The Swedish Transport Administration invited Helle Søholt, Gehl Architiects, to contribute as Key Note speaker and to take part in the panel discussion at the seminar Think Future, Strategies for the transport-system of tomorrow, in Stockholm on the 8th of November.
Tag: urban
Creating Tomorrows Liveable Cities
Earlier this week, professor Jan Gehl was giving the closing keynote at The Economists conference in London, Creating tomorrow’s liveable cities. View the full programme and the other speakers at the conference here.
Collection of Cycle Concepts
A catalog of ideas published in 2000 by the Danish Road Directorate.
Jan Gehls newest book, Cities for People – review and a talk
Urban life is in many ways a matter of rhythms, and the rhythms of human movement and perception have found a gifted interpreter in Gehl. Every city that has implemented his ideas has revived some of its livelier qualities, or discovered them anew.
Cities for people
Danish author, architect and urban design consultant Jan Gehl is giving a talk about his latest book Cities for People in London at the NLA, The Building Centre, on January 18th.
Jan Gehl: Making healthy cities
“Cities of the 21st century should be lively, safe, sustainable and healthy cities. Jan Gehl tells us how all of these qualities can be achieved through the policy of making walking and cycling the preferred mode of movement in the city.”
Our Cities Ourselves: 10 Principles for Transport in Urban Life
A publication showing how modern cities can meet the challenges of climate changes and population growth
Dreams On Wheels
Danish Cycling Culture For Urban Sustainability Dreams on Wheels is a conceptual exhibit promoting urban cycling as a personal transportation alternative. It provides an overview of best practice from Denmark concerning cultural planning, innovative industrial design, and city planning.
Lars Gemzøe at Öresund – världens bästra cykelregion 4th of March
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, [...]
Niels Tørsløv at Capitals Alliance 2010 Conference 22-25th of March
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
Cycling Award to Mayor Bloomberg of New York City
The first biking lanes have seen the light of day in Manhattan with the result that the people of New York have started to ride bikes. Because of that, the Cycling Embassy of Denmark decided to award Mayor Bloomberg of New York City.
Cycling and Car Sharing
Twelve years ago, the rent-a-car company Hertz had a good idea: introduce a car-sharing system in Denmark. Torben Jarlstroem Clausen immediately became a user, and he still is one today.














