Friday, August 13, 2010

"The most beautiful, wonderful bike city in the world!"

It didn't happen over night.  It took over 40 years.  In the 60s, Copenhagen and other European cities were car centric and congested like North American cities.  Per capita car numbers were similar.

Today Copenhagen has congested rush hours.  However, they are bike congested rush hours.

If you have the time, check out the video cycling in Copenhagen.  It's worth watching.  At the 8:29 mark, a typical pretty Danish girl passionately tells you she is living in the most beautiful, wonderful bike city in the world.

You'll never bike alone in Copenhagen.

There are 350km of cycle tracks in Copenhagen, 1 out of 3 people bike to work every day averaging 1.2 million kilometres daily.

Wouldn't it be great if we could boast Burlington is the most beautiful, wonderful bike city in the world!

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