Tag Archives: Denmark

What color is your bike lane?

Posted on February 14, 2011 by jsallen

Should the pavement in a crosswalk, or special on-street bicycle facility, be painted a special color? Under what conditions? What color? European countries use color. Let’s look at a few examples and see what they might teach us. First let … Continue reading →

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Ciccarelli on cycle tracks

Posted on March 19, 2010 by jsallen

John Ciccarelli is a consultant on bicycling and a League of American Bicyclists-certified cycling instructor who specializes in teaching adults who have never ridden a bicycle before. His comments here are reprinted by permission, and are in response to an … Continue reading →

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Copenhagen in 1937 — what can it tell us?

Posted on December 22, 2009 by jsallen

I thank Ralph Fertig of the Santa Barbara, California Bicycle Coalition for drawing the attention of the bicycling community to the following fascinating travelogue from Copenhagen, shot in Technicolor in 1937. Not all of the film is about bicycling, but … Continue reading →

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