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JUNE 2017 N o . 05 PENSAMIENTO URBANO PENSAMIENTO CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY BY MAURICIO CÁRDENAS P. 8 MEDELLÍN: THE FIRST THING IS TO GET CONNECTED BY FEDERICO GUTIÉRREZ P. 22 MEDELLÍN BOGOTÁ D.C. BOGOTÁ MEETS THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSN 2463-042X ISSN CHALLENGE JUNE 2017 SECCIÓN NO. 5 PU 1 / 1 La Alpujarra Administration Center, Medellín, Antioquia. PHOTO: César Martínez PHOTO: César WE SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS CONTENTS Cover Photo: César Martínez EDITORIAL .........................5 CURRENT EVENTS .............6 MEDELLÍN INTRODUCTION ..................8 Medellín: the first thing Challenges along the way is to get connected .......... 22 COLOMBIAN CASES Metrocables: social Making the most NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE engineering works .......... 24 of the traffic jam ............. 38 Innovation for 80th Avenue Corridor: “The metro, as a long-term sustainable mobility ....... 12 A sustainable project, is fundamental” ...... 42 Green movement ............ 14 transformation proposal ....28 Four provincial capitals The big challenge facing Sustainable and their mobility .............44 regional entities:“Executing transportation ................. 32 Sustainable solutions: resources coherently” ........ 18 A reference point that simple and low-cost ............. 48 changed lives .................. 34 From adventure to Medellín: from industrial pragmatism in the city ........ 52 center to innovation hub ......36 A commitment to sustainability .................. 54 44 28 FINDETER Future mobility Sustainable mobility INTERNATIONAL CASES Vicious congestion or virtuous circle? .............60 in action ........................... 70 France-Colombia bilateral cooperation: A range of How London deals with solutions for sustainable the growing number DIRECTORY ...................... 73 development ....................... 56 of challenges facing transport ......................... 64 COLUMN .......................... 74 Sex and the city JUNE 2017 DIRECTOR GENERAL MANAGER Paola Villamarín González Sandra Suárez Pérez [email protected] PUBLISHING HOUSE GENERAL EDITOR Proyectos Semana S.A. Alejandro Torres Parra Phone: 646 8400 CENTRO [email protected] Publicacionessemana.com DE INNOVACIÓN Y CONOCIMIENTO EDITORIAL COORDINATOR PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Nicolás Peña Ardila Orlando González Galindo PRESIDENT EDITOR PREPRESS José Luis Barragán Publicaciones Semana S.A. Luis Fernando Arboleda González PROOFREADING PRINTING SECRETARY Mónica Quintana Rey and Printer Colombiana S.A. CENTRO Natalia Ocampo Niño. Printed in Colombia DE INNOVACIÓN Published in Bogotá RodolfoY CONOCIMIENTO Enrique Zea Navarro ART EDITOR EDITORIAL BOARD Natalia Pinilla Morales EDITORIAL DESIGN Rodrigo Lozano Suaza Camila Mejía Valencia Director, CIC and Catalina Losada Salgado. 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WE SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS SUSTAINABLE, FINDETER INCLUSIVE PHOTO: TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IT GIVES me great pleasure to present this fifth is- sue of the magazine Pensamiento Urbano, one that concentrates on studying innovation as funda- mental to the development of integrated, sustainable mobility systems for creating more opportunities and improving the quality of life of all inhabitants. Cities are facing bigger challenges all the time. Rapid growth, coupled to poor planning and wors- ening air pollution, has forced local and national ad- Luis Fernando Arboleda González, President, FINDETER. ministrators to redraft their view of development and place special importance on new transportation We look on this issue of Pensamiento Urbano methods, so that people, the main beneficiaries, can as both a mirror and a reference point, because it is find them friendlier and more pleasant. vital to identify, analyze and take on board the expe- Strategies like providing green corridors are fun- riences of other cities in Colombia and in other parts damental for encouraging people to use bicycles and of the world that are an example of how a sustainable for reducing pollution. The key is to prioritize the urban transportation or mobility project can have a fa- wellbeing of the whole population. Coordinating all vorable impact on the local inhabitants. We at Findeter means of transport is an important step toward op- are assisting priority, comprehensive transportation timum mobility management, as are reducing trav- projects that are in line with a strategic use of land and eling times and cutting costs, which is possible if an require different actors in society to work together. integrated system is structured. The initiatives described in this magazine, Medellín is today an example of innovation in Pensamiento Urbano, show us that cities cannot Latin America, due to the coordination and efficien- go on being governed by cars or by traditional trans- cy of its transportation model. This strategy, togeth- portation, but rather need to take into account peo- er with technological progress, has enabled people to ple’s needs. It is a modern-day revolution. see their city from every angle as they travel calmly In this fifth issue we want to restate our intention around it, something that has even caught the atten- of being a strategic partner in projects that visualize, tion of Colombian and international tourists. A fun- right from the planning stage, an innovative country and damental part of this process is encouraging a sense of cities that are more welcoming and more respectful of belonging and instilling a culture of order and care in people. We aim to encourage our readers, our mayors and the local population. Public transport and bicycles are governors, the political class, industry leaders–in short, not exclusively for certain classes of people; they are for the entire population in general–to continue working for everyone, and everyone should therefore ensure their the sustainable development and growth of our regions. continuity and that they are in good condition. Together we make it possible! JUNE 2017 COFFEE REGION INTEGRATION Provincial governors Ricardo Gómez (Caldas), Carlos Eduardo Osorio (Quindío) and Sigifredo Salazar (Risaralda), together with Financiera del Desarrollo (Findeter) president Luis Fernando Arboleda, have signed an agreement of wills to implement a territorial development model in the region. FINDETER PHOTO: FUNDS TAKE FLIGHT Findeter has disbursed 36,500 million pesos for improvements to Ernesto Cortissoz Airport, in Barranquilla. These funds are in addition to a further 30,000 million pesos already handed over this year, which are part of a loan totaling 175,000 million pesos. FINDETER PHOTO: SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT Findeter, Medellín City Hall, Cartagena City Hall, EDU and Ruta N have signed an agreement of wills to replicate a pilot program in Cartagena called PHOTO: Archivo Semana PHOTO: Archivo Semana Comprehensive Urban Projects, to improve neighborhoods in Medellín. The first neighborhood where the initiative will be carried out is San José de los Campanos. NEW SPORTS VENUES Findeter president Luis Fernando Arboleda has an- nounced finance totaling 80,000 million pesos for the 2019 National Games, which will be held in Bolívar. These funds FINDETER will enable the province to improve infrastructure and have new venues for when it organizes the sporting events. PHOTO: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SPORT As part of its Caribbean and Santanders Diamond program, Financiera del Desarrollo (Findeter) handed over two surfboards to Natural Surf school, in Puerto Colombia. The sports equipment will be used to train children and youths between the ages of 6 and 14 from families in the lower income brackets. PHOTO: Coldeportes FORESTS FOR PEACE - TREES FOR MEMORY Findeter and Bolívar provincial government will plant 250,000 trees in honor of victims of the conflict. The project, in which 2,700 million pesos will be invested, aims to create environmental awareness and contribute to the historic memory, so that new generations can under- stand the past and not repeat the horrors of war. Specifically,