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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...

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Cargo 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...

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Launching 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...

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Cool 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...

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Extreme 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...

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Now 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....

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Catch 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...

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Car 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...

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Getting 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...

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Cats 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...

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Google 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...

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The 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,...

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The 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...

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Choke

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...

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The 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...

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New 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...

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Car 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...

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Let'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...

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Car 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...

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Copenhagenizing 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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