Influencia de los colectivos bogotanos de bici usuarios en el proceso de formación de políticas públicas sobre la bicicleta a nivel distrital

Abstract

The present paper is done with the objective of comprehend the influence of the bicycle user groups in the process of formation of public policies about bicycles as a transportation mean at the district level. In this paper the subject is tackled through the following objectives: 1) to know the conversation dynamics between public entities and the bicycle user groups, 2) to describe the courses of action taken by bicycle user groups to make themselves visible in the debate about public policies related to bicycles and 3) to analyze the scope of the joint proposals and actions taken by bicycle user groups and public entities. The investigation is framed with qualitative focus and uses techniques of recollection of information such as documentary review and interviews in order to answer the objectives. Subsequently, the results show that the bicycle user groups do influence the formation of public policies at the district level. In addition, other important considerations are presented regarding the dynamics of dialogue, the courses of action and the scope of the proposals of the bicycle user groups.