Comments on: Yet more great new bike infrastructure ideas from Copenhagen http://austinontwowheels.org/2009/12/14/yet-more-great-new-bike-infrastructure-ideas-from-copenhagen/ The Online Magazine of Austin Cycling Culture Tue, 15 May 2012 00:59:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://austinontwowheels.org/2009/12/14/yet-more-great-new-bike-infrastructure-ideas-from-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-14350 Jeff Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:20:21 +0000 http://austinontwowheels.org/?p=8122#comment-14350 "Copenhagen remains very much in the news especially on the bike front. As a city with a dominate [dominant?] car culture until the 1970s, Copenhagen pulled back from the gasoline induced sprawl most of the Western world embraced and now has 37% of commuter trips and over 50% of other everyday trips taken by car." Interesting take, but isn't it more like Bob Shanteau wrote: "People who return from trips to Copenhagen and Amsterdam are overwhelmed by the number of cyclists they see in those cities and associate the numbers with bicycle facilities, totally ignoring the fact that bicyclists dominated the streets there until the 1960's. Perhaps we could make an argument that the right lane of multilane streets is a de facto bike lane that could attract the same hordes of bicyclists as existed in northern Europe. We would get opposition from both the motoring advocates and the bikeway advocates, but it is worth a shot, even if it is an irrational marketing approach :-)" http://cycledallas.blogspot.com/2010/10/to-be-taken-seriously.html “Copenhagen remains very much in the news especially on the bike front. As a city with a dominate [dominant?] car culture until the 1970s, Copenhagen pulled back from the gasoline induced sprawl most of the Western world embraced and now has 37% of commuter trips and over 50% of other everyday trips taken by car.”

Interesting take, but isn’t it more like Bob Shanteau wrote:

“People who return from trips to Copenhagen and Amsterdam are overwhelmed by the number of cyclists they see in those cities and associate the numbers with bicycle facilities, totally ignoring the fact that bicyclists dominated the streets there until the 1960′s.

Perhaps we could make an argument that the right lane of multilane streets is a de facto bike lane that could attract the same hordes of bicyclists as existed in northern Europe. We would get opposition from both the motoring advocates and the bikeway advocates, but it is worth a shot, even if it is an irrational marketing approach :-) ”
http://cycledallas.blogspot.com/2010/10/to-be-taken-seriously.html

]]> By: Wabi Cycles http://austinontwowheels.org/2009/12/14/yet-more-great-new-bike-infrastructure-ideas-from-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-6887 Wabi Cycles Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:36:58 +0000 http://austinontwowheels.org/?p=8122#comment-6887 I loved reading this piece on Copenhagen. I think the rules that they have implemented to make their city more bike-friendly are innovative and novel and I just hope that other cities, especially in the US, can follow their lead! Thanks for posting this. I loved reading this piece on Copenhagen. I think the rules that they have implemented to make their city more bike-friendly are innovative and novel and I just hope that other cities, especially in the US, can follow their lead! Thanks for posting this.

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