(Ciclovía Recreativa) Implementation and Advocacy Manual

125 Pages·2010·5.13 MB·English

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 -