Talking Headways Podcast: When Is My City Going to Fit?

This week, Mikael Colville-Andersen joins the podcast to talk about his book, Copenhagenize. Mikael tells us how his children influence his work and his feelings about bike culture. He also shares which innovations he believes help move bikes as transportation forward, and elaborates on his disdain for e-bikes and scooters — which recently received a lot of pushback on social media.

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What Do Sushi and Bicycles Have in Common?

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Copenhagen Cycle Ambassador Says Bikes Are Hot

By Sarah Goodyear |
If you’ve been following bicycle blogs for any amount of time at all, you’ve probably stumbled upon Mikael Colville-Andersen, who runs the blogs Copenhagenize and Copenhagen Cycle Chic. (We often feature his posts on the Streetsblog Network.) On Tuesday afternoon, he brought his inimitable style of bike advocacy (pretty spiffy, though low-key) to Columbia University […]

“Bicycling Is Healthy” — So How Do We Encourage It?

By Sarah Goodyear |
Today, a bit of a Transatlantic love on the Streetsblog Network, as Copenhagenize posts about a new paper on how to increase bicycling rates from Rutgers urban planning prof John Pucher. Copenhagenize’s Mikael Colville-Andersen writes: Rutgers urban planning professor John Pucher’s new paper talks about ways to increase the use of bicycles. The newest paper […]

Why Did Copenhagen's Biking Rate Surge in One Year?

By Angie Schmitt |
Copenhagen is famous for being a city where a lot of people bike. But for years the bike commuting rate has remained roughly steady at just over a third of trips. Then last year the city’s bike commute mode share increased from 36 percent to 41 percent. Meanwhile, driving declined 3 percent as a share of […]