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(Source: Copenhagenize via Treehugger)
This one image says a thousand words, and many of them indicate how a society is thoughtful, accommodative, encouraging and appreciative of its citizens’ efforts to use alternative modes of transportation, even during the punishing winter weather conditions. Our beloved bike blogger, Mikael Colville-Andersen at Copenhagenize.com, writes about the snow-removal practices in Copenhagen, Denmark, where the focus is also given not only to travel lanes for cars and trucks but also for those bike lanes in the city. Copenhagen, as many of us know, has one of the highest number of bicycle commuters, who regularly use these bike lanes to get around the city. You may ask but why snow-removal for bike lanes is a priority in the winter? Here is what Mikael has to say on his blog about this:
The result? Clear channels on which the bicycle traffic can move. Prioritizing the bike lanes is, of course, a great and necessary way to encourage people to ride bicycles all through the year. On the other hand, it is also a practical necessity. If the bicycle lanes weren’t cleared, a whole lot of people on the day after a snowstorm wouldn’t ride.Tens of thousands. They would seek alternatives. Cars, perhaps, but mostly public transport. Imagine the complications of having tens of thousands of people suddenly show up at train stations and bus stops. A logistical nightmare. So keeping the bike lanes clear is an important factor in keeping Copenhagen moving.
Hope other cities, especially the ones in the US (DC/NYC) realize the importance of keeping the snow off the bike lanes. Click here to read Mikael’s blog post and a few more awesome pictures from his collection.
(Source: AFP via Yahoo)
Copenhagen, one of the world’s most bicycle-friendly cities, has begun turning its extensive network of cycle paths into bike highways in an effort to push more commuters to leave their cars at home.
Considered one of Europe’s two “bicycle capitals” along with Amsterdam, Copenhagen counts more bicycles than people and cycling is so popular that its numerous bike paths can become congested.
Two-wheeler traffic jams are especially regular on the main Noerrebrogade thoroughfare used by around 36,000 cyclists a day.
Click here to read the entire story.
(Source: Copenhagen Cycle Chic)
This incredibly awesome Cycle Chic Calendar for 2011 by the Mikael Colville-Andersen of Copenhangen Cycle Chic would make a great holiday gift for the Treehugger, biker, Transportation geeks (like me). Oh well, I’d say go off the limb and say this: in general this is for anyone who likes beautiful things – beautiful women, beautiful city streets and beautiful bikes carrying beautiful women. Available for purchase [and in time for Christmas] over at Lulu.com.
(Source: New York Times)
ONE is wearing a couture gown, another just a pair of red underwear. One is lugging a huge bouquet of flowering rhododendrons on his shoulder, another a suckling pig. They are all riding bicycles in the middle of streets downtown, and they are all shown from behind, having passed by, headed toward some unknown destination — a party, a garden, a pig roast.
The photographs are by Bridget Fleming, 30, who moved to the Lower East Side from Australia in 2008. She is halfway through an ambitious project to capture downtown denizens riding on two wheels down each of the approximately 200 streets below 14th Street. She posts some of the photographs on a blog, Downtown From Behind, and hopes the project, which she describes as a glamorous ode to “the heartbeat of New York,” will culminate this spring with a gallery exhibition and Web site.
Click here for more on this story and for the awesome interactive.
Britain’s BBC explores the rising interest for cycling in the U.S. Cities. It is good to see our efforts get a bit of attention and PR from such unexpected sources. If the following statistic is to be considered an indicator of what’s to come in the years ahead, the biking in the United States is poised for a significant growth: According to the League of American Bicyclists, the most bicycle friendly cities saw a 69% increase in bike commuting between 2000 and 2008, compared to 48% for the top 70 US cities on average.
America is a land of long distances, of thousands of virtually empty square miles of prairie, farmland and baking desert and frozen tundra.
US cities sprawl on a level unseen in Europe, Canada, and Australia, a consequence of transport priorities that have long favoured motor vehicles. And in all but a handful of US cities, it is virtually impossible to get by without a car.
But in recent years, amid widespread concern about US dependence on foreign oil, high petrol prices, signs of global warming and an obesity epidemic, a number of US cities have taken steps to increase bicycle usage.
These cities hope that by adding relatively low-cost bicycle lanes, bike parking and bike sharing programmes and making other city plan adjustments, they can lessen traffic congestion, reduce the strain on public transport, and promote healthier citizens.
Jim Sebastian, head of Washington DC’s bicycle and pedestrian programme, says his goal is to make the nation’s capital “one of the most bike friendly cities in the country”.
- Portland – 5.96%
- Minneapolis – 4.27%
- Seattle – 2.94%
- Sacramento – 2.72%
- San Francisco – 2.72%
- Washington – 2.33%
- Oakland – 2.15%
- Tucson – 2.04%
- Albuquerque – 1.75%
- US – 0.55%
Britain’s BBC explores the rising interest for cycling in the U.S. Cities. It is good to see our efforts get a bit of attention and PR from such unexpected sources. If the following statistic is to be considered an indicator of what’s to come in the years ahead, the biking in the United States is poised for a significant growth: According to the League of American Bicyclists, the most bicycle friendly cities saw a 69% increase in bike commuting between 2000 and 2008, compared to 48% for the top 70 US cities on average.
America is a land of long distances, of thousands of virtually empty square miles of prairie, farmland and baking desert and frozen tundra.
US cities sprawl on a level unseen in Europe, Canada, and Australia, a consequence of transport priorities that have long favoured motor vehicles. And in all but a handful of US cities, it is virtually impossible to get by without a car.
But in recent years, amid widespread concern about US dependence on foreign oil, high petrol prices, signs of global warming and an obesity epidemic, a number of US cities have taken steps to increase bicycle usage.
These cities hope that by adding relatively low-cost bicycle lanes, bike parking and bike sharing programmes and making other city plan adjustments, they can lessen traffic congestion, reduce the strain on public transport, and promote healthier citizens.
Jim Sebastian, head of Washington DC’s bicycle and pedestrian programme, says his goal is to make the nation’s capital “one of the most bike friendly cities in the country”.
- Portland – 5.96%
- Minneapolis – 4.27%
- Seattle – 2.94%
- Sacramento – 2.72%
- San Francisco – 2.72%
- Washington – 2.33%
- Oakland – 2.15%
- Tucson – 2.04%
- Albuquerque – 1.75%
- US – 0.55%
Britain’s BBC explores the rising interest for cycling in the U.S. Cities. It is good to see our efforts get a bit of attention and PR from such unexpected sources. If the following statistic is to be considered an indicator of what’s to come in the years ahead, the biking in the United States is poised for a significant growth: According to the League of American Bicyclists, the most bicycle friendly cities saw a 69% increase in bike commuting between 2000 and 2008, compared to 48% for the top 70 US cities on average.
America is a land of long distances, of thousands of virtually empty square miles of prairie, farmland and baking desert and frozen tundra.
US cities sprawl on a level unseen in Europe, Canada, and Australia, a consequence of transport priorities that have long favoured motor vehicles. And in all but a handful of US cities, it is virtually impossible to get by without a car.
But in recent years, amid widespread concern about US dependence on foreign oil, high petrol prices, signs of global warming and an obesity epidemic, a number of US cities have taken steps to increase bicycle usage.
These cities hope that by adding relatively low-cost bicycle lanes, bike parking and bike sharing programmes and making other city plan adjustments, they can lessen traffic congestion, reduce the strain on public transport, and promote healthier citizens.
Jim Sebastian, head of Washington DC’s bicycle and pedestrian programme, says his goal is to make the nation’s capital “one of the most bike friendly cities in the country”.
- Portland – 5.96%
- Minneapolis – 4.27%
- Seattle – 2.94%
- Sacramento – 2.72%
- San Francisco – 2.72%
- Washington – 2.33%
- Oakland – 2.15%
- Tucson – 2.04%
- Albuquerque – 1.75%
- US – 0.55%
Britain’s BBC explores the rising interest for cycling in the U.S. Cities. It is good to see our efforts get a bit of attention and PR from such unexpected sources. If the following statistic is to be considered an indicator of what’s to come in the years ahead, the biking in the United States is poised for a significant growth: According to the League of American Bicyclists, the most bicycle friendly cities saw a 69% increase in bike commuting between 2000 and 2008, compared to 48% for the top 70 US cities on average.
America is a land of long distances, of thousands of virtually empty square miles of prairie, farmland and baking desert and frozen tundra.
US cities sprawl on a level unseen in Europe, Canada, and Australia, a consequence of transport priorities that have long favoured motor vehicles. And in all but a handful of US cities, it is virtually impossible to get by without a car.
But in recent years, amid widespread concern about US dependence on foreign oil, high petrol prices, signs of global warming and an obesity epidemic, a number of US cities have taken steps to increase bicycle usage.
These cities hope that by adding relatively low-cost bicycle lanes, bike parking and bike sharing programmes and making other city plan adjustments, they can lessen traffic congestion, reduce the strain on public transport, and promote healthier citizens.
Jim Sebastian, head of Washington DC’s bicycle and pedestrian programme, says his goal is to make the nation’s capital “one of the most bike friendly cities in the country”.
- Portland – 5.96%
- Minneapolis – 4.27%
- Seattle – 2.94%
- Sacramento – 2.72%
- San Francisco – 2.72%
- Washington – 2.33%
- Oakland – 2.15%
- Tucson – 2.04%
- Albuquerque – 1.75%
- US – 0.55%
Britain’s BBC explores the rising interest for cycling in the U.S. Cities. It is good to see our efforts get a bit of attention and PR from such unexpected sources. If the following statistic is to be considered an indicator of what’s to come in the years ahead, the biking in the United States is poised for a significant growth: According to the League of American Bicyclists, the most bicycle friendly cities saw a 69% increase in bike commuting between 2000 and 2008, compared to 48% for the top 70 US cities on average.
America is a land of long distances, of thousands of virtually empty square miles of prairie, farmland and baking desert and frozen tundra.
US cities sprawl on a level unseen in Europe, Canada, and Australia, a consequence of transport priorities that have long favoured motor vehicles. And in all but a handful of US cities, it is virtually impossible to get by without a car.
But in recent years, amid widespread concern about US dependence on foreign oil, high petrol prices, signs of global warming and an obesity epidemic, a number of US cities have taken steps to increase bicycle usage.
These cities hope that by adding relatively low-cost bicycle lanes, bike parking and bike sharing programmes and making other city plan adjustments, they can lessen traffic congestion, reduce the strain on public transport, and promote healthier citizens.
Jim Sebastian, head of Washington DC’s bicycle and pedestrian programme, says his goal is to make the nation’s capital “one of the most bike friendly cities in the country”.
- Portland – 5.96%
- Minneapolis – 4.27%
- Seattle – 2.94%
- Sacramento – 2.72%
- San Francisco – 2.72%
- Washington – 2.33%
- Oakland – 2.15%
- Tucson – 2.04%
- Albuquerque – 1.75%
- US – 0.55%