[SDCBC] Bogota vs. San Diego

[Eric Converse]

I've been inspired.  These recent discussions on bicycle paths have led me to create the following blog entry:

San Diego and Bogota Columbia (a bicyle path comparison):
www.ativsolutions.com/cblog

In short, you'll notice that Bogota (serving a much larger, and poorer, population) does a couple of things we don't do here.  Their bicycle paths are contiguous and are routed through major population centers.  While many of our bicycle paths, while pretty (riding next to the water mainly),are often fragmented with huge gaps between them.  What we need are long continuous paths (much like our freeway system) that provide a backbone for this city's bicycle transportation network.  Needless to say we won't always be on a bicycle path no matter how good we make the system, but we can provide a network that links the city together and serves vastly more people.

Can't we do at least as good as a poor city in a third world country?

Eric


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