TY - BOOK ID - 149856620 TI - Equality and the City : Urban Innovations for All Citizens. PY - 2024 SN - 1512825719 PB - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, DB - UniCat KW - City planning KW - Equality. KW - Public spaces. KW - Urban transportation. KW - Sustainable transportation. KW - Social aspects. KW - Bogota Colombia. KW - Global South. KW - Latin America. KW - Mayor. KW - Penn Institute for Urban Research. KW - TransMileno Rapid Bus Transit. KW - Urban planning development. KW - automobile car. KW - bicycle bike path. KW - city design. KW - city management. KW - city vs suburbs. KW - demolition. KW - emerging emergent. KW - equal access. KW - governance. KW - humanistic philosophy. KW - mobility. KW - pedestrian. KW - policy. KW - practitioner. KW - public parks. KW - public space. KW - public transit. KW - quality of life. KW - redevelopment. KW - social integration. KW - sustainable transportation. KW - sustainable urbanism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:149856620 AB - "In Equality and the City, Enrique Pen̳alosa draws on his experience as mayor of Bogota, Colombia, as well as his many years of international work as a lecturer and consultant, to share his perspective on the issues facing developing cities, especially sustainable transportation and equal access to public space. As mayor of Bogota, Penalosa initiated development of the TransMilenio Rapid Bus Transit system, among the largest and most comprehensive public transit systems in the Global South, which carries 2.5 passengers a day along dedicated bus lanes, bike paths, and a rapid metro line. The system emphasizes accessibility for the entire population. Penalosa's efforts to create public space were similarly ambitious: over the course of his two terms, more than a thousand public parks were created or improved. Underlying these policies was a conviction of how cities should be-a compelling humanistic philosophy of sustainable urbanism. For Penalosa, city design is not just engineering; it defines human happiness, dignity, and equality. 'An advanced city is not one where the poor own a car,' Penalosa writes, 'but one where the rich use public transport.' Equality and the City provides practical criteria for conceiving and constructing different and better cities, not simply from an academic perspective but from that of a mayor who dreamt and achieved changes, overcame obstacles, and also failed at times"-- ER -