In 1971 after graduating college, I left Ireland. The zeitgeist and personal choice led me to the US, first to Ohio and then to
Tag: Bogota
How not to upgrade a public bus system: Bogotá, Colombia
Bogotá, Colombia, has been celebrated and emulated worldwide these past 10 years for its innovative Transmilenio system of articulated buses. Reports regularly appear in
The piggy banks of Colombia
They sell piggy banks on the streets of Bogotá, and I imagine across Colombia, daily. Handmade in the red clay of Rolland Garros, these
A national ID card at work, Colombia-style
Colombia’s government wants to know the color of my underwear. When I went to buy underwear at a store here in Bogotá recently, surprise!
Bogota bus bingo: “Penny wars” meet 21st century
Is your city’s bus system really outrageous? For perspective, you might want to compare what goes on in your area with what happens on the