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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.90,0:00:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Top 10 Bicycle-Friendly Design Elements in Copenhagen
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.08,0:00:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chapter 09: Desire lines
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.20,0:00:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Desire lines has been the most beautiful expression in urban planning.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.53,0:00:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its was coined by the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard in 1950's in his book The Poetics of Space,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.38,0:00:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but desire lines are as old as Homo sapiens.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.56,0:00:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the winding streets of old cities were based on the desires lines of the people who first mounted in to the area and settled there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.23,0:00:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Desire lines are been used as a concept in landscape planning, in parks and what not,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.07,0:01:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figuring out where to put the pathways based on the desire lines of the people who walk through the park.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.64,0:01:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we discovered desire line in our applyment into urban planning,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.77,0:01:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bicycle planning and bicycle urbanism in the cities, that we were working in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.80,0:01:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Desire lines vs. master plans
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.38,0:01:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know from cities around the world, the focus is placed on these master plans,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.11,0:01:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these grand documents, that are produced, a lot of money is spent on them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.77,0:01:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showing us what the vision of the future will be for the city, projecting traffic flow and what not.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.34,0:01:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By and large, they are produced using computer models and projections and data and statistics.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.03,0:01:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Makes you feel like you're a character in The Matrix.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.44,0:01:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Master plans, if you look at this, really ? this, are a large waste of money,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.32,0:01:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are more effective ways of planing our cities for people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.35,0:01:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Desire lines - democracy in motion
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.14,0:01:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many sublte examples also around the city as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.75,0:01:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The city of Copenhagen, the Bicycle office, they are putting ramps,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.74,0:01:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asphalt ramps, on spots, where people are taking shortcuts,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.66,0:01:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of the wrecking fences, to restrict them in this behavior,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.34,0:02:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they actually make it accessible for them, make it easier for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.03,0:02:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the people, at the end of the day, decide, where they want to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.76,0:02:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one of the examples I like to point out more than anything is on the world's busiest bicycle street.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.46,0:02:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The city discovered, that a couple of hundred cyclist a day were cutting across a sidewalk in front of a building,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.27,0:02:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to get to a parallel street.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.47,0:02:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to avoid the rush hour of all the bicycle traffic but also because they were going to different destinations in the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.71,0:02:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What to do? We could stood there all day long and handed out tickets,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.60,0:02:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,penalizing people for the behavior, crossing the sidewalk on the bicycles.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.97,0:02:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But instead, the city of Copenhagen, to their credit, they stood back and watched.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.57,0:02:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Accepting the fact, that there must be a very good reason for the behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.95,0:02:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A temporary cycle track was put in the place and then it was finally made permanent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.03,0:02:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the desire lines of just a few hundred people in city were respected
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.81,0:02:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the infrastructure that was put in the place based on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.84,0:02:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is really the way forward for designing our cities for people, for bicycle traffic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.66,0:03:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By using basic human observation, direct human observation, we have much more effective route planning in our cities
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.91,0:03:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the movements of the people who would live there, the desire lines of the citizens, with whom we share the landscape.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.71,0:03:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,copenhagenize.eu