Name: Is being safer than Atlanta good enough for Bogotá? by The World in Cities see road to the future without cars
Duration: 5 min 54 s
Description: Some 90 percent of traffic fatalities are occurring in low and middle income countries, and those numbers are on the rise. Bogotá is bucking that trend, but city leaders say there's still far to go.

Cities see road to the future without cars

I talked with a Hong Kong protester today who goes by the name of Fish Cheng.

At the barricades

Bogotá is holding its mayoral elections this Sunday, October 25, and all the leading candidates are promising a new subway line. But can they deliver? And does it make sense?

Can a modern megacity like Bogotá get by without a subway?

Some 90 percent of traffic fatalities are occurring in low and middle income countries, and those numbers are on the rise. Bogotá is bucking that trend, but city leaders say there's still far to go.

Is being safer than Atlanta good enough for Bogotá?

Consumers should expect to see more and more electric vehicles soon. But with falling gas prices and plunging stock prices, who is going to buy them?

What auto companies might look like in a world with less gas ... and fewer cars

Last winter was a tough one in Boston. In Stockholm, they kept the trains running on time, all the time. Zero disruptions. So, what's their trick?

Snow on the roads in Sweden — no problem

Here's something to think about: A thriving city where a rush-hour backup might involve just a few cars, and the air is clean because just about everything runs on zero-carbon energy. That's the goal for the Swedish capital, Stockholm, and the city is well on its way.

Sweden's capital is on its way to becoming fossil fuel free by 2040

After my story on Monday about how legendary Brooklyn pizzeria Totonno's is trying to rebuild and come back after super-storm Sandy, a lot of people said how charmed they were by the grand-daughter of the late Anthony "Totonno" Pero, Antoinette Balzano.  So here is an extended mix of the time I spent with Balzano, going around Coney Island, starting in front of Totonno's, going to the boardwalk, and returning back to the restaurant. We began by speaking about her grandfather.

Touring Coney Island with Antoinette Balzano of Totonno's Pizzeria

[<a href="https://soundcloud.com/theworld/sets/embedded-journalism-in-iraq">This is part of a panel discussion on embedded journalism in Iraq and Afghanistan</a>] 

This is part of a panel discussion on embedded journalism in Iraq and Afghanistan</a>] "(During the 2003 lead up to the Iraq invasion) we were going to bring all of the journalists that were going to go with us, and read them into the entire plan, weeks prior to the invasion.  And the reason this is done is, number one, they're going to be right beside us and deserve to know; and two, it was an extension of trust that says "We are going to let you in, and let you see everything that we're getting ready to do.  And we trust that you're not going to compromise the mission." - US Army Col. Richard "Ross" Coffman

Sebastian Junger, Bob Woodruff, Rita Leistner and Col. Ross Coffman talk with The World's Aaron Schachter on March 15, 2013

How reporters got to the war zone

Reporter Anders Kelto of PRI's The World talks about his radio and multimedia series, "School Year." Kelto is spending a year documenting the lives of students at a public high school in Cape Town, South Africa. The Centre of Science and Technology is a magnet school that serves families in the low-income township of Khayelitsha. &#13;
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School Year

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Is being safer than Atlanta good enough for Bogotá?

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