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LocalSouth
@localsouth.bsky.social
Based between South Africa and Colombia, we support partners and clients on some of the most pressing urban issues facing Global South cities – from mobility, informality, and public space, to food systems and the Just Transition. https://thelocalsouth.com
Thrilled to support the return of #OpenStreets to Langa! As the headlines said back in 2015: Langa opens her streets and her heart. This time, the @cityofct.bsky.social will roll out regular temporary closures of Lerotholi Av as legacy of the event we’re calling #OpenLanga. Watch this space!
April 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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🚲 Joined Marcela Guerrero Casas of @localsouth.bsky.social Local South for a discussion of #CapeTownOpenStreets with Young Urbanists South Africa.
April 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#ciclovia50 “reminds us that the trajectories of cycling cities are both connected & separate, as shared problems give rise to different solutions and learning from elsewhere requires ‘translation’ and adaptation to local conditions” - Thomas Van-Laake

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Ciclovía at 50: Thinking cycling histories from Bogotá - Urban Cycling Institute
Written by guest authors:Thomas van Laake, doctoral researcher at the University of ManchesterHenk-Jan Dekker, post-doctoral researcher at CIRED The early 1970’s marked a critical juncture in the hist...
urbancyclinginstitute.org
December 29, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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I went on a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the open streets movement. Here's what I learned: slate.com/business/202...
Bogotá’s Open Streets Program Is the Most Successful in the World. I Went to Find Out Why.
If you ask a Bogotáno where they learned to ride a bike, they all have the same answer.
slate.com
December 22, 2024 at 5:16 PM
This time last week, we were getting ready for the big #Ciclovia50 celebration in Bogotá. Half a century of #openstreets inspiring cities around the world. Excited about the global movement growing & taking on the next 50 years! @mikelydon.bsky.social @carlosefe.bsky.social @sergemont.bsky.social
December 22, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Watch: 50 years of Ciclovia: Bogotá marks anniversary of Open Streets initiative via @aljazeera.com #ciclovia50 #ciclovia50años #openstreets

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50 years of Ciclovia: Bogota marks anniversary of Open Streets initiative
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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December 20, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Still buzzing with joy from yesterday's incredible #Ciclovia50 celebration in Bogotá! Extra special because Cape Town was officially represented by the amazing Mzi, who rocked the stage. 🌟🚴‍♂️ #Ciclovia50años
#openstreets #capetown #globalsouth
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Mzikhona Mgedle at Ciclovia50
YouTube video by Local South
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December 16, 2024 at 12:40 PM
December 15, 2024 at 6:48 AM
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2007, Bogota Ciclvoia: @penalosag.bsky.social tells Streetfilms about how "Baywatch" 😀 was the most popular show in Colombia in the late 2000's so they used that as a tool to recruit 100s of volunteers to manage the expansion of their open streets! 😀

A funny funny moment and clever!

#ciclovia50
December 8, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Next week, we set off on a special journey to Bogotá. Our mission to bring together Global South cities continues. Special thanks to @boell.de Cape Town office for making the trip possible!

#openstreets #ciclovia50 #ciclovia50años #streetsforpeople

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
Bogotá to Langa and back: Our journey to open streets
An initiative premised around closing streets to cars began in Bogotá, Colombia, found kindred spirits across the oceans, and later spread to Langa, Cape Town. Years later, they’re encouraging everyon...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 29, 2024 at 6:58 AM
"Ciclovia is like having access to a living laboratory... to study how a city in the Global South with significant challenges has succeeded in creating a car-free environment, even if just for a few hours each week." #ciclovia50 #ciclovia50años #openstreets

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Ciclovía at 50: the lessons from Bogotá's car-free streets
On 15 December 1974, residents in Bogotá, Colombia, closed 5 kilometres of a major city road to cars for a few hours. Ciclovía or Open Streets was born.
www.weforum.org
November 20, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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This December we will be celebrating Ciclovía's 50th anniversary in Bogotá. It will be a tribute to the citizen-driven and experimental roots of Ciclovía, which started on Dec 15, 1974 as a visionary response to the increasing dominance of car-centric urbanism 🚴‍♂️ 🌍 #Ciclovía50

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Ciclovía 50 años: pasado, presente y futuro de las ciudades - Facultad de Ciencias Sociales | Universidad de los Andes Colombia
En diciembre de 2024 se cumplen 50 años de la Ciclovía de Bogotá. En el marco de esta celebración, buscamos llevar a cabo un encuentro para un público académico, practicante y ciudadano, nacional e in...
cienciassociales.uniandes.edu.co
November 15, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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After 50 years, the legacy of Ciclovía remains as relevant today as ever. Beyond promoting physical exercise, it invites us to reimagine cities and urban life where cars no longer take center stage 🚴‍♂️ 🌍 #Ciclovia50

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The tranquility frees you’: Bogotá, the city that shuts out cars every week
Born out of an anti-car protest in 1974, the Colombian capital closes many roads to cars every Sunday, leaving them free for bikes, skates and pedestrians
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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Bogotá’s Ciclovía has also been a source of inspiration for bicycle activists, citizen groups, planners and mayors in more than 400 cities worldwide. Its global spread is a fascinating story of local and global actors, networks, and agendas 🚴‍♂️ 🌍 #Ciclovia50

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(PDF) Worlding Bogotas Ciclovia: From Urban Experiment to International "Best Practice"
PDF | “Best practices” are either celebrated as inspirational examples that can spur policy change and learning in other places or critiqued as... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Re...
www.researchgate.net
November 15, 2024 at 3:04 PM