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Copenhagenize

The Definitive Guide to Global Bicycle Urbanism

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Mikael Colville-Andersen

    1. Copenhagenize, Frederiksberg, Denmark

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  • Written by the best known international urban designer since Jan Gehl
  • Beautifully designed with vivid four-color imagery
  • The author's personality comes through---funny, snarky, and engaging
  • Builds on the author's very popular blog of the same name and related to his TV series, Life-Sized City

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Mikael Colville-Andersen
    Pages 1-7

  3. The Life-Sized City

    • Mikael Colville-Andersen
    Pages 8-11

  4. Bicycle Urbanism by Design

    • Mikael Colville-Andersen
    Pages 12-27

  5. The Bicycle’s Role in Urban Life

    • Mikael Colville-Andersen
    Pages 28-35

  6. The Redemocratization of Cycling

    • Mikael Colville-Andersen
    Pages 36-45

  7. Taming The Bull in Society’s China Shop

    • Mikael Colville-Andersen
    Pages 46-61

  8. The Learning Curve

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 62-63
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    2. Copenhagen’s Journey

      • Mikael Colville-Andersen
      Pages 64-83

    3. Climaphobia & Vacuum-Packed Cities

      • Mikael Colville-Andersen
      Pages 84-89

    4. The Arrogance of Space

      • Mikael Colville-Andersen
      Pages 90-95

    5. Mythbusting

      • Mikael Colville-Andersen
      Pages 96-113

    6. Architecture

      • Mikael Colville-Andersen
      Pages 114-119

    7. Desire Lines and Understanding Behavior

      • Mikael Colville-Andersen
      Pages 120-135

    8. A Secret Cycling Language

      • Mikael Colville-Andersen
      Pages 136-145

    9. A2Bism

      • Mikael Colville-Andersen
      Pages 146-159

    10. The Art of Gathering Data

      • Mikael Colville-Andersen
      Pages 160-171

  9. The Toolbox

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 172-173
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    2. Best Practice Design and Infrastructure

      • Mikael Colville-Andersen
      Pages 174-195

    3. Prioritizing Cycling

      • Mikael Colville-Andersen
      Pages 196-215
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About this book

The bicycle enjoyed a starring role in urban history over a century ago, but now it is back, stronger than ever. It is the single most important tool for improving our cities. Designing around it is the most efficient way to make our cities life-sized—to scale cities for humans. It is time to cement the bicycle firmly in the urban narrative in US and global cities.  
Enter urban designer Mikael Colville-Andersen. He has worked for dozens of global cities on bicycle planning, strategy, infrastructure design, and communication. He is known around the world for his colorful personality and enthusiasm for the role of bike in urban design. In Copenhagenize, he shows cities how to effectively and profitably re-establish the bicycle as a respected, accepted, and feasible form of transportation.
  
Building on his popular blog of the same name, Copenhagenize offers vivid project descriptions, engaging stories, and bestpractices, alongside beautiful and informative visuals to show how to make the bicycle an easy, preferred part of everyday urban life.
  Copenhagenize will serve as inspiration for everyone working to get the bicycle back into our cities. It will give planners and designers the ammunition to push back against the Automobile Age and convince the skeptics of the value of the life-sized city. This is not a guide on how to become Copenhagen, but how to learn from the successes and failures (yes, failures) of Copenhagen and other cities around the world that are striving to become more livable.
  
We need to act in order to save our cities—and us—from ourselves. Copenhagenize shows the path forward.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Copenhagenize, Frederiksberg, Denmark

    Mikael Colville-Andersen

About the author

Mikael Colville-Andersen is a Danish-Canadian urban design expert and CEO of Copenhagenize Design Company, which he founded in 2009. He works with cities and governments around the world, designing their bicycle infrastructure and communications and coaching them towards becoming more bicycle friendly. He is a sought-after keynote speaker at design and architecture conferences and events around the world and is the host of the global television series about urbanism, The Life-Sized City.

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