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…
Copenhagen
Copenhagen Bike Lane Standards
We went to an afternoon training with James Thoem, Copenhagenize. He helped explain how Copenhagen increased bicycling mode share, decreased VMT and congestion, and decreased the number of injury crashes in their town even as population and bike miles traveled increased as the town grew. Here is his article, and Read more…
Copenhagen
WHY?
The question we’ve been chasing this week is why does Copenhagen have the transportation system that they do? What we are learning is that they intentionally re-constructed and continue to build out their transportation system to help them meet their community values – these are some questions they asked themselves: Read more…
Copenhagen
Growing and Improving Public Spaces as a Transportation Policy
Interestingly, the city of Copenhagen has a department that is Mobility and Public Spaces. They want to maximize how many residents can live close to work and services so they can attract and retain a high quality workforce while also reducing VMT/increasing walk/bike/transit mode usage. So they knew they were Read more…
Copenhagen
Building Height
Building Height Early on, for their central district they recognized that – buildings should be 4 to 6 stories. Anything taller and they strongly believe that people lose their connection to the ground – their connection to plazas, parks and gathering space. Anything taller and they believe it leads to Read more…