National & International Media Coverage

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Here is a collection of recent articles from the media setting out both the news, views, and some conflicting interpretations of what all this means. To see the orginal article, click the journal's link as indicated. (To the extent possible, we have made quick machine translations of the articles in Spanish as a convenience for non-Spanish speakers. These may not be very pretty, but if you want to know they can help.)

Bogota mayor plans car-free city, (See Financial Times, 27 October 2000)

Election Overview, (See El Tiempo of 29 October)

"Polemic sobre Pico y Placa", (See El Tiempo of 31 October)

Mayor announces referendum results , (See El Tiempo of 3 November)

Yes to Phased Extension of Pico y Placa , (El Espectador of 3 November)

Citizens Bet on Model of City Without Cars, (El Tiempo of 11 November)

2015: Car Free Odyssey , (See El Tiempo of 11 November)

Transmilenio: The Nation Gets on the Bus , (See El Tiempo of 16 November)

Your contribution?

Do you have links or copies of articles that will help round out this treatment? We are particularly interested in international media coverage, from the print media as well as radio and TV. Can you help us in this?

Your suggestions here.

Local/National Media

Virtually all of these media are providing some form of coverage of the event. You might find it useful to check out the first three in particular.

El Tiempo. Perhaps the best local newspaper.
El Espectador, a second local newspaper for other views.
Semana. Weekly news magazine usually offereing good coverage of local events.
La Republica, a financial and business daily .
Dinero. Colombia's leading business magazine.
Cambio. Weekly news magazine.
La Nota. Economic magazine.
RCN. One of Colombia's largest private television and radio networks.
Caracol is a private national television and radio network.
Teleantioquia. Regional Television station.
Radio in Colombia
Colombiana de Televisión S.A. Television programmer.
Radionet. National radio network on AM.
CNN (español)

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