How a Colombian Cycling Tradition Changed the World
A million cyclists taking over the busiest, biggest, and most important streets of a notoriously traffic-snarled metropolis? No big deal—it happens every week in Bogotá, Colombia.
BYMARK JENKINS
"I was educated analyzing this urban crisis. When I came back home to Bogotá, I was shocked to see that we Colombians were following the American path of urban development. Cars and more cars. One person, one car. It was obvious that this was not going to lead to a livable city. So I became a radical. I knew how to do it: I was trained by the best American counterculture radicals. And the bicycle quite naturally became a symbol of revolution. The bicycle symbolizes individuality, civil rights, women's rights,urban mobility, simplicity, the new urbanism, and, of course, environmental consciousness."
http://www.bicycling.com/culture/advocacy/how-colombian-cycling-tradition-changed-world
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