The essence of the conflict today, really, is cars versus people…We can have a city that is very friendly to cars, or a city that is very friendly to…

- Enrique Penalosa

A bikeway is a symbol that shows that a citizen on a $30 bicycle is equally important as a citizen on a $30,000 car.

- Enrique Penalosa

Public space is for living, doing business, kissing, and playing. Its value can't be measured with economics or mathematics; it must be felt with the…

- Enrique Penalosa

In every detail a city should reflect that human beings are sacred and that they are equal.

- Enrique Penalosa

Urban transport is a political and not a technical issue. The technical aspects are very simple. The difficult decisions relate to who is going to be…

- Enrique Penalosa

Children are a kind of indicator species. If we can build a successful city for children, we will have a successful city for all people.

- Enrique Penalosa

In Bogotá, our goal was to make a city for all the children. The measure of a good city is one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can safely go a…

- Enrique Penalosa

One symbol of lack of democracy is to have cars parked on the sidewalk.

- Enrique Penalosa

We had to build a city not for businesses or automobiles, but for children and thus for people. Instead of building highways, we restricted car use. …

- Enrique Penalosa