Bicycles are an essential part of the Colombian identity — ubiquitous, cheaper and, in some urban communities, often a faster way to get around.
No Colombian city embodies riding on two wheels more than the capital, Bogotá, where the metropolitan area of nearly 11 million inhabitants has no subway system and some of the world’s worst traffic jams.
The city has over 1.1 million bicycles, according to officials, and records nearly 900,000 bicycle trips per day.
But a number of robberies and assaults of cyclists this year have left many riders in Bogotá on edge.
A recent news report estimated that a bicycle was stolen in the capital every 42 minutes and small gangs of thieves have targeted cyclists.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Bogotá’s
Locations:
Bogotá