In Bogota, the capital of Colombia, they have tried to ____ this ideal by transforming what was once a ____ city – badly ____ by ____ and ____ by fear of crime – into one far better for children. One of the first steps the Mayor took was to clear a large ____ that dominated the centre of Bogota and replace it with a large public space. The slum had been a ____ zone for police and had effectively created a ____ between the ____ north and the more deprived south of the city. By ____ it, the city was immediately brought closer together. Having cleared one space, Peñalosa’s administration then ____ the land of a private country club in the north of the city. Its golf course and polo fields were ____ into a free park with sports facilities for all. They started to tackle congestion and the lack of facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. The government built ____ of cycle lanes and ____ a huge network of buses, again using separate lanes. They also ____ restrictions on car use and increased taxes ____ petrol.Finally, they ____ money into education – building new schools and a network of libraries, several in the most ____ neighbourhoods.

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