Former Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia Enrique Peñalosa is urging the Jamaican government to give greater consideration to utilising a people-centred approach when urbanising cities going forward.

Peñalosa, during his keynote address at the 2024 staging of The Honourable Maurice Facey Lecture, hosted by The Pan Jamaica Group on Tuesday at the S Hotel Kingston, asserted that the development of cities must have more pedestrian-friendly infrastructure, like sidewalks that were at least five-feet wide with kerb ramps for the accessibility of wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, strollers, or for those who have mobility restrictions and find it difficult to step up and down high kerbs.

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