Lecture on bicycle cities

[Jeff Youngstrom]

Unfortunately I can't make it to this, but maybe you can:

Livable Copenhagen: The Design of a Bicycle City
May 9, 12 - 1:15 p.m.
University of Washington, Gould Hall, Room 435

Cycling is on the rise in Pacific Northwest cities, yet in Copenhagen,
Denmark, more than a third of all commuters get to work on a bike.
Alyse Nelson studied bicycle planning during the fall of 2006 and
winter of 2007 to try to learn how the Danes created such a
bicycle-friendly city. Her presentation will make the case for bicycle
cities, present planning principles that make the bicycle a prevalent
mode of transportation in Copenhagen, and provide details on how the
bicycle fits on the street and in the city. The presentation will end
with conclusions learned from Copenhagen and time for a broader
dialogue with the audience.

Report back if you go!

(Seen in the Cascade Bike Club "Braking News" email newsletter)

See you around town,
Jeff
http://gettingaroundissaquah.org/

[Jeff Youngstrom]

Well, all cities have some kind of geographic limitations. It'd
certainly be hard to turn Issaquah into Copenhagen, but I expect we
could learn something from a place that has been so successful in
putting people on bikes instead of in cars. Probably not bike
boulevards, but maybe connections and routing for shared streets. I
need to read the paper the lecture is based on since I won't be able
to go.

http://www.sightline.org/research/sprawl/res_pubs/Livable_Copenhagen_reduced.pdf
(warning, pretty big PDF there)

Thanks for your note,
Jeff

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 9:00 AM, John Reid <jmr...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> I wonder how relevant this will be. Copenhagen is a flat city built on the
> delta of a major river. The channels of the delta were regularised into
> "ring streets" with narrow lane access in the middle ages. Little choice
> but to use bikes, or to tear down houses and build many bridges!
>
> John M. (Jack) Reid
> Issaquah WA

[John Reid]

I wonder how relevant this will be. Copenhagen is a flat city built on the
delta of a major river. The channels of the delta were regularised into "ring
streets" with narrow lane access in the middle ages. Little choice but to use
bikes, or to tear down houses and build many bridges!

John M. (Jack) Reid
Issaquah WA

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, Jeff Youngstrom wrote: