Alameda El Porvenir, Cicloway of Bogotá and Soacha

Alameda El Porvenir is a walking and bike path extending roughly 17 kilometers through Soacha and Bogotá, connecting multiple neighborhoods. The route features paved surfaces, sitting areas spaced for rest, and lighting in certain sections to accommodate evening users.

The path was built in the late 1990s and early 2000s as a project to improve mobility and connect different neighborhoods throughout the region. It won an urban design award in 2002 and was later featured in an exhibition in New York, gaining recognition for innovative approaches to city planning.

The Alameda El Porvenir connects several neighborhoods and reflects how residents use shared public spaces in their daily lives. Families, students, and commuters gather here, and the path serves as a meeting point where people from different areas of the community interact.

The route runs 17 km from La Despensa in Soacha through the Bogotá localities of Bosa, Kennedy and Fontibón. By 2010 paving stones were damaged, signage was lacking and street furniture had been stolen; in Soacha, between the La María and Olivares neighbourhoods, a full kilometre was lost to squatter occupation, rubbish and rubble. Sections are interrupted from San Bernardino to Potreritos, and links to the wider mobility network remain limited.

The design won best urban design at the XIII Bienal de Quito in 2002, and in 2003 the Van Alen Institute in New York showed it in an exhibition titled Infraestructura para vivir, as an example of organising city life around large pedestrian and bicycle routes. In 2006 it received an award as best urban planning project for its urban impact.