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Watching Copenhagen Bike Share Die
Photo by Dennis Steinsiek from Dutch-it.euThe news today out of Copenhagen is about the imminent failure of the city's new bike share system. Copenhageners are ignorning the bikes, few trips are being...
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Top Ten Ways to Hate on Pedestrians
So there you stand. The Gatekeeper. Tasked with defending the great bastion of Motordom and upholding a last-century codex about city planning and engineering. In your mind's eye you think you resemble...
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World's First Automated Underground Bike Parking
The very best thing about my work is the people I meet. While working on a project in Amstedam's dystopian Zuidas area earlier this month, I met Arjan. That's him on the right, with his Dad on the...
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The Depressing Rise of Squiggletecture - and how to design a bicycle/ped bridge
Architectural competitions are great. A flurry of designs emerge from Photoshopland that allow you to gauge the current mood, trends and ideas. If you're lucky, there are a few ooh and ahh moments. We...
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The Copenhagenize Current - Stormwater Management and Cycle Tracks
Cloudburst in Copenhagen. July 4, 2011. Photo via DJ Ladze on Flickr. With permission.Climate change challenges are clearly defined in Copenhagen and in Denmark. 1000 km of dikes protect many parts of...
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My Stolen Bullitt
Here we go again.Out into the backyard this morning with The Lulu, heading for school and then off to work. Something was missing. It was big and red and quite gone. My Bullitt cargo bike was not where...
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New Bicycle Bridge - Cirkelbroen - Is Coming
This is exactly what you like to see on a spring morning in brilliant sunshine in Copenhagen. Yet another bicycle/pedestrian bridge being put into place on Copenhagen Harbour. The Circle Bridge -...
View ArticleCar Industry Strikes Back - Volvo Paints a Grim Picture
The latest piece in our ongoing Car Industry Strikes Back series writes itself. This time it's Volvo doing its best to draw your attention to the fact that motorists kill obscene amounts of people -...
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Make Life Shine - Yes, You Volvo
Volvo's new attack on pedestrians and cyclists is insulting to every traffic user. They have developed what they call "Life Paint" and expect pedestrians and cyclists to spray it on. The problem is...
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Choreography of a Copenhagen Corner - Desire Line Analysis
Desire Line Analysis: Choreography of a Copenhagen CornerCyclist Behaviour at a busy Copenhagen cycle intersectionBy Marie Lindebo Leth - AnthropologistFor the next study in our Desire Line series we...
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7550 New Bike Parking Spots at Copenhagen Central Station
For all of Copenhagen's badass mainstream bicycle culture, there remains one thing that the City still completely sucks at. Bicycle parking at train stations. At Copenhagen Central Station there are...
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Felix and the Danish Cyclist Test
My son Felix on the course of today's cyclist test for 6th graders in Denmark, in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen.Today was a fun day in my son Felix' young life. Together with the other 6th grade students...
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The Best Bike Story This Week
Yesterday I took back ownership of my own Bullitt cargo bike, when The Lulu and I picked it up at Larry vs Harry. You might have heard it was stolen back in March. After a week or so, I resigned myself...
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Lego and Bicycles - Together Forever
When you live in a home with over 20 kg of Lego, using it comes naturally. I noticed five years ago that I didn't have a lot of Lego bicycles. I soon discovered that they are rather hard to come by,...
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The Desire Lines of Cyclists – The Global Study – is in the starting block
Copenhagenize Design Co. has decided to take our unique Desire Lines Analysis Tool to the world. We are launching a new project that will span continents.The Desire Lines of Cyclists – The Global Study...
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Bike Share by the People, For the People
Saw a lovely thing in my neighbourhood today. Copenhagen's new bike share system. Parked right there under a tree. In contrast to the failed one still operating, this system is free, it doesn't have...
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Hacking a German "Safety" Campaign with Rationality
Nice with a bit of activism and rationality on a Saturday. Thanks to our reader Jochen, who sent us some photos from the streets of Germany in reaction to a campaign from the German Ministry of...
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From Copenhagen to Geneva - Discussion on Exporting the Danish Bicycle Model
Bike infrastructure in Geneva. Crédit photo : Louis-Philippe Tessier. A French translation of this article follows the English text.It's our great pleasure and honor to see numerous people, from all...
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Cargo Bike Logistics on Harbours and Rivers by Copenhagenize
Urban logistics is just one of the many challenges facing our cities. After Copenhagenize worked for three years on the European Union project Cyclelogistics, we have cargo bikes on the brain and...
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My City Sucks and it's Great
When I am doing keynotes or interviews I describe the mainstream aspect of our bicycle culture as being nothing more than Vaccuum Cleaner culture. Like bikes, we all have one, we all use it but they...
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