Press Cuttings from around the world
Verkehrssicherheit: Mit dem Spiegel an der Ampel geht ein Licht auf – Zeitung Heute – Tagesspiegel Ein Spiegel am Ampelmast soll Fahrern Einblicke in den sogenannten toten Winkel geben.
Cyclists get green light | The Copenhagen Post | The Danish News in English A new idea will help cyclists reach their destinations faster in Copenhagen
Britons spend record £1.5bn on bicycles in switch to pedal power | The Times Spending on bicycles has boomed and is now three times the amount spent on motorcycles, official figures show.
A million more women cyclists needed to rescue Olympic legacy | The Times With time running out to capitalise on the Olympic legacy of London 2012, a call to arms will sound out today to get one million more women to take up cycling and redress the gender imbalance on Britain’s roads.
Eltis – The urban mobility portal – Show news – Costs and benefits of cycling in Helsinki (Finland) The city of Helsinki has set up a target to increase the modal share of cycling to 15 % by the year 2020, and at the same time halve the number of fatal accidents. To support decision [...]
Why the London Cycling Campaign designed a bike-friendly lorry | Environment | guardian.co.uk A lower driving position and bigger windows could help curb the number of serious cyclist accidents involving construction lorries.
At Baisikeli shop, both wheels and business model are circular | Worldwatch Institute Europe When cousins Henrik Smedegaard Mortensen and Niels Bonefeld got their idea of shipping scrapped bicycles from Denmark to Mozambique they had no clue what the impact of their vision would be. Since 2007, Baisikeli has set up two bicycles shops in [...]
Voices from the National Bike Summit 2013 | Streetfilms Streetfilms was at this year’s National Bike Summit and asked many attendees what they thought about the political climate for bicycling funding and what they would tell Congress if they had a chance. BBC's War on Britain's Roads: even more fake than we feared | Peter [...]
Crowded areas of Chennai to get pedestrian-only zones – The Times of India “Pedestrians have been ignored while making plans for development of the city. Pedestrian and cycle-only zones will give them safe spaces,”said Chennai mayor Saidai Duraisamy, while announcing the proposal in the corporation budget for 2013-14 on Monday.
International Women's Day – Mayor Pia Allerslev riding for Copenhagen | Union Cycliste Internationale “In Copenhagen, you are not an environmental activist if you ride your bike to work – you are simply commuting.” These are the words of Pia Allerslev, Culture and Leisure Mayor of Copenhagen since January 2008. The Danish capital was the [...]
If you live in a city, you don't need a car | Joanna Moorhead | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk We live near a train station, bus stop and car club. After being forced to go car-free, I doubt we’ll ever own one again One million e-cyclists – Fietsberaad The number of e-cyclists in the [...]
Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung / Aktuell / Pressebox / Archiv Der Senat will in Berlin die Bedingungen für Radfahrerinnen und Radfahrer im Stadtverkehr weiter verbessern, die Verkehrssicherheit erhöhen und neue Zielgruppen für das Radfahren gewinnen. Er hat dazu auf Vorlage des Senators für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt, Michael Müller, die neue Radverkehrsstrategie beschlossen. 'Watershed' inquiry reveals lack [...]
In Many Families, Exercise Is By Appointment Only : Health News : NPR Most families know that their kids need to exercise. In a poll that NPR recently conducted with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health, practically all of the parents surveyed said it’s important for their kids to [...]
Engineer steers bike-powered advertising firm to drive startups – Money – nation.co.ke Unlike established companies, the cost of advertising for many budding entrepreneurs is usually out of reach.
The need for better cycling infrastructure isn't limited to cities | Ralph Smyth | Environment | guardian.co.uk An all-party parliamentary cycling inquiry is looking at how to increase cycling outside of urban areas What the clothes you wear on a bike say about urban cycling | Calgary Herald One of the first things that struck [...]
Urban responses to climate change: the transport battleground | Guardian Sustainable Business | guardian.co.uk For cities to become truly green, they need to be less about cars and more about people. Perhaps a revolution is needed…
Fleet streets no more: Brits enforcing 20-mph limits Some of the U.K.’s most well-known cities are in favor of life in the slow lane Villaraigosa Celebrates Bike Plan Progress, Rallies for More | Streetsblog Los Angeles Two years ago, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and a host of city officials stood at the podium announcing a new [...]
Pedal for change A bicycle map is in the works to make Kuala Lumpur a cycle-able city.
Winter cycling is still on fringes, but other cities show how it can work | Calgary Herald How many cyclists keep it up year round? What stops people from riding in the winter? Is winter cycling dangerous? All these questions have been posed at this conference, but there have been frustratingly few answers. One of [...]
New York Bike-Lane Advocates Fear New Mayor Will Roll Back Gains – NYTimes.com During Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s tenure, New York City has become a cycling haven, with sprawling lanes across each borough and a bike-share program set to begin this spring. But as Mr. Bloomberg is to leave office at year’s end, there is [...]
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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