A Reader Writes On Cartago Bike Path

Ken Beedle, a resident of Cartago give a first hand opinion on the more than US$800.000 bicycle path in Cartago, a work that has been criticized by the Consejo de Seguridad Vial (COSEVI).

"The bike path in Cartago is a disaster. I know, I live in Cartago and move about in the city each day. What it demonstrates is poor planning and little use.

With cars often parked on the other side it constricts lanes of traffic to 1-1.5 lanes and will cause accidents. In a city that has “huecos” like teenagers have pimples and in need of serious repair, we build a bike paths! It makes no sense", writes Ken Beedle in a letter to Inside Costa Rica.



The bike path is about six kilometres of track designed specifically for cyclists, weaving through the Viejo Metropoli (Old Metropolis, as Cartago is sometimes referred to) from the Central Market to the Polideportivo and Colegio Universitario.

The work was funded by the Federación Internacional de Automovilismo (International Automobile Federation) with a donation of US$700.000 dolllars and a Municipalidad de Cartago (Municipality) contribution of ˘70 million colones (US$138.000).

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