USA
4th of July, Bend and Bicycles!!!
People riding in the Bend 4th of July Freedom ride. Why do they ride every year? It is really fun! Let’s remember that – people do things that are enjoyable.
Uncategorized
Livability – it’s baked into Danish Community-Building
I could not say it any better – so I am going to cheat with this blog post. I wholeheartedly agree with these words from Robert Spurlock, another Scan Design Fellow who just returned home to Portland, Oregon after spending time in Denmark and experiencing what the Danish get to Read more…
Netherlands
Using a Regional Lens to Manage Congestion
Regional Transportation Planner for the City Region of Arnhem and Nijmegen, Netherlands, Sorjs Van Duren (his first name sounds kind of like George if that helps!) gave us a few lessons – his key wish for us to know: our community is same as your community language matters regional traffic Read more…
Denmark
Odense, Denmark Slip Lanes for Right Turning Bikes
The rights here in Odense are different than in Copenhagen. Here most are protected. City Transportation Planner Connie Juel Clausen explained that they have been working on safety as well as capacity increases. The protected right turn for bike riders vastly improves commute times because in Denmark there are no Read more…
Denmark
Insights into Odense
Odense Odense is a smaller community than Copenhagen, with just about 180,000 people. Pretty close to the population projected for Bend around the year 2040. We met with City Planner, Connie Juel Clausen. She has spent much of her career working on transportation planning in Odense (25 years!). She wrote Read more…
Denmark
Recommendations from Odense to Modernize any City’s Bicycling Infrastructure
We met with Connie Juel Clausen, one of the City’s transportation planners. She gave us some good advice that they have learned over the last 10 years. create more connected and protected routes – make riding a bike as easy and comfortable as driving (door to door) remove barriers across Read more…
Copenhagen
So Many People Bicycling…some ideas why
Why are there so many bicycles in Copenhagen? – Nick Rides Bikes (wordpress.com) Check out this blog post by fellow student Nick Deshais. I think he captured some good insight into why it is so easy to choose to ride a bike in Denmark. In addition to all the policy Read more…