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Local branches of the Municipality of Copenhagen and Danish Cyclists’ Federation have started a campaign that targets the cyclists in the centre of Copenhagen.
Cycling Embassy of Denmark is represented by five different speakers at Velo-city Global 2010
Meet the members of the Cycling Embassy of Denmark at Velo-city Global in Copenhagen
Odense arranges a free, two day workshop on cycling and health the 9th and 10th of June 2010
Marie Magni, Veksø, represented the Cycling Embassy of Denmark at ECOMM 2010 in Graz the 6th of May. Marie Magni delivered the story “Once upon a time! … in a little Kingdom” – the story of the Cycling Embassy – at a Pecha Kucha session on Thursday 6th of May. The main theme of the [...]
Cycling Embassy of Denmark will be represented by Andreas Røhl, head of the City of Copenhagen’s Bicycle Program, at Wisconsin Bike Summit 2010
Troels Andersen was representing Fredericia Cycle City at the Seminar ‘Connecting Communities’ 25th March in Scotland
The Danish Cycling Embassy unites knowledge of cycling from the private, public and voluntary sectors in an effort to become the primary source of cycling knowledge. Thus, the Cycling Embassy of Denmark holds the best knowledge of all areas related to bicycling ranging from bicycles and bicycle equipment to bicycle tourism, parking facilities, bicycle infrastructure, [...]
Introduction Cycling Embassy of Denmark is a comprehensive network of private companies, local authorities, and non-government organizations. Our mission is to encourage cycling all over the world. We work together to promote Denmark as a cycling country through continued exchange of ideas, development, and communication of bicycle culture in Denmark. The network was established in [...]
The cycle is an integrated part of everyday life in Denmark in contrast to most places in the rest of the world. The choice of using a bike for transportation to and from work, school or leisure activities comes so naturally that most Danes do not consider how unique our cycling culture is. The Danish [...]
Lars Gemzøe from Cycling Embassy of Denmark, senior lecturer and associate partner in Gehl Architects, will make a presentation in Danish entitled ”Cykelbyer er bløde byer – byer for mennesker” in Malmö on Thursday the 4th of marts at 12:45 at the conference ”Öresund – världens bästra cykelregion”. The conference takes place at Malmö högskola, [...]
Cycling Embassy of Denmark will be represented by Niels Tørsløv, director of the traffic department in the City of Copenhagen, at the Capitals Alliance 2010 Conference on Urban Mobility in National Capitals
An introduction to Denmark as a cycling country
Wonderful world of cycling – why do the Danes bicycle? – An introduction to Denmark as a cycling country. Thursday December 10th from 12.00 – 16.00 Join us for the afternoon and find out why the bicycle is so popular in Denmark. We will take you for a bike ride in Copenhagen, you will experience [...]
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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