Episode 03 - Intermodality - Top 10 Design Elements in Copenhagen's Bicycle Culture

In Episode 03 of the series, Copenhagenize Design Co. explores Intermodality as a key design element for making Copenhagen a bicycle-friendly city.

Combining the bicycle on all forms of transport is vital.

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Top 10 Bicycle-Friendly Design Elements in Copenhagen

Chapter 03: Intermodality

The bicycle should be able to be taken with you from the moment you step out of your front door of your home,

wherever that may be, in Copenhagen or the greater Copenhagen sprawl.

and be at your side or underneath you of course preferably the entire day.

Without any hitches, without any difficulties or user unfriendliness.

We have a lot of different areas that require attention, when we are trying integrate the bicycle into intermodality.

Its very important to consider accessibility, how do bicycles can work together

with all the different public transport options, that many cities have. So ? consider first and last mile transport.

And of course, making it accessible to park your bike, is one of the very important keys

to creating this healthy intermodal society.

bicycle + metro

You can use the bicycle of course to get around the entire city on the network of protected cycle tracks.

You can also take the bicycle with you on the metro, because, a bit extra,

but the bicycle is allowed with you everywhere you go.

bicycle + boat

Our bus system here also has a very old system (?) of sailing up and down the harbor

and creating an important link in the infrastructure there,

and of course, you can take your bicycle with you on the boats, without any problems.

bicycle + train

The local trains here in Copenhagen have been really visionary over the past few years about the accessibility for bicycles.

Before, the have cost 10-11 Kronen, but then, they made it free, a couple of years ago.

Completly free to take bicycle with you on all the local trains.

Another great thing that the Danish State Railway is doing is, they have a bicycle parking.

There are many up around Copenhagen now from the city but they have put one right aside the central train station.

bicycle + plane

I think it's great to live in a city with a really well designed airport that is quite close the city center

and I can light out their one fully separated safe bicycle infrastructure so, want take a short trip,

an overnight trip for a couple of days and I only need to carry one bag, I ride my bicycle to Copenhagen airport.

So the goal is to make the bicycle a part, a part of daily lives in cities.

Make it convenient and safe to use in all the aspects of what we do and the things we do in our cities.

Also, one of the greatest challenges remains, how to get people to consider the bicycle as transport,

how to get them out of the cars, on the bicycles, on the public transport.

And, as we said before here, A2B is the key, if you make the bicycle the fastest way from A2B,

people will use it and this really is important to consider when you are trying to integrate bicycles with public transport.

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