Copenhagenize: The Definitive Guide to Global Bicycle Urbanism by Mikael Colville-Andersen highlights the resurgence of the bicycle as a crucial urban tool. Colville-Andersen, a global expert in bicycle planning and infrastructure, demonstrates how cities can reintegrate bicycles into urban design. Building on his popular blog, the book provides vivid project descriptions, engaging stories, and best practices with informative visuals. It inspires planners to challenge car dominance and promotes learning from global successes and failures to create more livable cities. Copenhagenize is a vital guide for transforming urban spaces through bicycle urbanism.
The bicycle, once a key element in urban history over a century ago, is now re-emerging as a vital tool for urban improvement. Mikael Colville-Andersen’s book, Copenhagenize: The Definitive Guide to Global Bicycle Urbanism, emphasizes the importance of designing cities around bicycles. Colville-Andersen, an urban designer renowned for his work in bicycle planning and infrastructure across dozens of global cities, presents a compelling case for integrating bicycles into the urban landscape.
In Copenhagenize, Colville-Andersen, known for his engaging personality and advocacy for bike-friendly cities, provides a comprehensive guide on how cities can re-establish the bicycle as a respected and practical mode of transportation. The book builds on his popular blog of the same name, offering vivid project descriptions, captivating stories, and best practices. It includes beautiful and informative visuals to illustrate how to make bicycles an easy and preferred part of everyday urban life.
This book serves as an inspiration for those striving to reintroduce bicycles into urban environments. It equips planners and designers with the necessary arguments to challenge the dominance of automobiles and convince skeptics of the benefits of life-sized cities. Copenhagenize is not a manual on how to replicate Copenhagen but a guide on learning from the successes and failures of Copenhagen and other cities worldwide aiming to become more livable.
Acting on the insights from Copenhagenize is essential to save our cities and ourselves. Colville-Andersen’s work illuminates the path forward, showing how bicycle urbanism can transform urban spaces into more human-scaled environments.
