Copenhagens Climate-Friendly, Bike-Friendly Streets

This video was produced by Streetfilms, and is posted in response to Los Angeles' Mayor Villaraigosa's "10 Ways We're Greening LA" video - which at the 3:00 mark shows that our precious leader has no spine when it comes to changing car culture in LA. He offers instead handouts for people to drive more (in electric cars). Shame on him! He's flown all the way to Denmark, and hasn't seen the forest for the trees.

Description of this short film by Elizabeth Press:

Tens of thousands of people from nearly every nation on earth have descended on Copenhagen this month for the UN climate summit. As the delegates try to piece together a framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, they're also absorbing lessons from one of the world's leading cities in sustainable transportation. In Copenhagen, fully 37 percent of commute trips are made by bike, and mode share among city residents alone is even higher.

Come see "the busiest bicycling street in the Western world", and lots of other you-gotta-see-them-to-believe-them features including bike counters (featuring digital readouts), LEDS, double bike lanes (for passing) and giant hot pink cars.

Copenhagen wasn't always such a bicycling haven. It took many years of investment in bike infrastructure to reclaim streets from more polluting, less sustainable modes. Last week, I was able to squeeze in a whirl-wind tour with Mikael Colville-Andersen, the bike culture evangelist behind Copenhagenize and Copenhagen Cycle Chic, to get a taste of the city's impressive bike network and cycling amenities. Watch this video and see how Copenhageners flock to the streets by bike even in December, when average temperatures hover just above freezing.

http://www.streetfilms.org/copenhagens-climate-friendly-bike-friendly-streets/

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[RideGiantBicycles]

This is terrific. Makes me want to vacation in Copenhagen....or live there.

[mammasut82]

My bike is not just a tool!!!!!! you %¤#!&!`!!!!!! My bike is my baby and I care a lot for here and will allways do my best to tender every part of here <3 I Love my Bike

[cyclenut]

In Minneapolis, the #2 bike friendly city in America, the bike lanes are way less than a meter, about 2 feet between the curb and fast moving cars.. Some bike lanes are not as wide as a road bike handlebar....

[andylowings]

At 0.43 Seven bikes pass the counter yet it rises by only five.

[1dutchgrl]

Great video...........inspiring ideas for my town!

[mammasut82]

btw.Great video , besides the toolpart ...

[BungaEBiker]

Ahh Copenhagen such a beautiful place. The bike traffic is good to see. There are more and more here as well. For the longest time I would wonder was I a rareness here in Newfoundland Canada but now I see more and more fellow commuters on bicycles. Doesn't matter what kind of bike, just as long as it is a bike.

[dubfly]

thanks for posting this from streetfilms! love it!