Posts Tagged ‘copenhagen’

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 [...]

…between Copenhagenize and Amsterdamize: Slow Bicycle Race – Copenhagenize vs Amsterdamize from Colville Andersen on Vimeo. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Faustinontwowheels.org%2F2009%2F04%2F04%2Fslow-bicycle-race%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Slow+bicycle+race’; addthis_pub = ”;

It’s been a long while since we’ve done a Bicycle News Roundup around here! Every time I start to put one together it seems like the stories are big enough to merit their own post. While you’re enjoying this beautiful weekend, be sure and check out these notes: We might be behind our peer cities [...]