Goodbye Bycyklen
Updated: 2012-10-31 21:03:00
: 31 October 2012 Goodbye Bycyklen Goodbye , Bycyklen After 17 years , Copenhagen's renowned bike share system is being pulled off the streets of the city for the winter and it ain't coming . back As we all know , La Rochelle , France was the first city to establish a permanent bike share system back in the mid 1970s Sure , there were some hippie attempts in the 1960s but Copenhagen's Bycyklen was the first system in a large city that involved a deposit . system With a 10 or 20 kroner coin you could unlock a bike and ride . off Nostalgia strikes quickly . The goofiest bicycles in history have only been gone for a few hours but I already miss them . I miss being late for a meeting or just wanting to get home and having to trail behind a wobbly Italian family of four happily enjoying the
: 30 October 2012 Danish 180 Tax on Cars is Rather Irrelevant Much is said and reblogged tweeted about the famous 180 on cars in Denmark . Back when rationality was fashionable , this series of taxes was put into place to try and discourage people from driving but also to try and win some money back for society for the destructive nature of . automobiles We know , for example , that for every kilometre ridden by bike , the Danish coffers recieve 23 . cents For every kilometre driven by car , the Danish state pays out 16 . cents Those numbers are from the Socio-economic analyses of bicycle initiatives methods and cases produced by COWI in 2009. For a more local feel , if you ride in Copenhagen from Øster Allé to Nørreport during rush hour here's the societal benefit and : loss Bicycle : 63
: 30 October 2012 Cobblestone Addiction a not so smooth ride in Copenhagen A Bicycle Infrastructure Photo Odyssey There's nothing like smooth , new asphalt and , for some reason , I always admire when the city makes smooth transitions at intersections between our often slightly-elevated bike paths and the ordinary road . This makes me so ever more dumbfounded why city planners manically and generously use cobblestone and curbstones to ruin my bike . path Using natural stones on paths and streets increases per meter cost , both in the initial ground works as well as cost of future maintenance and renovation . Furthermore , cobblestone tends to be very slippery in the autumn and winther , and more difficult to keep free of . ice I recently asked a city planner why they exchanged a white
More than 1,200 cyclists took to the streets in Newport Beach on Sunday in a memorial bike ride for two bicycle riders killed in separate crashes in September. The two, Dr. Catherine “Kit” Campion Ritz and Sarah Leaf, were struck on their bikes and killed in a period of under 24 hours. Ritz, 57, a … Continue reading »
: 29 October 2012 Frederiksberg Fail In the previous post , Lars highlighted some infrastructure solutions in the city of Frederiksberg . The city is an municipal island surrounded by Copenhagen and with its 90,000 residents , it is Denmark's most densely-populated . city Generally , the city is good at providing for cycling and around 35 of the residents cycle to work or school . This is the city in which I live and where Copenhagenize Consulting has it's . offices There are , however , problems that need solving and there is no solutions on the way . One of them is highlighted here in this article . Even though only 35 of the population of the city own cars the number is 29 for Copenhagen the main arteries are clogged with cars and trucks all through the . day When I looked out the
: 27 October 2012 Can you improve bicycle Infrastructure and the city space for free The key is to question the status quo , every time a street needs surface renovation . A quick assessment of traffic numbers by modality , and speed of cars , the nature of the street in the traffic system and urban usage , will provide a little insight to make improve how we utilize our . city Morning Traffic at Nørre Allé The picture was taken during the central summer holiday season , where commuter-traffic is at its . lowest In this case , the street , Nørre Allé Northern Avenue is surrounded by the campus of Copenhagen University School Medicine , a retirement home campus The City of the Old a church and 5-storey residential buildings . At the end of the street a small plaza is situated , Skt Hans
Do you often feel like there is something missing from your job or college education -- like your bicycle?
For the past several years, the League of American Bicyclists has been naming bicycle friendly employers and universities in the same categories as it lists bicycle friendly communities; namely platinum, gold, silver and bronze.
This fall, the bicycling advocates added 71 new Bicycle Friendly Businesses to its list, as well as nine new Bicycle Friendly Universities. ...
[Postscript: Oct. 23, 2012 -- Lance Armstrong removed "7-time Tour de France winner" from his Twitter bio.] Officials for the governing body of cycling say they agree that Lance Armstrong cheated by using performance-enhancing drugs during his career and they won’t challenge the sanctions against him. The Union Cycliste Internationale came to the conclusion after … Continue reading »
A short section of the Cedar River Trail that had been closed to bicycles while crews shored up a riverbank has been reopened. Even though plenty of “Trail Closed” signs are still posted along the route, the trail is open. Work crews had closed the half-mile section between 16916 Renton-Maple Valley Rd. S.E., to the … Continue reading »
Bicycle owners who want to share one of their surplus bicycles for a fee should check out a new service. Called Spinlister.com, the service created by Will Dennis of Los Angeles, helps match bike owners with travelers who need a bicycle when they visit. The peer-to-peer marketplace rolled out in San Francisco and Los Angeles … Continue reading »
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Belgian pro cycling team Omega Pharma Quickstep fired decorated US pro cyclist Levi Leipheimer on Tuesday for his connection with the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. In the investigation by the USADA into doping by members of the US Postal Service pro cycling team, Leipheimer admitted in testimony that he had used illegal performance-enhancing drugs during … Continue reading »
: 16 October 2012 Love Handles and Blogging the City So , slapped up a Copenhagenize Love Handle in Amsterdam last week , when I was speaking at the brilliant Blogging the City conference . As I promised the audience . Maybe it's still there . Maybe it's not . Let us know if you see . it More on the Love Handles can be read here The Blogging the City conference organised by Jeroen Beekmans Joop de Boer of The Pop-Up City featured a great line-up of . speakers Brilliant talk by Charlie Hilton of Urban Times Zef Heme l head of the urban planning department of the City of Amsterdam , and blogger at Vrijstaat Amsterdam Stefan Höffken from Urbanophil talked about his work and . inspiration Wouter Boon talked about his successful Amsterdam Ad Blog Antonia Märzhäuser on the always brilliant and
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