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Enrique Peñalosa
Enrique Peñalosa was the mayor of Bogota, Colombia from 1998-2001. He is known for creating the city’s bus rapid transit system, TransMilenio , which is the most extensive in the world. He is also known for revitalizing many low-income communities within the city, creating an Urban Land Reform institution, rebuilding Bogotá’s city center, increasing enrollment in public schools by 34%, putting 14,000 computers in publicschools, building hundreds of kilometers of sidewalks, bicycle paths, and greenways, and instituting the city’s first Car-Free-Day, an extension of the city’s weekly ciclovia .
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[1] "Enrique Peñalosa." Project for Public Spaces.
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FURTHER READING
- "Man With a Plan." New York Times Magazine, June 7, 2008.
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