When Mayor Alfonso Petersen announced his vision earlier this year to make Guadalajara a bicycle-friendly city, crisscrossed with connecting bike lanes and supportive infrastructure, many dismissed his “Red Ciclovias” plan as naive utopianism.

Residents living in subdivisions near the intersection of Avenida Patria and Acueducto – one of the metro area’s poshest enclaves – are threatening to wage war on Zapopan city hall unless action is taken to halt chaotic development in the area.

UNESCO has named the city of Ljubljana, Slovenia as the World Book Capital of 2010, dashing the hopes of Guadalajara, which had mounted a vigorous challenge for the honor.

The State Human Rights Commission (CEDH) has recommended that the municipality of Guadalajara pay the lifetime living and medical expenses of a woman left paralyzed after being shot by an off-duty police officer in October 2005.