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7 unusual facts about Enrique Peñalosa


Antanas Mockus

In August 2009, Mockus and two other past mayors of Bogotá (Enrique Peñalosa and Luis Eduardo Garzón) joined a new political movement, Colombian Green Party and decided that one of them would run for office in the 2010 Colombian presidential elections.

During Mockus' unsuccessful presidential bid in 1998, Enrique Peñalosa replaced him as mayor.

El Cartucho

during the late 1990s, during the government of Enrique Peñalosa, it was decided to reclaim the area, along with other violent neighborhoods in the city, and to demolish the entire neighborhood in order to be replaced with the Parque Tercer Milenio.

Penalosa

Enrique Peñalosa (born 1954), Colombian politician and former mayor of Bogotá

Sustainable Transport Award

Mayor Enrique Peñalosa’s vision and implementation helped transform Bogotá into a model livable city and set a precedent for subsequent years’ STA cities.

TransMilenio

The Enrique Peñalosa was elected mayor he cancelled the project and oversaw the construction of the initial TransMilenio system at a fraction of the cost.

Urban Land

Past and current contributors have included such prominent individuals as former Bogotá mayor Enrique Peñalosa; urban scholar Richard Florida; economist and Brookings Institution fellow Anthony Downs; former director of land use planning for The Conservation Fund Ed McMahon; former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Henry Cisneros; and Brookings Institution fellow Christopher B. Leinberger.



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