Titlebook: Copenhagenize; The Definitive Guide Mikael Colville-Andersen Book 2018Latest edition Mikael Colville-Andersen 2018 A2Bism.arrogance of spac

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ropriated in favor of what we now know to be a flawed transport form in our cities. The bicycle, that most democratic of inventions that had transformed human society in such spectacular fashion, was declared persona non grata and exiled to suburban driveways, parks, fragmented stretches of infrastr

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been in business for 7,000 years, but a century or so ago someone let a bull loose inside. If you actually owned a china shop and someone actually let a bull inside, you would be rather dismayed. Don’t you think you would drop everything and channel all your energies into getting the bull out?

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ts to make the bicycle a respected and equal transport form and solve all manner of traffic and societal challenges. Copenhagen wasn’t always Copenhagen—and that is so incredibly important to remember. Mistakes have been made, both large and small. This city was as car-clogged as anywhere else on th

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hat a few generations of designers and engineers have perfected the technology to allow me to avoid the −70°C (−94°F) temperature outside this aircraft and to sip a coffee while penning these words. I remain amazed that this is possible. Like the American comedian Louis C.K. would have it, “You‘re s

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monetize mythbusting. How to make €1 for every time I have to sigh, roll my eyes, and bust a tired, uninformed myth about urban cycling? While time-consuming and often frustrating, it still, however, appears to a necessary part of the narrative we’re trying to cement in the public consciousness aro

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18975-5who are often, in fact, our antagonists. Traffic engineering is one, but so is architecture. To many people, this may seem odd. Isn’t architecture much the same as urban planning? Unfortunately, the divide is greater than it should be. The obsession with pretty buildings—inherent in architecture—all

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18975-5 figure out cyclists, those urban autists. By and large, the primary focus is on behavior, but with an overwhelmingly negative focus that clouds all the positive aspects of having a cycling population in a city. We are conservative herd animals, governed by laws and moral codes. It is easy to look a

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