The Sightline Institute has a link to a great report on cycling in Copenhagen and ideas for the cities of the Pacific Northwest, called Livable Copenhagen: The Design of a Bicycle City (pdf).
A vignette from the report:
If a city wishes to increase the amount of trips by bicycle, it must be able to be an enjoyable experience. Transportation quality is multi-faceted. Things that matter include the quality of the path surface, are there potholes or dips that cyclists must watch out for, which will distract them from the surrounding environment? On busy routes, is the path wide enough to allow cycles to pass one another? Is it easy, secure and comfortable to get from one destination in the city to another? Is the network coherent, consistent, and safe? Can two friends or a family ride side-by-side without slowing down the cycle flow?
And surprisingly one American city that is starting to take some of this seriously is Indianapolis - the home of the Indy 500 - which is starting to build a dedicated path through the heart of the city!
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