A rarely heard utterance: “My favorite thing about the city was the buses.” A Dutch traveler said it to me about Panama City before I left. I inwardly scoffed; she must just think that because they use bikes so much in the Netherlands. But then I got there, and she’d nailed it. Sorry, Karl[...]
Posts Tagged ‘transportation’
January 6th, 2010 - 8:26 pm § in Good Ideas, Mexico
All-Female Transport in Mexico
Growing up as a tomboy, I loathed the color pink. I associated it with baking and kittens and babies and lipstick – every stereotype as a woman that even then I subconsciously knew I couldn’t stomach. Even though I now love the color pink (and I don’t wear make-up or feel affection[...]
September 8th, 2009 - 11:29 am § in Colombia, Good Ideas
Ciclovía: A Car-Free Revolution
Bogotá gets a lot of bad press. While some of it is deserving, a whole lot of it is based on the past conditions of the city 10 years ago. As a consequence, few people outside of Colombia are aware of the progressive, positive things going on inside the country. Every Sunday and public holiday (the[...]
