The Guardian - Big Picture: Copenhagen bikes, by Mikael Colville-Anderson
The guardian has published a great selection of Mikael Coville-Andersons pictures of people getting around their city (Copenhagen) on bikes. Shows how cycling in the city can and should be - easy, convenient, safe, door to door, stylish…
Cool! Cycle bus it to school!
Some lucky Dutch schoolchildren can now put their seemingly endless energy to good use, by powering their own school bus. Dutch company De Café Racer produced an eco-friendly bicycle-bus that is steered by an adult and pedaled by up to 10 children.
The bright yellow bus is designed for riders aged 4 to 12, and its stability and high visibility provide a safe, early introduction to cycle commuting in a country where bicycling is a way of life and 95 percent of teenagers bike to school at least some of the time.
The bus has a base speed of 10 miles per hour, and a motor for backup if the students are too tired to pedal or need help with hills. Other features include a music player and a canvas cover for shelter on rainy days. There’s even a bench seat where two additional children can sit back and enjoy the ride. —Kate Malongowski
Photo: Kate Malongowski/ Yes!
Cool inspiring video by the City of Portland. Taking inspiration from some of the best cities in the world, Portland is delivering road space that can be safely used by all road users.
Listen up @MayorOfLondon…Portland is getting bikes and cars where they need to go safely and efficiently!
Bikes in the City: ‘On the Right Track’
From Vimeo:
Catherine Ciarlo, Transportation Policy Director in the Office of Mayor Sam Adams in Portland, Oregon, explains how cycle tracks and buffered bike lanes work.
And that is how to do it! A cool video from Copenhaganize demonstrating the utter coolness of the green wave! We could so do with some of this coordination in London!
Helle Søholt of Gehl Architects talks about the benefits of cycling and the importance of putting people first when designing city spaces.
These people have just got it right!!
..The connectivity and the diversity of the public space network in a city is extremely important for the life quality of the people living here.
The healthy city, the attractive city, is a city that has to have the humanistic values in the centre of their decision making and that is not an easy task, it sounds very easy but you actually have to visualise people in planning and that makes people that are biking and walking as visible in planning as the people driving in cars…
A cool short music video commissioned by the City of Copenhagen to showcase Copenhagens city cycling culture in the 21st century. Video was created and produced by Mikael Colville-Andersen of Copenhagenize! Come on London…get yourself organised!
Image: The Independent
An old article but still interesting reading!
