Getting more people on public transport


ONE may have heard the quote “A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation,” which is popularly attributed to Gustavo Petro, the current president of Colombia.

However, the person who really said it is a former mayor of Colombia’s capital city Bogota, Enrique Peñalosa Londoño, who is credited with starting the construction of the first mass transit system in Bogotá and for promoting public transport, bike use and public space in urban areas.

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