Car Free City Referendum - Vote Bogota 2000
On Sunday, the 29th of October 2000 the City of Bogota called what is without any doubt the most revolutionary and far reaching public consultations to date anywhere in the world to gain long-term public support for an entirely new transport policy and delivery system for their city.
The Bogota Project, which is at the base of the referendum and which has already been awarded the prestigious Stockholm Challenge Prize for the Environment, calls for the creation of a permanent, iron-clad legal framework in support of a phased long term program of massive car reductions in the city, supported by a pathbreaking city-wide restructuring program already well underway and getting visible results.
Referendum Results
Both agenda items in the popular consultation received strong majority support: see Results and media reports sections discussing these results from different angles.
International Partnership
This site has been created by The Commons in association with the Mayor and City Hall of Bogota in an attempt to gather international support and provide comprehensive international coverage for and discussion of this remarkable world-level initiative. To gain a good understanding of what is going on there, we suggest you check out:
Follow-up Discussions, Observations & Recommendations
With the Referendum results now in, we would like to invite international discussion and commentary of both the program behind the referendum and the results. We are interested in your observations, ideas and proposals for new initiatives both in Bogota and elsewhere building on this outstanding achievement and example of responsible leadership and direct citizen involvement in policy making.
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