— This post is part of BikePortland Staff Writer Taylor Griggs’ trip through Europe. See previous dispatches here. If there was a World Cup for bike infrastructure, the Dutch and Danish would probably be at the center duking it out for the prize of most renowned capital city. Amsterdam or Copenhagen: which is the better choice … Read more
It’s almost like a rite of passage for any aspiring transportation reporter.
Nørrebrogade is a street in Copenhagen where biking, walking, and transit have priority over cars. And the result is extraordinary.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Reserved parking for bikes in the street — but only for part of the day.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) This post is part of ongoing coverage from Europe. Read more stories from my trip here. You might have a perception that everyone bikes in Copenhagen, or that the City has carte blanche to put cycle tracks … Read more
Ole Kassow, the founder of ‘Cycling without age,’ helps 95 year-old Else Hansen into a rickshaw.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Can you imagine spending your entire life cycling the streets of a beautiful city every day alongside your friends and neighbors; then when you reach old age you become too weak to ride, move into a … Read more
Kids are a common sight on Copenhagen’s cycle tracks.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) There’s a popular idea in bike advocacy and planning circles that women are “the indicator species” of a bike-friendly city. In the case of Copenhagen, which went well beyond “bike-friendly” years ago and where more women ride than men, the new indicator is … Read more
Riding in Copenhagen is so nice it’s even romantic.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) One thing I’ve learned on this trip is that it’s possible to vastly improve the cycling experience without spending millions on big and fancy projects. As I go through my photos and notes from each day, I’ve started a list of all the … Read more
We have highways for driving, why not have highways for biking?(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) I’ve seen lots of cycle tracks in city centers; but yesterday I was curious what would happen if I just kept on riding all the way out to the suburbs. Just how far do Copenhagen’s famous cycle tracks go? After getting … Read more
A bike lane on both sides but just one regular lane in the center — even with two-way traffic permitted.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Life is very good on Blågårdsgade, a carfree street in the heart of Nørrebro in Copenhagen.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Cover A new book coming from Copenhagen titled, City of Bicycles will take an in-depth look at that famous bike city’s culture. I’m really looking forward to this because most of what I know about Copenhagen is more of the infrastructure, policy and planning side of things. ‘City of Bicycles’ is due for release on … Read more
A new Streetfilm (watch it below) taken during the recent Velo-City Global conference in Copenhagen is like a refuge in a storm. Here in Portland (and across the country), we still struggle with resentment over bike lanes, a local media that’s happy to stir it up, people wanting to ban bikes completely because they’re simply … Read more