Now if we could have a Metro system like Madrid's!

Madrid, Dec. 14 (ANDINA). The newly elected mayor of Lima Susana Villarán de la Puente was received by the president of the Community of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, during her visit to Spain to familiarize herself with the infrastructure management model and the formulas for public-private financing used in the Spanish capital.

Most Peruvians use Public Transportation

More than 70 percent of Peruvians use public transportation  and traffic is still a disaster!

Metropolitano

A New Approach to Traffic Fatalities

Seems that those naughty pedestrians have been getting themselves killed left and right. Time to crack down on walkers who get in the way of those racing, whirling vehicles that speed around the corners aiming for them.

Peru declares Bike Transportation a National Priority

Good idea, given how overcrowded and crazy the roads are! But there are a lot of really nice bike paths available, including the one in the picture, which is Av Arequipa. Arequipa is the boulevard which runs in front of our new place - all the way from Miraflores to Lima centro. Our section of it has a much wider and more beautiful walking / biking path, as you can see from pictures I've posted here on the blog before. Read the article here.

On a Bouevard with pedestrial walkway/bike path 2 blocks from Parque Central

 
So what do you do if you find a really cool apartment in a perfect neighborhood with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms plus maid's quarters which would be a perfect artist's studio and the owner refuses to rent it for less than 12 months?