Pedaleando por Bogotá: la ciudad como espacio de percepción, reconstrucción y reapropiación.

Abstract

The bicycle has begun to emerge as a dynamic and transcendental actor in the cities of Latin America. The use of this vehicle is a phenomenon driven by the major crises of public transport systems in each city, coupled with the high costs of maintaining the most modern systems such as trains and articulated buses, making this a disadvantage for the population due to The high prices in the passages. This work was part of the research carried out by the Human City Foundation in five cities in Latin America, in order to collect part of the perceptions of bicycle users, to understand the dynamics of each city, as well as to highlight the aspects that have In the end some of the most important results of the research are given to give guidelines or critical points of attention for the strengthening to the use of this means of transport.