Bicycle Culture by Design: Mikael Colville-Andersen at TEDxZurich

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The focus on re-establishing more liveable cities continues unabated. The primary problem however is that 85 years of traffic engineering revolving around the car has failed miserably. It's time for modern thinking. Design can help. Historically, streets were human spaces. Let's design our cities like we design toasters or smartphones, following the desire lines of our citizens. Using basic design principles instead of engineering is the surest route to developing thriving, human cities.

Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban mobility expert and CEO for Copenhagenize Consulting. He is often called Denmark's Bicycle Ambassador but he has learned the hard way that this title is a dismal pick-up line in bars. Colville-Andersen and his team advise cities and towns around the world regarding bicycle planning, infrastructure and communication strategies. He applies his marketing expertise to campaigns that focus on selling bicycle culture and bicycle transport to a mainstream audience as opposed to the existing cycling sub-cultures in particular with his famous Cycle Chic brand. Colville-Andersen gives talks around the world about bicycle culture, design and social media.

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I first saw this 7 years ago when I was studying Industrial Design at university. Hearing this message was decisive in informing my choice to pivot from focusing on car design to bicycle design. I’ve never looked back and now I’m working as a bicycle designer with the hope to get people riding good bikes that fit into their lives. People championing good infrastructure design are my heroes!

bradcomis
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16km each way to the office. 12 months a year. Rain or shine, through Canadian winters and hot humid summers. Cars are about 10 minutes faster than me. But I smile the whole way. On my bike. 🙂 Great talk!

knarf_on_a_bike
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Fantastic talk. Thumbs up! Towns and cities without cars = better quality of life for citizens. Fact.

Mikolaj_u
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You cannot mistake this guy's genuine enthusiasm.  We need him in Australia. Our govt is so anti cycles.

carolevonaarberg
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This man is a genius! We need world leaders who share his vision and enthusiasm for making our cities great places again for people, instead of four-wheeled machines.

Teapot-Dave
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Nice job Mikael. As a Planning Commissioner for the city of San Luis Obispo California... I often refer to Copenhagenize. We are currently re-designing our circulation plan... and your thoughts and links have been very useful. Thanks for all you do ! BTW... there is great new book just out you might like... called Walkable City by Jeff Speck (co-author of Suburban Nation)

frenchbicycles
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Brilliant. I'm sure there are schools and institutions all over the world using this clip as a base for action to save our cities. You can count at least 3 schools in Olomouc city among them. Thank you, Mike.

michaelstuartesson
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Just look at The Netherlands, our cycling and traffic structure is the most evolved system worlwide.

Zoza
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I've been riding BMX and MTB since I was a kid and I love the culture around both.

wyoancap
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This is truly inspiring. Thank goodness there are people like you out there doing this kind of work! The only negative aspect of this talk was the guy in the front row very rudely using his smart phone throughout your talk. Could he really not have put it away for 15 minutes!

calumpage
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Great how you show that kids can often come up with great design solutions to everyday problems - they certainly view the world with different eyes to a grown-up.  

bykbikes
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The children's playground should really be the symbol of what's wrong with car culture.

"No child, you mustn't play. Ford and Volkswagen have spoken - your time for fun only exists in the playground. And no running."

chicofoxo
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"7 out of every 5 trips in my town are by large truck or SUV. Suggesting people do something else is a quick way to alienate yourself."
-Alien

drew
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Thank you Mikael! I wish you could come to Calcutta city (India) to educate authorities-in-charge. They are banning all non-motorized forms of transportation. Most roads in the city has "No Cycling zone" signs & only fewer roads are left to come under such ban. Very soon riding a bicycle in the city would be considered illegal.

souvikkundu
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I've seen some videos about Copenhagen cycle infrastructure. While it's good, it never comes to the level of Dutch (cycle) infrastructure, it's just way better.

HollandD
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10:10 - This is awesome!!! A 3-year old is a leading mind of the urban design field.

DavidHeyburn
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Lesson learned: observe; desire lines are fundamental for functional urbanites
- cars are silly because you can't people in them
Thanks TEDdy!

yellowdough
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We of the Copenhagen-index advice Copenhagen-index! Nice words for a small country.

guywilmsfloet
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Thanks for the kind reply, I guess I hear a lot of stereotyping about 'engineering' which i probably take too personally :). I often sense that many people link engineering to a cold stiff robotic presence, I quote form the video 'should we really be engineering something as human and organic as public streets' YES WE SHOULD, but that engineering should be done well so it is organic and doesn't feel like the matrix by for example working alongside designers!

bilsy
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Excelent speaker, and a great message.

davidramirez