Title: Andar por la ciudad
Description: "This work aims, above all, to describe and narrate the forms taken by the practices of daily mobility in two of the most important cities in Colombia between 1950 and 1970. Bogotá and Barranquilla are protagonists, but above all are the experiences, stories, narratives and images 2 of its inhabitants, reflected in multiple historical sources. The reader will find here a story about the recent past of mobility in our cities, accompanied by some indispensable but easily understandable technical information on transport, roads, urbanism, police and urban government. In essence, this is a book about the daily life of mobilities on the street." (HKB Translation) --pages 19-20.
Subjects: Traffic engineering, Pedestrian facilities design, Public spaces, Urbanization, History, City planning, Social history, Urban Sociology
Places: Colombia, Bogotá, Barranquilla
Time periods: 20th century