I am reading David Byrne’s bicycle diaries. There’s a great quote attributed to Enrique Penalosa, former Mayor of Bogota:
“One common measure of how clean a mountain stream is to look for trout. If you find a trout, the habitat is healthy. It’s the same for children in a city. Children are a kind of indicator species. If we can build a successful city for children, we will have a successful city for all people…”
Check out the companion site to this blog: civilstreets.org
