Felipe A Ramirez Buitrago
Urban Mobility Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Felipe is the Urban Mobility Director for WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, with more than 13 years of experience in structuring, developing and implementing projects in different fields such as infrastructure, public policies, urban planning, transport policies and logistics. Felipe is an urban and transport expert with experience in urban mobility projects, planning infrastructure and managing operations in all transport modes.
Felipe is passionate about working on sustainable, equitable and inclusive cities, obtaining disruptive results such as bringing Bogotá to be the city with the largest 100% electric bus fleet in the world outside China in 2022. He also worked on implementing the city's shared bikes program, the more inclusive in Latam, leading the biggest program for road safety in Bogotá schools. He led the biggest revolution in terms of infrastructure in the city in the last 20 years and led a program for women within the care system to work on the public transport system among others. During the pandemic of Covid-19, he successfully lead the public transport system at the same time the biggest riots in the history of the city occurred, becoming a crisis management expert.
Leadership and communication skills leading multidisciplinary groups and executing projects that influence people’s lives and that require the coordination not only of diverse stakeholders but also different governmental agencies. Experience managing large companies.
MSc. Reginal and Urban Planning Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), MSc. Master's Degree in Engineering: Construction Engineering and Management at Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), BSc. Civil Engineering and BSc. Industrial Engineering at Universidad de los Andes (Colombia).
Projects
Urban Mobility
Visit ProjectImproving quality of life, health and opportunity in cities through sustainable and safe transport and urban design.
Part of CitiesHealth & Road Safety
Visit ProjectCreating safer mobility systems to connect people to opportunities and foster sustainable, equitable cities.
Part of CitiesSustainable Cities Challenge
Launch PlatformLaunch Platform Visit ProjectUniting cities and innovators to expand safe, inclusive and sustainable urban mobility solutions fit for the future.
Part of CitiesIntegrated Transport
Visit ProjectFostering multi-modal transport that connects people to opportunity and reduces emissions.
Part of CitiesTransforming Transportation
Launch PlatformLaunch Platform Visit ProjectAn annual convening of high-level decision-makers and cutting-edge thinkers exploring sustainable, equitable transportation solutions for the developing world.
Part of Cities