One of the biggest problems in a majority of the mayor cities is that there is a complete lack of respect for pedestrians and people on bicycle. Everything is made with the car in mind, making it unpleasant for the people living in the cities for so many reasons. And this isn't something that has to be absent just because it is a huge city. I can recall to when I was visiting Bejing in China, I wasn't by far feeling so underprivileged as a pedestrian or for that matter on the bike. There they even had wide roads made only for the bicycles.
I would like to say that the will is there, the will to use the bike, the will to live under better conditions. This is for example showed by all the people who goes to USP regularly to bike, sometimes even before the sun goes up, also the crowded bicycle lanes on Sundays between 09.00 am to 4 pm. Obviously this is not enough and I think more people aught to step up for this right. Raise the importance of people and don't continue making the people in the cars privileged and above everything that walks and bikes, thus these people are as important as every man or woman protected inside of the car. This is something that must be taken more seriously if sustainable changes is something of value in this country. And I hope sincerely that both politicians, but most likely the people in Brazil step up for this right. Last I would like to end this post by adding some inspiration, when we don't know what to do why don't we grab some courage and inspirations from a country close by, look what people in Chile did:
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View from my apartment in Vila Madalena
lördag 11 juni 2011
tisdag 7 juni 2011
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt met with Dilma Rouseff
The Swedish prime minister paid a visit to Brazil last month. The reason for his visit was to meet with the new president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff and the Chilean president Sebastián Piñeira. The agenda focused on Swedish relations with these countries and especially focus on trade, research and innovation.
These two countries have both good connection with Sweden, not only the fact that 45.000 chilean people live in Sweden today, also the interesting fact that Ericsson ( a Swedish telecom company) started its jerny to Brazil already in 1888 when the founder of the company Lars Magnus Ericsson met with the emperor of that time Dom Pedro II, later to sell the first telephone station in 1900.
Sweden has today more then 200 companies running in Brazil which together employs about 30.000 people. The trade relations are steady growing and Sweden and Brazil has had a strategic partnership in the areas of trade, bio energy, science and issues regarding climate change since 2009.
During the discussions the subject of ethanol was treated, as Sweden is the leading country in Europe to use ethanol. So the interest of strengthening these bonds was of course on the table. Interesting to add to this is that after the Swedish prime minister returned to Sweden a positive decision was made by the EU that allows Sweden to continue import ethanol without higher customs. This would have raised the average prising on ethanol in Sweden. But this decision, promoting ethanol, will last during the coming three years.
News from the Swedish government:
Information about the Swedish industry in Brazil (made by www.teknikforetagen.se)
http://www.teknikforetagen.se/Documents/Ekonomisk_analys/Brasilien-eng.pdf
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