all together or next-in the street. Second, walking, bicycling is a more efficient way of walking, if a city requires you to buy bread in a car, has a bad design. Third, do not feel inferior. The street is a meeting between rich and poor, through cultural events, public libraries. " The conflict over public space between cars, bicycles and pedestrians should make us reflect on what Therefore we assign each whom? as fast cars produce unpleasant city, the roads we are locked and there is more violated.
cars are quite recent in human life and every human being matters even without car but still doing environmental impact studies, "what about the human impact?" Questioned. "Is the discussion of public space between both frivolous crime and violence? Free time makes a difference in life while the rich can go to your home with great space and security, the poor have to go to a very small house and only public space, which is the minimum of democracy for citizens. The civilized city, can now be recognized for its pedestrian areas, which demonstrate the value of human life as sacred. "
In Bogotá, Peñalosa said that it required a strong media campaign to convince traders that demanded access to the file "almost to the inside of the stores." He described one of the main problems faced is the invasion of pedestrian areas with cars. On the other hand, parking on the surface (unlike the subway or vertical) is another major urban problem that the government has no obligation to resolve because there is no right to parking, "but other pedestrian safety should be a "clear Peñalosa. On the other hand, "transportation is not resolved by building more roads and more and gets worse is not sustainable mobility is not solved with money but with a change in our way of life." In an advanced city, the question is "how to reduce car use" and in a city where development is "how to facilitate the use of the car."
"Some truths are counter-intuitive", for example, when there is a bottleneck and is thought to create other means will solve the problem. This is not because "make more room for cars means that there are more cars and if there are fewer there is less room for them. " Guadalajara need to find a more compact, since the density is an effective strategy for mobility, where the density increase must go hand in hand with the creation of bike and pedestrian routes. This not only enables density less environmental impact (as opposed to the cities "scattered"), but the coexistence of citizens and the establishment of democracy. At the same time, the high density helps to reduce car use because as you increase the difficulty of using it (through transport subsidies motorist, pedestrian areas, few roads to drive), increases the need to use public transport . Enrique Peñalosa
concluded "A good city is one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can travel and go back and forth safely."
the end Enrique Peñalosa, Mario Silva Jalisco Ecological Collective stressed the importance of public discussion on the use of the car. Penalosa described the proposals as revolutionary and avant-garde, with him (Peñalosa) dared to not be afraid of discussion. On the other hand stressed that almost never talked about the children who are not recognized as citizens or as persons and citizens all must ask ourselves what we want to Guadalajara? "The human being is also an endangered species extinction, the city is its current average ecological niche "and therefore the reality of this niche determines our personal development and needs a city that wants to participate in its construction, with information. Continuing
Étienne Von Bertrab panel Town for All quoted Eduardo Galeano, who described the current status in the city saying "people are banned in the cities." We need a critique of the current model of government, which runs isolated activities without a comprehensive vision. Bogotá's example is that of a concerted government action. In Guadalajara, campaigns such as carpooling (SEMADES) or construction viaducts, are great failures as they do not solve anything, major highways, interventions difficult to erase. Etienne said that in Guadalajara recognize some citizens over others, and in Jalisco there happens to be a great contempt for the public by officials who do not use public property commonly referred to as the population in general (public schools, transportation, etc.) The know and decide on them.
Without dialogue, nothing happens and the public is left in making decisions as to 400.000 million donated by the government, as opposed to people dying of cancer in the intervention and waiting Salto solution and nothing happens for 30. Would have to admire that in Colombia the political will to change was beyond the war situation that exists, opt for an inclusive vision, not unconnected systems, concluded Von Bertrab.
Finally, Diego Monrráz stated that "we must not colombizar GDL" but that "it is better at times" the current situation. He noted that the citizen's attitude change as the environment, for example, light rail to the truck where it collides with the driver. He explained that "we are not against cars but we recognize an imbalance" and should encourage other means of transportation, because our current mobility system is outdated and obsolete and demand change from the public, the government has to make with fair participation.
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