Penalosa, The Mayor Who Wowed The World Urban Forum

He did it all, in part, by declaring a war on private cars. Peñalosa explained the philosophy behind this war--and Bogota's transformation--earlier Thursday during a plenary lecture at the World Urban Forum. He began with a sobering reminder to the mayors of developing world cities: "If you base progress on per capita income, then the developing world will not catch up with rich countries for the next three or four hundred years. The difference between our incomes is growing all the time. So we can't define our progress in terms of income, because that will guarantee our failure. We need to find another measure of success." The measure he came up with was shockingly simple. Happiness. http://thetyee.ca/Views/2006/06/23/Mayor/

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