Antwerp Bicycle Parking at Central Station
Not only is Antwerp Central Station the most beautiful train station I've ever seen, they have the most gorgeous and comprehensive bicycle parking facility I've ever seen. Nothing, anywhere, can beat...
View ArticleCargo Bikes Delivered
What a lovely sight that greeted us at Lulu-Sophia's kindergarten last week. A long row of cargo bikes for kids delivered and ready for use in the playground. They're from the Danish company Tress, who...
View ArticleLaunching Copenhagens Bicycle Superhighways
Last week, on April 14, 2012, the first stretch of Copenhagen's new and long-awaited Bicycle Superhighway network opened and Copenhagenize was there for the bike ride.It was back in 2009 that we first...
View ArticleCool Bike to Work Film from Hungary
The Hungarians do it again. New advert for Bike to Workk campaign. As we've said before, the Hungarians are world champions in promoting cycling positively - check out this previous article about...
View ArticleExtreme Sport in L.A.! Not.
Los Angeles, California.Addendum: Check this ride out from South Bend: http://www.wsbt.com/news/sbt-procession-aims-to-show-how-bikes-cars-can-coexist-20120427,0,2181987.storyIf you look closely at the...
View ArticleNow You See It, Now You Don't
When I first saw this campaign from Italian carmaker FIAT I was convinced that we had a contender for our Car Industry Strikes Back series. Then I realised it was a campaign for drinking and driving....
View ArticleCatch The Cyclist With Your Eyes
This is a recycled campaign that returns regularly but we approve of it simply because it places the responsibility on the motorists. No ignoring the bull in society's china shop here. "Catch the...
View ArticleCar Industry Strikes Back - Ford
Nothing like a good Car Industry Strikes Back article to kickstart your day. Our reader, Krzysztof in Gdansk, Poland, spotted this advert for Ford Poland in the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper. You're going...
View ArticleGetting Carried Away
Been busy lately. Running behind with articles but doing lots of great projects with Copenhagenize Consulting. I figured I'd post some of the photos I've taken recently. Citizen Cyclists carrying stuff...
View ArticleCats and Mice
The police in Copenhagen are going after those rogues of the urban landscape - the bicycle users - this week. It's generally slim pickings for them. The 99% usually cycle without committing any major...
View ArticleGoogle vs The Facebook Bike in Dublin
Googleised Facebook bike in Dublin - courtesy of billyvandenende on InstagramThe Social Media Wars are now using bicycles as a battlefield. Bear Bicycles is a small company in Dublin selling Dutch...
View ArticleThe Scooter - The Unsung Mobility Option
It's important to provide facilities for all forms of human-powered transport. In my neighourhood, many kids live close enough to walk to school, including my kids. They can and do ride bicycles there,...
View ArticleThe Choreography of an Urban Intersection
We are in the midst of an interesting little project here at Copenhagenize Consulting. Something we've been planning for a while but only recently got started with. Like everywhere else, the...
View ArticleChoke
Ah. Spring flowers in Copenhagen. Note the swath of deadness where the exhaust from cars waiting to turn left have left their mark. 60,000 cars a day on this boulevard carving it's asphalt trail...
View ArticleThe Good City - Visions for a City on the Move
If you're wondering about the sporadic publishing here on the blog over the past while, it's simply because we have so many exciting projects on the go around the world at Copenhagenize Consulting.One...
View ArticleNew York's New Marketing FAIL
They're at it again, those New Yorkers. The city's DoT has chucked another bunch 'o money at a fancy ad campaign aimed at maintaining the status quo of the automobile's role in society.Seriously... I...
View ArticleCar Industry Strikes Back - BMW
BMW is at work in the Car Industry Strikes Back series. Sporty cyclists featured in the background. The text "Grace vs Pace" is prominent. But which is which? Does the car have pace and the cyclists...
View ArticleLet's Talk Numbers
This post is by one of Copenhagenize's finest, Rachel. She's been involved in quite a few of our projects, including the next Copenhagenize Index for bicycle-friendly cities. By now we all know (or...
View ArticleCar Industry Strikes Back - Sixt
Having just returned from working in Brazil and Norway, this was a fun addition to my inbox. Nothing like a new addition to the Car Industry Strikes Back series here on Copenhagenize.Thanks to Tim from...
View ArticleCopenhagenizing Vancouverism
I'm looking forward to speaking in Vancouver in a couple of weeks. It'll be at Simon Fraser University, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts.SFU and Urban Systems are hosting the event. Cool.June 28, 20127:30...
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