[*BCM*] Peñaosa TOMORROW at BNB & savedateforDANCEparty!

[jasmine laietmark]

*In case you missed Livable Streets' event with Enrique Peñalosa last night:
*Do not dispair! He's speaking again*
TOMORROW!*
...And there'll be simultaneous translation into Spanish for those who do
not speak English. Traigan sus amigos!

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*((and keep reading to the bottom of this email *to hear about our upcoming
2/15 fundraiser at the Milky Way Lounge and Lanes: DJs, Raffle, Boldsprints!
*))*

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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.

*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?*

Enrique Peñalosa speaks at Bikes Not BombsSaturday February 7th
3:30 - 5:00
At the Bikes Not Bombs Hub, 284 Amory St (in the Brewery complex), Jamaica
Plain, MA <http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/locations>

Livable Streets and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
(ITDP) brought Peñalosa (an avid biker) to Boston for four days of
activities.

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.

To RSVP, drop a line to mail at bikesnotbombs.org.

MORE PEÑALOSA PRESENTATIONS: *Boston Public Library, Copley* (Last night!)
*MIT* Fri Feb 6th, 12:00pm
*Northeastern Univ* Fri Feb 6th, 3:30pm

This 4-day series of events is sponsored by LivableStreets
Alliance<http://livablestreets.info/>and the Institute
for Transportation and Development Policy <http://itdp.org/>, in
collaboration with Bikes Not Bombs <http://bikesnotbombs.org/>,
WalkBoston<http://walkboston.org/>,
Institute for Human Centered Design <http://adaptiveenvironments.org/>, Charles
River Conservancy <http://thecharles.org/>, MassBike <http://massbike.org/>

About Enrique Peñalosa 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,* "A city can be friendly to people or it
can be friendly to cars, but it can't be both,"* 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.

StreetFilms of Enrique Peñalosa and Bogotá

   - FILM: Car-free Streets in
Bogotá<http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/ciclovia/>
   - FILM: Bus-Rapid-Transit in
Bogotá<http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/bus-rapid-transit-bogota/>
   - FILM: Interview w/ Peñalosa- Lessons from
Bogotá<http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/lessons-from-bogota/>
   - FILM: Peñalosa talks with
COMMUTErs<http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/enrique-penalosa-talks-with-commuters/>
   - Explore more at www.streetfilms.org <http://www.streetfilms.org/>

Further reading

   -
   http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070622.whappyurbanm...<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070622.whappyurbanmain0623/BNStory/lifeMain/home>
   - http://www.commonassets.org/profile.php?id=2325



AND WE'LL SEE YOU ALSO AT THE FUNDRAISER FOR BNB

*at the Milky Way*

*Sunday February 15, 2009 • 8 pm*
405 Centre St. Jamaica Plain, 02130

*DANCING, RAFFLE, INDOOR BIKE RACING:*
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.

*DJ Lone Wolf of Todo Mundo*
http://www.myspace.com/lonewolflonewolflonewolf
http://www.kevindriscoll.info/todomundo/

*DJ D'Hana of Midway Cafe's The Neighborhood*
http://www.myspace.com/chubrubproductions
http://www.myspace.com/theneighborhoodjp

*
DJ's Patrick & Stella of The Milky Way's Gross Anatomy*
http://www.myspace.com/thegrossanatomy


*BoldSprints *is head-to-head bike racing on rollers
http://bostonsprints.bostonbiker.org/


*The RAFFLE* 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!

*Entry costs $5-20+ sliding scale - cover charges go entirely to BNB. All
Milky Way events are 21+.

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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 http://bikesnotbombs-eefsa.blogspot.com. Read more and see two short
videos on BNB's local and international work at www.bikesnotbombs.org



-- 
Jasmine Laietmark
Director of Grassroots Fundraising and Events

www.bikesnotbombs.org
617-522-0222 x106
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