<font size="4"><b>In case you missed Livable Streets' event with Enrique Peñalosa last night:<br></b>Do not dispair! He's speaking again<b><br>TOMORROW!</b></font><br>...And there'll be simultaneous translation into Spanish for those who do not speak English. Traigan sus amigos!<br>
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<font size="4">*******<br><b>((and keep reading to the bottom of this email </b>to hear about our upcoming 2/15 fundraiser at the Milky Way Lounge and Lanes: DJs, Raffle, Boldsprints!<b>))</b></font><br><br>*********<br>
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<span style="font-size: 120%; font-style: italic;">Did you ever wonder
how the urban space could be redesigned to be equitable and accessible
for all people? Come see an inspiring presentation by Enrique Peñalosa, an
internationally reknowned speaker who transformed Bogotá, Colombia into
a model of transportation justice during his term as mayor.</span> <br><br><i>Perhaps
you've heard about The CICLOVÍA, every Sunday, 100 miles of the
Bogotå's streets are closed to cars for seven hours and open to bikers,
walkers, runners, dancers, skaters, food vendors, aerobics instructors,
families, {fun, health, and happiness ensue}... Can it happen here in
Boston?</i><br>
<br><h3>Enrique Peñalosa speaks at Bikes Not Bombs</h3><h3>Saturday February 7th<br></h3>
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">3:30 - 5:00</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
At the Bikes Not Bombs Hub, </span><a style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/locations" target="_blank">284 Amory St (in the Brewery complex), Jamaica Plain, MA</a><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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Livable Streets and the Institute for Transportation and Development
Policy (ITDP) brought Peñalosa (an avid biker) to Boston for four
days of activities. <br><br>Bikes Not Bombs is proud to host a presentation
on transforming cities into more equitable and happier places to live. You are invited to come hear the talk
and ask questions afterwards! This event is free and open to the
public. RSVP is encouraged but not required.<br><br>
To RSVP, drop a line to <a href="mailto:mail@bikesnotbombs.org" target="_blank">mail@bikesnotbombs.org</a>.<br>
<br>MORE PEÑALOSA PRESENTATIONS:
<b>Boston Public Library, Copley</b> (Last night!)<br>
<b>MIT</b> Fri Feb 6th, 12:00pm<br>
<b>Northeastern Univ</b> Fri Feb 6th, 3:30pm<br>
<br>This 4-day series of events is sponsored by
<a href="http://livablestreets.info/" target="_blank">LivableStreets Alliance</a> and the
<a href="http://itdp.org/" target="_blank">Institute for Transportation and Development Policy</a>, in collaboration with
<a href="http://bikesnotbombs.org/" target="_blank">Bikes Not Bombs</a>,
<a href="http://walkboston.org/" target="_blank">WalkBoston</a>,
<a href="http://adaptiveenvironments.org/" target="_blank">Institute for Human Centered Design</a>,
<a href="http://thecharles.org/" target="_blank">Charles River Conservancy</a>,
<a href="http://massbike.org/" target="_blank">MassBike</a>
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<h3>About Enrique Peñalosa</h3>
An accomplished public official, economist and administrator, Enrique
Peñalosa completed his three-year term as Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia on
December 31, 2000. While mayor, Peñalosa was responsible for numerous
radical improvements to the city and its citizens. He promoted a city
model giving priority to children and public spaces and restricting
private car use, building hundreds of kilometers of sidewalks, bicycle
paths, pedestrian streets, greenways, and parks. After organizing a
Car-Free Day in 2000, he was awarded the Stockholm Challenge Award and
rewarded by a referendum vote endorsing an annual car-free day.
Peñalosa also led efforts to improve Bogotá's marginal neighborhoods
through citizen involvement; planted more than 100,000 trees; created a
new, highly successful bus-based transit system; and turned a
deteriorated downtown avenue into a dynamic pedestrian public space. He
helped transform the city's attitude from one of negative hopelessness
to one of pride and hope, developing a model for urban improvement
based on the equal rights of all people to transportation, education,
and public spaces. This was done by ignoring calls for a major elevated
highway project, and using the money instead for projects that didn't
just serve the wealthy minority 20% of city dwellers who own an
automobile. Peñalosa believes that,<font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" size="4"><b> "A city can be friendly to people
or it can be friendly to cars, but it can't be both,"</b></font> and "a citizen on
a $30 bike is equally important to someone driving in a $30,000 car."
At first Peñalosa's agenda almost got him impeached, but by the end of
his term he was overwhelmingly popular, and he is running for the
mayoral seat again in October 2009.<br>
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<h3 style="font-weight: normal;">StreetFilms of Enrique Peñalosa and Bogotá</h3>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/ciclovia/" target="_blank">FILM: Car-free Streets in Bogotá</a></li><li><a href="http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/bus-rapid-transit-bogota/" target="_blank">FILM: Bus-Rapid-Transit in Bogotá</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/lessons-from-bogota/" target="_blank">FILM: Interview w/ Peñalosa- Lessons from Bogotá</a></li><li><a href="http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/enrique-penalosa-talks-with-commuters/" target="_blank">FILM: Peñalosa talks with COMMUTErs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.streetfilms.org/" target="_blank">Explore more at www.streetfilms.org</a></li></ul>
<font size="4">Further reading</font>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070622.whappyurbanmain0623/BNStory/lifeMain/home" title="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070622.whappyurbanmain0623/BNStory/lifeMain/home" target="_blank">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070622.whappyurbanm...</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.commonassets.org/profile.php?id=2325" title="http://www.commonassets.org/profile.php?id=2325" target="_blank">http://www.commonassets.org/profile.php?id=2325</a></li></ul><br><br><font size="6">AND WE'LL SEE YOU ALSO AT THE FUNDRAISER FOR BNB</font><br>
<br><b><font size="6">at the Milky Way</font></b><br><br><b>Sunday February 15, 2009 • 8 pm</b><br>405 Centre St. Jamaica Plain, 02130<br><br><b>DANCING, RAFFLE, INDOOR BIKE RACING:</b><br>This
will be a unique party with a rad group of people working their
leg-power on the dance floor to raise money for Bikes Not Bombs' local
youth programs and international development projects.<br><br><b>DJ Lone Wolf of Todo Mundo</b><br><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lonewolflonewolflonewolf" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "a00eb7fee9a805fd36c8018bed3c5fb8", event)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.myspace.com/lonewolflonewolflonewolf</a><br>
<a href="http://www.kevindriscoll.info/todomundo/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "a00eb7fee9a805fd36c8018bed3c5fb8", event)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.kevindriscoll.info/todomundo/</a><br>
<br><b>DJ D'Hana of Midway Cafe's The Neighborhood</b><br><a href="http://www.myspace.com/chubrubproductions" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "a00eb7fee9a805fd36c8018bed3c5fb8", event)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.myspace.com/chubrubproductions</a><br>
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/theneighborhoodjp" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "a00eb7fee9a805fd36c8018bed3c5fb8", event)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.myspace.com/theneighborhoodjp</a><br>
<br><b><br>DJ's Patrick & Stella of The Milky Way's Gross Anatomy</b><br><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thegrossanatomy" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "a00eb7fee9a805fd36c8018bed3c5fb8", event)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.myspace.com/thegrossanatomy</a><br>
<br><br><b>BoldSprints </b>is head-to-head bike racing on rollers <a href="http://bostonsprints.bostonbiker.org/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "a00eb7fee9a805fd36c8018bed3c5fb8", event)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://bostonsprints.bostonbiker.org/</a><br>
<br><br><b>The
RAFFLE</b> will include great prizes by
Baileyworks Bags, Swrve Cycling Apparel, the BNB Bike Shop, City Feed and Supply, ULA Cafe, The Other Side Cafe, and more!<br><br><b>Entry costs $5-20+ sliding scale - cover charges go entirely to BNB. All Milky Way events are 21+.<br>
<br></b>--------------<br><br>Bikes
Not Bombs promotes bicycle technology as a concrete alternative to war
and environmental destruction. For 25 years, BNB has been a nexus of
bike recycling and community empowerment both in lower income
neighborhoods of Boston and in the nations of the Global South. BNB's
programs involve young people and adults in mutually respectful
leadership development and environmental stewardship, while recycling
thousands of bicycles annually… your neighbor's old Raleigh may become
a water pump on a Guatemalan farm. For details on our latest partner
project in Ghana, Ability Bikes, please see <a href="http://bikesnotbombs-eefsa.blogspot.com/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "a00eb7fee9a805fd36c8018bed3c5fb8", event)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://bikesnotbombs-eefsa.blogspot.com</a>. Read more and see two short videos on BNB's local and international work at <a href="http://www.bikesnotbombs.org">www.bikesnotbombs.org</a><br>
<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jasmine Laietmark<br>Director of Grassroots Fundraising and Events<br><br><a href="http://www.bikesnotbombs.org" target="_blank">www.bikesnotbombs.org</a><br>617-522-0222 x106<br><br>