Penn Institute for Urban Research

Join the Penn IUR and Penn Press in welcoming Enrique Peñalosa Londoño, former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, to campus on January 23 .“An advanced city is not one where the poor own a car,” writes Enrique Peñalosa “but one where the rich use public transport.” Former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, Penalosa sees city design as projects that define human happiness, dignity, and equality. He worked to achieve that goal during his two terms (1998-2001 and 2016-2019) when he implemented the Transmilenio bike system and the city’s mass transit and bus rapid transit (BRT) systems, along with several other infrastructure projects

The book explores how outdated policies, flawed funding systems, and misguided metrics led to the overbuilding of the U.S. roadway networkJoin the Department of City & Regional Planning and the Penn Institute for Urban Research for this talk on Professor Erick Guerra's new book, Overbuilt. The book explores how outdated policies, flawed funding systems, and misguided metrics led to the overbuilding of the U.S. roadway network. Guerra examines the lasting consequences of this overbuilding and outlines how policymakers can "unbuild" to create a more sustainable and effective transportation future.About the BookOf the approximately inflation-adjusted $2.5 trillion spent on highways from