http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Copenhagen bike infographic en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:10:33 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15106#post-192880 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:41:44 +0000 chdot 192880@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://copenhagenize.eu/index/images/main_banner_logos.png"></p> <p><a href="http://copenhagenize.eu/index" rel="nofollow">http://copenhagenize.eu/index</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15106#post-192864 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 12:58:05 +0000 chdot 192864@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"It is very simple, they restricted use of motor vehicles."</p> <p>Indeed. </p> <p>The culture and political will are certainly not here - (yet??!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15106#post-192863 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 12:48:56 +0000 Kim 192863@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lets look at how Copenhagen (and every other place that has high cycling levels) achieved the growth in cycle usage. It is very simple, they restricted use of motor vehicles.</p> <p>As for the plastic hats, there has been very aggressive marketing of them (backed in some cases by the motor industry) over the last five years. This has not just been in Denmark, but is other countries too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15106#post-192845 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 10:28:50 +0000 Roibeard 192845@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The population comparison is even better (in favour of Copenhagen). The city of 0.5m has more cycling than the country of 319m (638x bigger). Assuming the cycling stats are correct...</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15106#post-192844 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 10:28:15 +0000 Chug 192844@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Shows what can be done if you have the political will.</em></p> <p>63% of MPs cycle daily. Nuff said. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15106#post-192843 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 10:02:55 +0000 Baldcyclist 192843@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think the most striking thing of all, is all of that seems to have happened in less than 25 years!</p> <p>I've been cycling into Edinburgh for that amount of time, and erm...</p> <p>Shows what can be done if you have the political will.</p> <p>*Edit, would also be interesting to know how cycling has evolved country wide in that period. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15106#post-192841 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 09:54:11 +0000 acsimpson 192841@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Going by the pictures there's a far higher number of helmet users than in The Netherlands.</p> <p>4 out of 5 have access to a bike (I assume this doesn't include rental schemes) and there are 650K bikes for 520K people. Looks like the average resident has settled for 1.5 bikes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15106#post-192839 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 09:29:22 +0000 Darkerside 192839@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a slightly odd slant on helmets, no?</p> <p>"How many people have you heard of dying in a cycling collision (that didn’t involve a car)? As long as both parties wear helmets, you can crash into each other for days and get a few broken bones at worst." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15106#post-192838 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 09:23:18 +0000 neddie 192838@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>55% of the (applicable) citizens cycle to work or school. For the record, that means there are more people cycling to work/school in JUST Copenhagen than there are people doing that in the entire USA. That’s right, this one city has more bicycle commuters than a country with a population 160 times bigger.</em></p> <p>Wow! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15106#post-192832 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 08:47:19 +0000 chdot 192832@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Hi,</p> <p>I was searching for some info about bike friendly cities and ended up at your site.</p> <p>Having seen <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/</a>, I was thinking that maybe you want to see the infographic we have made about the many bikes in Copenhagen.</p> <p>In our infographic, we take a look at everything you need to know about Copenhagen as a bike friendly city: <a href="http://www.icebike.org/bike-city-copenhagen-this-is-the-ultimate-bicycle-friendly-city/" rel="nofollow">http://www.icebike.org/bike-city-copenhagen-this-is-the-ultimate-bicycle-friendly-city/</a></p> <p>We are a bit proud of it, so I hope you will like it too - and maybe it's worth a mention on your site?</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Mads Phikamphon</p> <p>" </p>