This is what you see when you arrive at the main station - hundreds - no thousands of bikes!
At first I thought that they were not locked but they have neat lock that goes around the back wheel.
Copenhagen is a very human city because it put bikes and public transport before cars.
If you put a coin into the slot - like a shopping cart - you can ride this bike all over the core and just replace it in another site and you get you coin back.
Every street has a bike lane - even bike lights. The risk of being run over by mad Island drivers is very low
One ticket gets you onto the commuting trains, the subway and buses. You can take you bike with you and there i tons of space for baby strollers.
Because most people, bike, walk or use public transport - masses live downtown and drive a busy set of neighborhood shops and even schools. Because people bike or walk and often live in walk up apartments I saw only 2 overweight people in 5 days. Because there are "eyes on the street" crime is low as is bad behaviour.
Copenhagen works because how people get around is part of an integrated whole. All the aspects of getting around have been connected to each other. A lesson for us here on PEI.
Can we not do this? Can we not take a step back from the parts and think of a holistic connected way of getting around in Charlottetown? Can we not "see" the city and the feeders as a "Whole" and start to connect the dots?
Oh yes and Copenhagen has its own wind farm
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