Posts Tagged ‘copenhagen’

Austin on Two Wheels is pleased to announce our latest site sponsor, Christiania Bikes by Boxcycles. As regular readers of our site know, we are big fans of cargo bikes and are thrilled to see another option come to the U.S. market and to Austin at AustinBikes. We currently have a Christiania box bike in [...]

Make cycling faster than driving, and the masses will come If you’ve read this site much, you will know that I am a big proponent of bicycle infrastructure. I think our economic security and long term quality of life depends on shifting people away from the car-dependent, resource sucking lifestyle of the last 65 years. [...]

It has been observed that if we really want to accelerate transportation cycling into mainstream culture, a focus on the needs of women is needed. Cycling in America is male dominated with a report 2:1 or more ratio of men to women choosing two wheels. In addition to expanding the pie, women have a larger [...]

In June, cycling advocates from all over the world descended on Copenhagen for the Velo-City Global 2010 Conference. This offered a chance for folks to share what they’ve been doing to make transportation cycling safer and more accessible. It also provided Copenhagen as a venue for what can be done and how far a city [...]

More to learn from Copenhagen on making a city bikeable for all I have spent a lot of time in my professional life trying to sell Texans and Austinites on a vision of life that does not center around the car. Whether it was sharing cars, using a bike for everyday errands, or riding rail, [...]

In advance of the Climate Control Conference earlier this month, the City of Copenhagen lit their city Christmas tree with a pedal power from local cyclists. Meant to highlight how to continue traditions in an environmentally sustainable way, the tree lighting system unfortunately only worked while people were actively pedaling. Seems like they could have [...]

Inspiration for the Copenhagenization the rest of the world With the Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen remains very much in the news especially on the bike front. As a city with a dominate car culture until the 1970s, Copenhagen pulled back from the gasoline induced sprawl most of the Western world embraced and now has 37% [...]

With all the discussions, designing, and arguments over bicycle boulevards, it can be hard to see the forest from the trees. The details can often trip us up in our overall goal: to make the bicycle a substantial part of our transportation mix and a natural choice for a growing number of citizens. Since the [...]

If you read this last week’s Austin Chronicle article about Copenhagen, you’ll realize how primitive Austin’s environmental initiatives are. While earlier this year Austin began a pilot program testing a single bike locker, Copenhagenizer is reporting Copehhagen is introducing lockers to accommodate cargo bikes. If you’ve ever ridden a bakfiets, Xtracycle, or Madsen, you know [...]

Today is the first day of Bike Month, so it is only fitting that we shoot for the moon with this cycling music video put together by Copenhagenize for the City of Copenhagen to see what is possible. Copenhagen – City of Cyclists from Colville Andersen on Vimeo. Of course, we don’t have to look [...]