Bogotá's Bike Paths Network
Bogotá is the Latin American city with the most extensive and comprehensive network of bike paths. Bogotá’s bike paths network or "Ciclorrutas de Bogotá" in Spanish, designed and built and is also one of the most extensive in the world. The design of the network was made taking into consideration the morphology and topography of the city. This is, from north to south the city has a flat topography and from east to west the city has varying degrees of inclination. A mesh concept was applied for the theoretical plan of the network because  it presented greater versatility and adaptation given that the road network was designed as a grid plan with streets going from south to north and from east to west. The network was also integrated with the TransMilenio bus system which has bicycle parking facilities. Network hierarchy. A network hierarchy was determined following the criteria above. Bike paths' impact on city life. Since the construction of the bike paths, bicycle use has quintupled in the city. There were 635,431 trips made daily in Bogotá by bicycle in 2015, corresponding to a modal share of 4.28%. A large portion of this use  is in southern, poorer areas. The bike paths are an ongoing project. Many segments are still not connected to the main network. In some parts, they are placed on the sidewalk in a way that puts pedestrians and cyclists in competition.