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This from the article: The original quote (from 2012) is from another former mayor of Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa, and it reads: Una ciudad avanzada no es en la
by 1cvmask 5y ago
This from the article:
The original quote (from 2012) is from another former mayor of Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa, and it reads:
Una ciudad avanzada no es en la que los pobres pueden moverse en carro, sino una en la que incluso los ricos utilizan el transporte público.
That roughly translates in English to:
An advanced city is not one where the poor can get around by car, but one where even the rich use public transportation.
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I think the mayor is referring to a city being safe enough so that even the rich can public transportation. In many parts of Colombia public transportation was too dangerous for the rich as they killed and/or kidnapped. The rich used to travel in armored vehicles with protection in Colombia.
- orev 5y agoIn both the US and Europe, public transport is, for the most part, very safe, but there’s still an attitude that many people have that only poor people use it. This is more of the issue that prevents people from using it (and also a reason they don’t want to build it in the first place), as social perception is a very strong motivator. When a country is at the point where issues like kidnapping and murder are a widespread problem, now you’re talking about a complete failure of the law and government, and at that point public transportation is relatively low on the priority list.