| Implementing partner: ARUP |
| Implementation period: August 2021 - March 2023 |
| Sector: Just Energy Transition |
ARUP worked with ProPacífico and the Ministry of Housing, Cities, and Territory to identify strategic projects within the framework of a City-Region plan for Cali and its metropolitan area, which includes the municipalities of Candelaria, Jamundí, Palmira, and Yumbo. According to data collected by the Cali City Hall, over 3 million trips are registered daily between the aforementioned municipalities and Cali.
This project aimed to develop a strategy for the conception and promotion of a green bike network for the Cali-Region. It included a participatory process and designs for pop-up interventions, such as street trials, to engage, sensitize, and educate citizens about bike ridership, safety, and alternative modes of transport.
Through a collaborative planning process that included not only the conceptual design, but also local capacity building and the consolidation of an inter-institutional network, the project provided the beneficiaries with a solid first base of information and tools that will allow them to better manage the next phases of the project, especially in a metropolitan context that does not have an official associative figure.
"We believe that this project is completely possible, we have a technical and political will that supports it and can make it possible. These cycling infrastructure projects have a high part of inclusion and equity."
- Diego Giraldo, Planning manager Propacífco
