Gabriel Michel Estrada Thomas Schmid Director, Vía RecreActiva, Guadalajara Division on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Municipal Council on Sports Joint Center on Physical Activity and Health, CDC WHO Guadalajara City Council Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Atlanta, Georgia, USA [email protected] [email protected] Olga L. Sarmiento Ana Camacho Associate Professor Director Social Medicine and Public Health District Institute on Recreation and Sports School of Medicine Bogotá, Colombia University of the Andes Bogotá, Colombia Mauricio Ramos [email protected] Coordinator, Ciclovía of Bogotá District Institute on Recreation and Sports Adriana Díaz del Castillo Bogotá, Colombia Associate Researcher [email protected] Social Medicine School of Medicine Oscar Ruiz University of the Andes Chief of Recreation Bogotá, Colombia Ciclovía of Bogotá [email protected] District Institute on Recreation and Sports Bogotá, Colombia Enrique Jacoby [email protected] Regional Council on Healthy Eating and Active Living, Non- Communicable Diseases Unit Oscar Rodríguez Alemán Pan American Health Organization Chief of Operations Washington DC, USA Vía RecreActiva, Guadalajara [email protected] Municipal Council on Sports Guadalajara City Council Michael Pratt Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Director, Physical Activity and Health Branch [email protected] Division on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Co-Director, Joint Center on Physical Activity and Health, Carlos Felipe Pardo CDC WHO Director for Colombia Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP) Atlanta, Georgia, USA [email protected] [email protected] Gonzalo Stierling Andrea Torres Director, Ciclorecreovía Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Santiago, Chile Division on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity [email protected] Atlanta, Georgia, USA [email protected] Editing, and assistance related to education and Pablo Medina pedagogy Graduate Assistant Masters in Industrial Engineering Center for Basic and Applied Interdisciplinary Jorge Iván Salazar Studies on Complexity (CEIBA) Center for Educational Research and Training (CIFE) University of the Andes School of Law Bogotá, Colombia University of the Andes [email protected] Advisor, Education and Pedagogy Bogotá, Colombia [email protected] Roberto Zarama Director Department of Industrial Engineering Paola Luna Center for Basic and Applied Interdisciplinary School of Architecture and Design Studies on Complexity (CEIBA) University of the Andes University of the Andes Bogotá, Colombia Bogotá, Colombia [email protected] [email protected] Juny Montoya Development of the web page, illustrations and Center for Educational Research and Training (CIFE) video recording School of Law University of the Andes Bogotá, Colombia Diana Fernández School of Architecture and Design [email protected] University of the Andes Bogotá, Colombia Cost-benefi t analysis methodology [email protected] Felipe Montes Andrés Téllez Graduate Assistant School of Architecture and Design Masters in Industrial Engineering University of the Andes Center for Basic and Applied Interdisciplinary Bogotá, Colombia Studies on Complexity (CEIBA) [email protected] University of the Andes Bogotá, Colombia [email protected] English translation Network and count analysis methodology James Merrell School of Medicine University of the Andes Edwin Orlando Martínez Bogotá, Colombia Graduate Assistant [email protected] Masters in Industrial Engineering Center for Basic and Applied Interdisciplinary Studies on Complexity (CEIBA) University of the Andes Bogotá, Colombia 2009 [email protected] Ana María Cardona Research Assistant School of Medicine University of the Andes Bogotá, Colombia [email protected] This publication was produced by the Pan American Heath Organization, the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the University of the Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, La Vía RecreActiva of Guadalajara, and La Ciclovía of Bogotá. For more information, please contact: Gabriel Michel Estrada Director, Vía RecreActiva, Municipal Council on Sports, Guadalajara, Mexico [email protected] Olga L. Sarmiento Associate Professor, Social Medicine, School of Medicine University of the Andes, Bogotá, Colombia [email protected] Enrique Jacoby Regional Council on Healthy Eating and Active Living, Non-Communicable Diseases Unit Pan American Health Organization [email protected] This publication is available on the Internet at: http://cicloviarecreativa.uniandes.edu.co/ Suggested Citation Car Free Sundays (Ciclovía Recreativa) Implementation and Advocacy Manual, the Pan American Health Organization’s Regional Council on Healthy Eating and Active Living and Non-Communicable Disease Unit, La Vía RecreActiva of Guadalajara, the Schools of Medicine and Engineering of the University of the Andes, Bogotá Colombia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009, and Ciclovía of Bogotá. The results and conclusions contained in this report pertain to the authors, and do not necessarily represent the offi cial positions of the Centers for Disease Control or the Pan American Health Organization. Acknowledgements Lucia Yolanda Alonso Assistant Director of Parks, Ciclovías and Sustainable Building Department of Urban Reforestation, Parks and Ciclovías General Directorate of Urban Forests and Environmental Education Secretariat on the Environment of Greater Mexico City Mexico City, Mexico Patricia Calderón Technical expert on non-motorized transport Ciclovía Recreativa Program Institute for Transportation & Development Policy - ITDP Paola Cáceres Preliminary edition Luis Fernando Gómez Researcher FES Foundation Colombia Cecile Medina Institute for Transportation & Development Policy – ITDP Mexico Guillermo Peñalosa Executive Director Walk & Bike for Life Toronto, Ontario Canada 1. Basic requirements - 11 - 1.1. Advocacy Coalition - 11 - 1.2. A political commitment from the mayor or governor - 11 - 1.3. Municipal government offi ces - 12 - 1.4 Project leader - 13 - 1.5 Financing - 13 - 2. Implementing A Ciclovía Program - 15 - 2.1. Phase one: Planning - 15 - 2.1.1. How to gain acceptance for the program - 15 - 2.1.2. Design of the preliminary route - 16 - 2.1.3. Road and transit studies - 23 - 2.1.4. Community and market research - 26 - 2.1.5. Consultation and program approval - 28 - 2.1.6. Defi ning the defi nitive routeand Its schedule - 29 - 2.1.7. Presenting studies for approval by local authorities - 31 - 2.2. Phase two: Development - 32 - 2.2.1. Selection of logistics equipment - 32 - 2.2.2. Human resources - 46 - 2.2.3. Staff training - 56 - 2.2.4. Complementary activities - 58 - 2.2.5. Program outreach - 60 - 2.3. Phase three: Implementation - 63 - 2.3.1. The fi rst event - 63 - 2.3.2. What takes place during a Ciclovía event? - 64 - 2.3.3. Tracking press coverage of the fi rst event - 67 - 2.3.4. Operational adjustments for future events - 67 - 2.3.5. Monitoring and evaluation - 68 - 2.3.6. Join the United Ciclovias of the Americas (CUA) - 68 -
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