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- Copenhager mayor is not satisfied with 35% modal share: “Bjerregaard has the backing of a majority of Copenhageners for many of her cycling initiatives, including the closing of a main street, Nørrebrogade, to cars. According to Bjerregaard there are other inititives on the way to increase safety for the city’s many cyclists. Many trucks drive through the city instead of taking the ring route. This traffic must be limited. The Lord Mayor is sticking to her demand for introducing congestion charges for cars in the city, even though the Danish Parliament is opposed. “They’ll soon have to give in”, she says. [Cycleliciousness]
- In Amsterdam Cargo-bikes clog pavements – “Childless residents are complaining that the pavements are covered with big bikes. My opinion: Its true, the bikes shouldn’t be crowding pedestrians on the pavements. They should be crowding cars off the streets!” [Bakfiets en meer]
- TimBuk2 after going PVC-free, are constantly experimenting with new and recycled materials. Most of the sewing is still done in San Francisco. [EcoGeek]
Article posted Friday, January 11th, 2008
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It's not just big bikes on the streets. Theres bikes EVERYWHERE in Amsterdam. Still a great place though
The majority of accidents involving bikes on crash with a car, the cyclist suffer more injuries on his bones face, legs and arms. Do you agree?
It was recently published (I can't remember where but could look it up if needed) that the modal share of cycling in Amsterdam rose to over 50% in 2007 and has been steadily climbing for years. Nationwide the Netherlands is about 35%. Groningen, a city of about 180,000 is the star at over 60% modal share for cycling… and climbing. That's apparently the highest in the world, though who's to say there aren't still a few cities in China that could score higher.
In related news, some towns in the Netherlands have been responding to the overflow of cargo-bikes with special parking areas, generally taken from car parking spots on the street.
-Henry
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Exactly.. the bikes should be on the streets with the cars. In the city where I live in the U.S., the bikes must ride only on the street.
Childless residents are complaining that the pavements are covered with big bikes. My opinion: Its true, the bikes shouldn’t be crowding pedestrians on the pavements. They should be crowding cars off the streets!”
and this really makes sense.
I agree with what you have to say…..