When I was invited to speak in New York recently, one of the lectures was about behaviour and the challenges of changing it. I figured I'd slap the lecture onto the blog. Behaviour is a tricky subject...

The Danes are looking at a Dutch study to see if external air bags on cars will help save lives. Since bicycle helmets are so limited in their protection and little conclusive scientific evidence exis...

There's one thing we often hear at Copenhagenize - "Denmark and The Netherlands only ride so much because the countries are flat..." For the four years of this blog we hear the same things all the tim...

Copenhagenize's Top Ten Bicycle Design Details That We Want BackThere is an ocean of fantastic and practical design details from over a century of mainstream bicycle culture. However, many things tha...

There are many ways to combine transport forms. One of the unsung modes is combining the bicycle with a taxi. In Denmark, every taxi is equipped with bike racks to accommodate two bicycles. All taxi c...

Saw a lovely thing in my neighbourhood today. Copenhagen's new bike share system. Parked right there under a tree. In contrast to the failed one still operating, this system is free, it doesn't have s...

What a lovely way to start the week. Another fine example from our Car Industry Strikes Back series, wherein we observe the desperate tactics of the car industry as they try to respond to rising cycli...

Urban logistics is just one of the many challenges facing our cities. After Copenhagenize worked for three years on the European Union project Cyclelogistics, we have cargo bikes on the brain and prov...

Desire Line Analysis: Choreography of a Copenhagen CornerCyclist Behaviour at a busy Copenhagen cycle intersectionBy Marie Lindebo Leth - AnthropologistFor the next study in our Desire Line series ...