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A new story of our lives….
...Thats what we need.The new government is admirably determined to build a congestion-ring, around Copenhagen City. For the first time in since the oil-crisis in the early seventies, and the car-free...
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New Campaign - Ignoring the Danish Bull
This campaign from the car-centric Danish Road Safety Council is a prime example of how they are maintaining the status quo and Ignoring the Bull in society's china shop. According to their warped...
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Vintage Enlightenment and Despair
What a lovely shot. Copenhagen. 1907. Vestre Boulevard. Dug up by our very own Lars Barfred.The sign on the right reads "Bicycle Lane". Sweet. At first glance it's a nice vintage photograph - coloured...
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Feeding Time
Sometimes you just have to stop and feed the swans and ducks on your way home. With a half a bread roll in the fading light of a Nordic winter day.Copenhagenize the planet. And have a lovely day.
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A Kickstand for Halifax
Off to Halifax in the morning. The purpose of the visit is to kick off The Kickstand Sessions - Bicycle Policy Training Sessions. Copenhagenize Consulting has teamed up with Mobycon from the...
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Cool and Lost in Translation
Like many Japanese commercials, I have no idea what's going on. The title is even mystical: "about 1988 『峠のやまちゃん』".But hey. It's 1988. It's Japan. It's cool old men with pipes on bikes. Something those...
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Critical Mass Version 2.0
Right now the Danish minister of transport is finalizing the law proposal for the Copenhagen Congestion Ring.Visualization of the congestion ring control/payment system, from the report by the Danish...
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Montreal Cargo Bikes
I was in Montreal last week, after visiting Halifax for the Kickstand Sessions. I was pleased to see a number of cargo bikes on the streets. This chap, above, was delivering goods for this supermarket,...
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Jaywalking and the Motor Age
First reference to "jaywalking" - Kansas City Star, 30 April 1911.I've posted about the brilliant book "Fighting Traffic - The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City" by Peter D. Norton before but...
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Street Cars Named Desire
We're all familiar, I'm sure, with the famous poster showing how much space these different transport modes take up. As well as the many modern versions of the same theme.Here's another one, albeit one...
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Straightforward
For a larger version...Copenhagenize the planet. And have a lovely day.
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GPS Bicycle Tracker
Many Copenhageners get kind of irritated when their cargo bikes - or even regular bikes - get nicked. There is especially a big problem with stolen cargo bikes in Copenhagen because they are expensive...
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Charley in New Town
Back in 1948, the British Central Office of Information produced this film about Charley in New Town. Simplified urban planning with the interest of creating liveable communities.Charley, of course,...
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Bicycle Snowploughs
This winter has, so far, been rather uneventful. No arctic deep freeze with snowstorm after snowstorm rolling in like the past two winters and many before that. It's been grey and dull and quite...
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Early Cargo Bike Learning II
We've written before about how cargo bike culture starts early in Copenhagen.Here are a couple more examples from last week. Above, heading home from kindergarten, a Copenhagen kid gets to try and ride...
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Danish Bicycle Infrastructure History
The seeds of bicycle culture in Denmark were first sown 120 years ago. We found a fascinating article about some of the historical aspects of Danish bicycle infrastructure history and thought it...
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Hunting Cyclists for Fun & Profit
It's something we read regularly in the Danish press. The police had out traffic fines in order to make their statistics look good and to reach certain goals set for each police district. The article,...
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Vintage Ignoring the Bull from Colombia
Here's a spot of vintage Ignoring the Bull for you. From Colombia, in the Year of Our Lord the Car, 1948.Good thing they removed those pesky injured/killed pedestrians immediately after impact so other...
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Police & Tickets - No New is Big News
As we highlighted last week, the Danish police announced they would be going after bicycle users this week and sure enough, they were at it. Hiding behind a tree along The Lakes, as above. This officer...
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Hi, Cyclist! Your Bicycle is Here
The area surrounding the nation's busiest train station, Nørreport, is a labyrinth of construction as the City is renovating the on-street facilities and making it a nicer place. The result is that...
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