Posts Tagged ‘Antanas Mockus’
Changing Behavior through Fun
Sometimes humor is the best way to change behavior. At a particular subway station in Sweden everyone rode the escalator up, virtually no one chose the stairs. Well, stairs are clearly a little healthier since they require more effort to walk up… so is there something that we can do to encourage people to make the healthy choice? See for yourself:
Cultural Traffic Calming
One of the recent discussions on the Streetsblog network was related to an interesting traffic calming measure taken in Germany. In places where speeding near school zones was a problem, the Police have been taking a new approach. Instead of just giving motorists a ticket, they’ve been making the motorists stop and explain to a [...]
Antanas Mockus and a Multi-Regulated Society
Today I wanted to start unpacking some of the sessions from the De Lange Conference with a look at the first talk by Antanas Mockus, the former mayor of Bogota Colombia. Mockus is an especially interesting figure. Throughout the 80s and early 90’s, Bogota was a mess, and of particular concern were violent crimes and [...]
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