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A bicycle city

Learning from Copenhagen

Field notes from a city where cycling is so normal nobody notices it.

Cyclists on a dedicated cycle track in Copenhagen
Type
Field study
Subject
Bicycle infrastructure
City
Copenhagen
Themes
Mobility · Public space

In Copenhagen, people of all ages ride to work, to school and to the shops, in the cold and in the snow. Mothers carry children in front boxes and trailers. It looks completely normal, and it feels safe, because the city is planned that way: separate lanes and signals, calm intersections, and parked cars placed between the cycle track and moving traffic as a shield.

The full reflection is in the essay Learning from the GOAT of bicycling.

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