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Enrique Penalosa Quotes

The importance of pedestrian public spaces cannot be measured, but most other important things in life cannot be measured either: Friendship, beauty, love and loyalty are examples. Parks and other pedestrian places are essential to a city’s happiness Picture Quote #1

God made us walking animals - pedestrians. As a fish needs to swim, a bird to fly, a deer to run, we need to walk, not in order to survive, but to be happy Picture Quote #1

A premise of the new city is that we want a society to be as egalitarian as possible. For this purpose, quality-of-life distribution is more important than income distribution. [And quality of life includes] a living environment as free of motor vehicles as possible Picture Quote #1

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 soul Picture Quote #1

If we’re going to talk about transport, I would say that the great city is not the one that has highways, but one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can go safely everywhere Picture Quote #1

A protected bicycle lane in the city in a developing country is a powerful symbol, showing that a citizen on the $30 bicycle is as important as one in a $30,000 car Picture Quote #1

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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 benefit from the models adopted Picture Quote #1

One symbol of lack of democracy is to have cars parked on the sidewalk Picture Quote #1

If we’re going to talk about transport, I would say that the great city is not the one that has highways, but one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can go safely everywhere Picture Quote #1

An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport Picture Quote #1

I was almost impeached for getting cars off sidewalks which car owning upper classes had illegally appropriated for parking Picture Quote #1

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 soul Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We need to walk, just as birds need to fly. We need to be around other people. We need beauty. We need contact with nature. And most of all, we need not to be excluded. We need to feel some sort of equality Picture Quote #1

In every detail a city should reflect that human beings are sacred and that they are equal Picture Quote #1

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The importance of pedestrian public spaces cannot be measured, but most other important things in life cannot be measured either: Friendship, beauty, love and loyalty are examples. Parks and other pedestrian places are essential to a city’s happiness (Enrique Penalosa Quotes) God made us walking animals - pedestrians. As a fish needs to swim, a bird to fly, a deer to run, we need to walk, not in order to survive, but to be happy (Enrique Penalosa Quotes) A premise of the new city is that we want a society to be as egalitarian as possible. For this purpose, quality-of-life distribution is more important than income distribution. [And quality of life includes] a living environment as free of motor vehicles as possible (Enrique Penalosa Quotes) 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 soul. (Enrique Penalosa Quotes) If we’re going to talk about transport, I would say that the great city is not the one that has highways, but one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can go safely everywhere. (Enrique Penalosa Quotes) A protected bicycle lane in the city in a developing country is a powerful symbol, showing that a citizen on the $30 bicycle is as important as one in a $30,000 car (Enrique Penalosa Quotes) 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 benefit from the models adopted (Enrique Penalosa Quotes) One symbol of lack of democracy is to have cars parked on the sidewalk (Enrique Penalosa Quotes) If we’re going to talk about transport, I would say that the great city is not the one that has highways, but one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can go safely everywhere (Enrique Penalosa Quotes) An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport (Enrique Penalosa Quotes) I was almost impeached for getting cars off sidewalks which car owning upper classes had illegally appropriated for parking (Enrique Penalosa Quotes) 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 soul (Enrique Penalosa Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) We need to walk, just as birds need to fly. We need to be around other people. We need beauty. We need contact with nature. And most of all, we need not to be excluded. We need to feel some sort of equality (Enrique Penalosa Quotes) In every detail a city should reflect that human beings are sacred and that they are equal (Enrique Penalosa Quotes)