Bicycling In Denmark

Aaron Naparstek of Streetsblog visits Copenhagen and reports on that city's outstanding bicycling facilities.

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October 19, 2006, 6:00 AM PDT

Thirty-six percent of Copenhagen residents commute by bicycle. Yet, in the early 1960's this was very much of a car town. In 1962 the city created its first pedestrian street, the Stroget, and every year since then Copenhagen has allocated more and more of its public space to bicycles, pedestrians and people who just want to sit and take a load off. The result is a remarkably pleasant city. Danish urban designer Jan Gehl says that the single biggest key to the change has been the development of the city's extensive bicycle network and that the Copenhagen of great public spaces that we see today would not be possible without bicycles. Indeed, there are bicycles everywhere.

Thanks to Aaron Naparstek

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