Ski Urbanism in Oslo
The current and growing focus on creating life-sized cities involves all manner of tools and areas of interest. A healthy, intelligent transport form like cycling is obviously a primary focus for...
View ArticleBicycle Infrastructure Fail(s)
By and large, we are optimists here at Copenhagenize Design Company. In our extensive travels around the world to our client cities and to give keynotes, we are privileged to see so many cities...
View ArticleStylish Public Transport Wear from Transit Republic
In this age of rapidly shifting mobility patterns, the race is on to attract commuters to alternative transport forms. Public transport like busses, metros and trams suffer from negative perception and...
View ArticleBerlin Decides its Future
This article is written by Copenhagenize Design Company's urban planner, Leon Legeland. Originally from the least- bicycle friendly city in Germany, Wiesbaden, he has lived, studied and worked in...
View ArticleOslo - The Next Big Bicycle Thing?
This is a translated version of an interview with Mikael published in the Norwegian newspaper Morgenbladet on 29 April 2016 by journalist Marius Lien. The photo used in the article is by Christian...
View ArticleFools and roads. Arrogance of Space in Moscow
Fools & Roads - The Arrogance of Space in MoscowBy James Thoem / Copenhagenize Design Co.After an unreal week of ribbon cuttings, bike parades and Russian saunas in our client city of Almetyevsk,...
View ArticleThe Oslo Standard - Next Level Bicycle Planning and Politics
So there you are. A capital city in a European country wanting desperately to keep up with the cool kids. Wanting to improve city life, generally, but also focusing intensely on re-creating a...
View ArticleCopenhagen's Inderhavnsbro - Inner Harbour Bridge
By Mark Werner / Copenhagenize Design CompanyCopenhagen’s Inderhavnsbroen (Inner Harbor Bridge) has been a seemingly never ending story of mishaps and constant delays. This bridge has endured problems...
View ArticleCopenhagenize Design Company on Display
Photo: Clotilde ImbertBy Clotilde Imbert & James Thoem / Copenhagenize Design CompanyThis summer, Copenhagenize Design Co. is featured in three exhibitions dealing with bicycles, cycling, and urban...
View ArticleCopenhagen Rolls out the Harbour Circle
By Mark Werner / Copenhagenize Design CompanyCopenhagen takes no time to rest when it comes to the bicycle, just months after officially kicking off Havneringen, the Harbour Circle project, the route...
View ArticleThe Bicycle Bridges of Copenhagen
By Mia Riefkohl / Copenhagenize Design CompanyThe City of Copenhagen minds the gaps. Over the past decade, we have witnessed radical changes in the connectivity of Copenhagen, a city bisected by a...
View ArticleThree Design Elements for Safer Intersections
Safety at the World's Busiest Cycle Intersection (Copenhagen) from STREETFILMS on Vimeo.Our friend Clarence of Street Films fame was in town last week to further showcase what makes Copenhagen such a...
View ArticleGladsaxe focused on cycling - and saved millions
The following post is an English translation of Søren Astrup's recent article for the Danish newspaper, Politiken, Gladsaxe satsede på cykeltrafik - og sparede over en kvart milliard kroner:The...
View ArticleThe Lulu Solves Congestion, Road Safety Issues and Finding Space for Bikes
I finally got around to subjecting The Lulu to a simple test. I've been meaning to do it for ages and last night we cast ourselves headlong into the urban fray. I figured The World's Youngest Urbanist...
View ArticleWhen a Public Space Doesn't Want You - Kvæsthusmolen
A late-summer evening in Copenhagen. Copenhagenize Design Company arranged for The Bicycle Chef - Cykelkokken to serve up a delicious snack for our guests from the City of Bordeaux, including Mayors...
View ArticlePARK(ing) Day Tackles Bike Infrastructure
Dozens of bicycles replace a former single car parking space, a common sight on Copenhagen streets.Co-written by Sylvia Green and Copenhagenize Design Co.The transition from summer to autumn brings...
View ArticleElectric Cars: Where Will the Energy Come From?
Copenhagenize Design Company Guest Author, Jason Henderson, is Professor of Geography & Environment at San Francisco State University, visiting Copenhagen this Fall on a research sabbatical...
View ArticleBike Homes Spoil London Cyclists
From the outlandish SkyCycle, to the more sensible bike share system Santander Bikes, bicycle infrastructure in London repeatedly manages to grab international headlines while attempting to make for a...
View ArticleCopenhagenizing the City of Almetyevsk / Альме́тьевск
A freshly paved cycle track in Almetyevsk along the city's main street, Lenina.What a difference a year makes. In October 2015, Copenhagenize Design Company was hired by the City of Almetyevsk, in...
View ArticleCopenhagenize Slopes - Iconic Architectural Topography, Housing, and Public...
Copenhagenize Slopes 1,2,3. Reversing the Arrogance of Space on Hans Christian Andersen Boulevard in Copenhagen and re-demoractizing the space with 507 apartments of 50 m2, an urban park at street...
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