Klaus Bondam made a recorded address to the audience explaining the benefits of having a strong cycling policy in place and what the next targets for copenhagen would be. in short, Copenhagen plans to have 50% of its commuting by bike in 2015, up from around 35% today. ambitious but far from impossible...
The bicycle in our climate change era could be regarded as a Trojan Horse for Sustainability. In other words, it can insidiously infiltrate people's subconscious ambition to become climate-friendly. By the inhabitants behaving in such a way, the city and urban spaces could become more sustainable in terms of transportation, but even more so in terms of quality of life and life style..
Jan Gehl's urban quality firm GEHL ARCHITECTS is the world's leading urban space planning company when we talk about developing a lifestyle that is enjoyable and healthy for inhabitants and businesses alike. With 40 years of practice, the company has amongst many other cities now transformed Copenhagen's city center into a bustling and lively pedestrian strip where shopping and...
The Danish Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and various cycling organisations is presenting the Danish cycling exhibition, “Dreams on Wheels” in response to Denmark is hosting COP15 – the UN Climate Change Summit – in December 2009 in Copenhagen.
Dreams on Wheels is an exhibition originally created by Thomas Ugo Ermacora - and is a conceptual arena for promoting urban cycling as a viable transport alternative. The exhibition is a showcase for the Danish cycling tradition, bicycle design, and urban planning, and has among other places been shown at The Danish House in Paris, harbour-front Toronto, Danish Design Centre and in the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh.
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Press release from The Royal Danish Consulate in Spain 8 November, 2009
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