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1 BICYCLE URBANISM BY DESIGN Michael Seth Wexler

2 COPENHAGENIZE DESIGN CO.

3 COPENHAGEN

4 I AM NOT A CYCLIST.

5 I AM NOT A CYCLIST.

6 OFFICIAL CITY BRANDING

7 BUT REALLY...

8 COPENHAGENIZE DESIGN CO. THE BICYCLE URBANISM PEOPLE URBAN PLANNING COMMUNICATIONS EDUCATION Michael Seth Wexler

9 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK DRONNING LOUISES BRO WORLD'S BUSIEST BICYCLE STREET. 42,000 DAILY BICYCLE USERS Michael Seth Wexler

10 DEMOCRATIC STREETS LOS ANGELES MONTRÉAL TORONTO Michael Seth Wexler

11 DEMOCRATIC STREETS

12 DEMOCRATIC STREETS

13 PARADIGM SHIFT

14 PARADIGM SHIFT A 'jay' was a synonym for a "country bumpkin" and pedestrians who dared to challenge 7000 years of city life were labelled as such. Crosswalks were invented to funnel pedestrians into controlled zones that would allow cars dominance over the streets. Michael Seth Wexler

15 PARADIGM SHIFT A SHORT HISTORY OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING present Michael Seth Wexler

16 PARADIGM (RE)SHIFT THE FACT IS, AUTOMOBILES NO LONGER HAVE A PLACE IN THE BIG CITIES OF OUR TIME Michael Seth Wexler

17 PARADIGM (RE)SHIFT THE FACT IS, AUTOMOBILES NO LONGER HAVE A PLACE IN THE BIG CITIES OF OUR TIME BERTRAND DELANÖE MAYOR OF PARIS, Michael Seth Wexler

18 CHANGE THE QUESTION FOR 21ST CENTURY MOBILITY 10X CAPACITY Michael Seth Wexler

19 THE QUICKEST TRAFFIC PLANNING GUIDE YOU WILL EVER SEE. PERIOD. Michael Seth Wexler

20 OR TO PUT IT A DIFFERENT WAY:

21 THE BICYCLE AS TRANSPORT COPENHAGEN 1950 COPENHAGEN % 56% Michael Seth Wexler

22 THE BICYCLE AS TRANSPORT 56% OF CITIZEN TRIPS 1.34 MILLION KM/DAY 74% FEEL SAFE 50/50 GENDER SPLIT Michael Seth Wexler

23 WHY COPENHAGENERS RIDE A-to-Bism 56% - QUICKEST 19% - GOOD EXERCISE 6% - CHEAP 1% - FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Michael Seth Wexler

24 VIKING BIKING 75% CYCLE THROUGHOUT THE WINTER WHY? MAINTENANCE! THERE S NO SUCH THING AS BAD WEATHER, ONLY BAD BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE Michael Seth Wexler

25 ECONOMICS 1 KM BY BIKE = (CAD). 1 KM BY CAR = (CAD). BEST PRACTICE INFRASTRUCTURE PAYS FOR ITSELF IN 5 YEARS. Michael Seth Wexler

26 INCORPORATING DESIGN INTUITIVE DESIRABLE ENCOURAGING Michael Seth Wexler

27 INTUITIVE

28 THE CYCLE TRACK

29 DESIRABLE & ENCOURAGING

30 INTUITIVE?

31 CARGO BIKES

32 CARGO BIKES

33 ACCOMMODATING CYCLING CYCLE BINS CYCLE BANISTERS THE GREEN WAVE 7 NEW BICYCLE BRIDGES Michael Seth Wexler

34 MICRO INFRASTRUCTURE

35 MACRO INFRASTRUCTURE

36 THE GREEN WAVE

37 THE GREEN WAVE

38 THE GREEN WAVE

39 THE GREATEST THING IS THAT THIS HAS ALL BEEN INVENTED AND IS READY TO USE

40 4 TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE

41 CITIES ARE WAKING UP MOTOR CITY U.S.A.

42 CITIES ARE WAKING UP MOTOR CITY U.S.A.

43 CITIES ARE WAKING UP OIL TOWN RUSSIA

44 CITIES ARE WAKING UP OIL TOWN RUSSIA Л иде р среди российских городов по велои нфрастр уктуре Альметьевск Создавать здоровое и благополучное будущее Москва Санкт-Петербург Екатеринбург Novosibirsk казань Michael Seth Wexler

45 2015 Zeros to heroes. Buenos Aires. Budapest. Barcelona. Paris. Seville. Dublin. Minneapolis. IT S NOT ABOUT COPENHAGEN & AMSTERDAM ANYMORE. Michael Seth Wexler

46

47 LIFE-SIZED CITY

48 THANK YOU! MICHAEL SETH WEXLER - URBAN DESIGNER COPENHAGENIZE DESIGN CO. MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC - MICHAEL.WEXLER@COPENHAGENIZE.EU WEBSITE - COPENHAGENIZE.EU BLOG - COPENHAGENIZE.COM Michael Seth Wexler

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