A movie that recorded the state of rush of bicycle commuter copenhagen in Copenhagen


ByMikael Colville-Andersen

It is said that 500,000 people are riding a bicycle in Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark, and a tremendous number of cyclists appear in time to commute to work. According to expert Mikael Colville-Andersen, that number seems to be as much as 30,000 a day. A movie that recorded the situation indiscriminately is here.

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The picture was taken in Copenhagen in 2010.


A cyclist full of sidewalks at 8:25 in the morning of August.


I came a lot not only from the road in front of the camera but also from the side.


At 8:30, a bicycle man with a baby on top, or a luggage, with two front wheels appeared.


Even at 8:40, the number of bicycles will not decrease at all.


This is September, another intersection. Because we are turning around quickly, the bicycle will pass by horse racing.


In February, although the ground is sluggish due to snow, the cyclist who runs at commuting to school without doing anything.


In an urban area, there are parts where the bicycle lane is divided into blue in this way, but the bicycle runs all over that lane.


A bicycle coming unexpectedly to me.


I completely occupy the right turn lane.


Pedestrians seem to be overwhelmingly less depending on the time zone.


Rush at home coming home.


This image aims for a better bicycle cultureCopenhagenize.euWhat is provided. We also produce the following pro-motion video.

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According to Mikael Colville-Andersen, a consultant of Copenhagenize.eu and an expert in urban transportation, although the automobile tax is high in Denmark, those who live in the suburbs are licensed and bought a car when they are 18 years old, " It is not that they are riding a bicycle because everyone can not buy a car. Rather, the urban area has a bicycle exclusive lane, so it does not have to bother to take the trouble to bother, so you can move quickly and use it because it's easy to use.

In Tokyo and other cities of Japan, commuting rush regardless of highway or general road is severe, there are many cases where bicycles can arrive earlier. As in Copenhagen, if the bicycle lane is properly maintained, it is likely that more people will choose bicycle commuting ... ....

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