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Eine Fahrradleuchte, die den Weg vor dir beleuchtet, ohne Reibungswiderstand zu verursachen und ohne die Gefahr des Batterieausfalls. Diese Magnetleuchte ist die Antwort der Moderne auf die Dynamoleuchte. Das neueste Modell von Reelight hat eine besonders kräftige Vorderlampe und ist die perfekte Leuchte für Strecken ohne Straßenbeleuchtung.
Bicycle Ambassadors Promote Cycling in Randers For two years, Randers Cycle City has collaborated with 18 active bicycle ambassadors who work to get more people to jump on bikes in Randers. The bicycle ambassadors are local town councillors, directors, representatives from cultural organisations, athletes, and activists that feel passionately about cycling. Read more Artikel auf [...]
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New manual for promoting active transport for school children The Danish Cancer Society recently published a new manual on how to make Danish school roads more bicycle-friendly through a structural approach. The manual lists a number of efficient and inexpensive initiatives that can be implemented with ease – and results.! Read more Artikel auf Deutsch [...]
Shared (parking) space for cars and bikes Can bikes and cars share the space? In cities where space is in short supply, you need to think outside the box to make room for everyone. When it comes to a cycle city like Copenhagen, with its countless cyclists, you also need to allot parking space for [...]
Copenhagen’s bicycle mayor: Give back the space to the cyclists Space is in great demand in the Danish Capital. And it takes political courage to take it away from the cars and give it to the cyclists. But the result will be better urban life for all, says Copenhagen’s Mayor of the Technical and Environmental [...]
Mom, can we go to the bicycle playground today? Around 5000 kids in Copenhagen have tested and approved the Danish Cyclists’ Federation’s bicycle playground. Now it is going out to play in the rest of the country. Read more Good signals – for safety’s sake The City of Copenhagen has high ambitions when it comes [...]
UCI Road World Championships hits Copenhagen The Cycling Embassy of Denmark is ready to greet the approximately 1,500 international journalists during the UCI Road World Championships—and show them how to bike the Danish way. Read more Cycling for a good cause Cycling as a sport has grown increasingly popular in Denmark over the last years, [...]
Bicycle Account creates better bicycle conditions The City of Copenhagen has just published its Bicycle Account 2010, which shows the advances in cycle traffic in the Danish capital – and where there is room for improvement. Read more Cycle City 2.0 The Danish cycle cities are continuously working to brand themselves. Just recently, Odense has [...]
Making cycle training fun Good sense is crucial when we move about in traffic. But the imagination is our best ally if we want to teach our children to cycle both safely and happily. Read all about the positive Danish experiences with cycle training through play. READ MORE Cycling children are healthy children; healthy children [...]
The Bicycle Butler – from scolding fingers to oil and a smile With its new approach to parking problems, the City of Copenhagen attempts to create behavioural change by offering cyclists an extra service. Read more Bicycle parking – to do or not to do! Where do the bicycles go when not in use? Get [...]
Bicycle infrastructure in Denmark
By Troels Andersen, COWI A/S The infrastructure is the basic for developing a cycle culture. Most major cities in Denmark do have rather fine facilities for cyclists, even though the cycle net still needs to be extended and improved. The major Danish cities do have like 300 – 500 kilometres of cycle paths each [...]
Bicycling Statistics in Denmark
By Troels Andersen, COWI A/S The bicycle share in Denmark is 19 % which is the second highest in Europe. After the war cycling dropped to half of the previous level, but since the 1970′ies cycling has increased in mainly the major cities. The bigger a city is the higher share cycling has of [...]
By Erik Bølling-Ladegaard, The Danish Cyclist Federation and Pablo Celis, Celis Counsult Cycling as a means of transport is on the increase in many towns and cities around the world, and further growth in the number of cyclists is expected in the coming years. At the same time, a lot is being done at many [...]
Collection of Cycle Concepts 2012
The first edition of Collection of Cycle Concepts was published in 2000 and enjoyed a wide circulation among everyone interested in bicycle traffic. The simultaneous publication of the English version spread the Danish bicycle traffic experience to many parts of the world. The second edition, Collection of Cycle Concepts 2012, updates the field, featuring new [...]
Good, Better, Best – The City of Copenhagen’s Bicycle Strategy 2011-2025
In Copenhagen’s new bicycle strategy you can read about the new initiatives and plans, which lay down guidelines for the longterm and overriding priorities within the bicycle area.
It can be hard to determine the exact effect of cycle campaigns, but the tendency in the Danish bicycle culture is clear: In cities that make a systematic effort at promoting cycling, more and more people choose to cycle. There is no doubt that cycle campaigns play a part in this success. This catalogue gives an overview of 14 concrete campaigns, their goals, how they worked in practice, and their results.
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