WALK, DO CITY. MANIFESTO FOR THE RIGHT TO WALK FREE IN THE CITY
Mexico City, March 21, 2011
Mexico City is a megalopolis of 20 million inhabitants. A megalopolis with a huge range of health services and education, a rich cultural offer great investment opportunities and economic growth, and attractions that offer an enormous potential for quality of life for all its inhabitants.
However, recent policies Governments of the Federal District and Mexico State have focused on promoting urban development focused on the car . City This model is not sustainable in the long term and is exclusive of much of the population. autocentric This model threatens the construction of public space and the enjoyment of the City for all. also has negative consequences for social interaction, tolerance and the actual construction of citizenship and democracy .
construction of streets, roads and urban highways with exclusive spaces for the car (without removing sidewalks and green space) are a demonstration of auto-focused model for people. Only people have enough income to purchase an automobile are able to use and take precedence in these public spaces.
Instead, the city on foot ends ordinary risking their lives in these spaces get home, work or places to meet their needs. The denied the right to live in the city and interact with others in public space.
City seems more interested in the flow of traffic on the welfare of its inhabitants. Pave or cover potholes becomes a priority, while the sidewalks are few and small neglected by policy and budget. They are in deplorable conditions, with broken pavement, with holes, with barriers to pedestrian and poles light, signage, telephones, etc.). Much of the sidewalks are kidnapped and parking cars. The pedestrian crossings are not maintained and the construction of pedestrian bridges to give preference to the car are examples of policies that favor a small sector of its own benefit.
 |
| # WikiCiudad Citizen Intervention in Poets Puente, Santa Fe |
The car, whose speed is many times lower than that of a pedestrian becomes a capsule of selfishness, a place isolated from the others and the environment. Behind the wheel, people think they have more rights than others, simply by owning a car. A motorist gets used to look down on pedestrians, bicycles, skateboards, as well as sidewalks and green spaces. A few privileged easily intolerant of other decisions also despise most and come to the authoritarianism that benefits them, they open more streets to go faster. Therefore, a motorist, suffering and do not enjoy the City, undermines democracy and freedom of other citizens.
The opportunity to walk in the City, regardless of whether it is a child, disabled, old, man or woman, in a safe and enjoyable is a right that every inhabitant of this city should enjoy.
# WikiCiudad Citizen Intervention in Poets Puente, Santa Fe
Navigating the City enjoying it, watching and living in the same space with others helps to create a supportive and tolerant citizenry, which is in the eyes of a democratic way of equals.
real estate and construction companies are largely responsible for this co-segregated and Cold City. Boosts housing developments whose logic of fear and distrust is sold as an exclusive. closed only be accessed by private cars, isolate their inhabitants from all ties with the city: the grocery store, a tortilla, coffee, stationery.
 |
| Cumbres de Santa Fe, development of COPRI | inmoliario
Street, indispensable link between the various population centers, is now a path for the driver and an edge for pedestrians.
estate are the same companies who are looking for cheap land on the periphery, expanding the city so unsustainable, and encouraging more urban streets and highways to accommodate the transportation needs of its customers potential. In the search business lack of business ethics leads to destroy neighborhoods, public spaces, forests, streams and build roads out of space for pedestrians or bicycles.
citizens do not count for them, Only customers who promise all kinds of amenities provided and subsequently sell defraud the lack of water, access to public services, traffic and deterioration in quality of life.
A paradigm shift on urban development in this city is fundamental. The recovery of the street and public space has the mission to develop fruitful links of mutual recognition and solidarity. How We Built City affects also the own democratic development of our country.
For these reasons, as citizens who yearn for another country, we want to build another city, today exercise this ciudanía.
citizenship immediately recover the sidewalk for pedestrians democratic and green areas City.
Under the slogan of # WikiCiudad , citizens build urban policies and mobility from down and collectively.
We seek to build a City compact, sustainable, less car-dependent, with public spaces .
a lively city with an active, tolerant and supportive.
a sustainable city with face human.
# WikiCiudad Citizen Intervention in Poets Bridge , Santa Fe
