Copenhagenize: The Definitive Guide to Global Bicycle Urbanism

I love this book. Beautifully constructed. Fun to read.

The Bible...

This was inspirational for those of us working toward active transit infrastructure. Great book, wonderful graphics, writing is entertaining as well as inspirational.

This was well written and educational. Thanks for writing it :)

Yeah, great book

Author is a good teller of stories but definitely on a soapbox. Makes great points about the cultural changes needed to allow people to truly adopt bicycling as a mode of transportation.

I dislike books without an index because if I want to go back and re-read something I can't find it so I took a star away.My big gripe about this book is in the few pages 214-215 on E-Bikes. The author clearly doesn't like them. I took away another star based on lack of evidence on the E-bike pages.I ride an E-bike everywhere, not for sport but for transportation. I am 61 and live in a city with a high elevation, meaning hills. I rode 14 miles yesterday just running errands. I couldn't have done that on a regular bike in this city, maybe a flat city like Chicago but not here. My groceries get heavy and I would have a hard time getting up hills. Trust me when I tell you I was huffing and puffing yesterday and my heart rate was up.My E-bike is a pedal assist, which means I have to keep pedaling for it to kick in and work. There are throttle e-bikes out there and maybe the author was referring to those but he didn't make that distinction.I agree, that E-bikes are expensive but not compared to owning a car! My E-bike is my car. I am not wealthy, and I don't like being categorized as he says, "the privileged middle and upper class" who are purchasing E-bikes. WRONG.I have arthritis and I know I couldn't cycle as far without pedal assist. My legs are stronger and my BP is excellent 120/70.The health benefits of e-bikes can be found here https://electricbikeblog.com/5-important-health-benefits-electric-bikes/The author did a great job of researching this book but failed on E-bikes, IMHO. E-bikes are here to stay.

This book is a detailed guide to designing cities for bicycles. This rebuts the common myth that "bicycles only work in Europe" by showing that Copehnagen was once far more like American cities than it is today. In 1970, there were almost four times as many cars as bicycles entering downtown Copenhagen; today, there are more bicycles than cars downtown. The author also rebuts common anti-cycle myths. For example, some believe that cycling is only possible in temperate weather- but the author cites numerous examples of cold- and hot-weather cities that increased cycling.How did they do it? The author focuses on bike lanes, explaining that cycling lanes must be separated from auto traffic (except on the lowest-speed streets) and that they must form a comprehensive network, so that cyclists will rarely risk being hit by cars.

This is a must read for all involved in encouraging and developing Active Transport and addressing the quality of our urban environments

This book has so much information! And it is written in a down-to-earth, entertaining manner. I am thoroughly enjoying it and am quoting it constantly! Highly recommend it!

Il libro sicuramente è interessante, ma il pacco è arrivato rovinato ed il libro si è bagnato.

Una guía clara de cómo deben planearse las ciudades que quieran ser sustentables, viendo por el diseño para la movilidad no motorizada.

Well written, great ideas, would love to see Mikael's ideas become more mainstream especially in North America!