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Updated: 2012-02-08 03:19:07
: 29 January 2012 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 Netherlands to host comprehensive bicycle policy training sessions for professional planners , traffic engineers , architects , marketing people and NGOs . Both Mobycon and Copenhagenize Consulting see more value in combining Dutch AND Danish best practice and policy in order to provide inspiration for local solutions in cities . There seems to be a bit of bicycle nationalism gaining purchase and when the goal is inspiring cities around the world to starting placing the bicycle higher up on the traffic pyramid , all the good experience should be presented all at
: 27 January 2012 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 Put here by Mikael Colville-Andersen at 18:55 tags : biking with children bullitt felix kids larry vs harry lulu 3 thinking out louds : Severin said . A few things , 1 I was thinking I'd like to read a Copenhagenize post and here it is 2 This post made me miss Malmo– there's that irreplaceable feeling of being in a park , feeding the birds , in the evening . It is so calming and timeless . 3 I've been seeing the red Bullitt a few times , did you get it back the second time or is this an other red Bullitt 19:02 Mikael Colville-Andersen said . Thanks Another Bullitt , not the nicked one . 19:53 Helton Moraes said
: 19 January 2012 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 for effect of a street in Copenhagen . And then , as a Copenhagener , you realise . hey . I KNOW that street . That's City Hall on the left and Tivoli Gardens on the right . Vestre Boulevard is now named Hans Christian Andersen Boulevard . My goodness Look at how lovely that street is So liveable . Like a wide street in the heart of a city should be . Look at all that space Then you get depressed because you remember what it's like . now Thanks to Jason for the link to What Was There and this image The 1907 photo was taken from right about
: 18 January 2012 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 ideology , cars rule the streets and anyone who dares to challenge this indisputable fact will be eliminated . They use cars portrayed as anonymous machines no focus on the invisible driver and no focus on the responsibility of these drivers to take care in the traffic to hammer home their point that they are incapable of taming motorised traffic and , I fear , completely unwilling to do . so The video , above , is a part of the Tag Chancen Take the Chance campaign , which we had a sneak preview about last year and also here Take Chances ,
Chicago Bike Swap Search Main menu Skip to primary content Skip to secondary content Home About the Swap Event Details Location Presentations Demos Vendor Information Businesses Individuals Nonprofits , Organizations , Clubs Vendor Sign-up Don’t let winter’s chill put a damper on your biking life March 3, 2012 10 a.m . to 5 . p.m Pulaski Park Field House Photo : John L . Jensen At the Bike Swap , you can : expect More than 50 bike shops , merchants , nonprofits and individuals offering great deals on bikes , parts , events and gear Demos and presentations about family biking , winter bike commuting and more Bike-themed games and activities Discounted registration for Bike the Drive and the Four Star Bike Tour Lunch by Goose Island Catering and coffee from Caribou Rocking after-party for
: 14 January 2012 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 Sundays , Danish motorists are under fire . Was the state of our tasteless self-indulgence and waste of natural resources not so catastrophic , it would be quite amusing to observe how closely aligned the excuses of smokers and motorists are . Except second hand car-driving kills twice as many as second hand . smoking Photo : Steven Depolo Fact is that only a small insignificant number of people drive , because they did a thorough analysis . Some are genuinely forced to , as we for sixty years build our infrastructure to favour cars over all other