Monday, June 20, 2011

Cycling in Copenhagen



Valencia should be more of a bike city than Copenhagen. We have much better weather and it's as flat as a tortilla. The new Valenbisi program is a huge success, almost TOO successful as the stations are often completely full or completely empty. A big problem here are car drivers who have zero respect for cyclists. Many more people would ride bikes in Valencia if they felt safer on the streets. Bike theft is also a huge issue which is why so many people have embraced Valenbisi. A new law makes it illegal to chain your bike to trees or to any street structure (mobiliario urbano) while there are only 4,000 bike parking slots in a city of 1 million citizens. Do the math; we need more bike parking and we also need the police to actually do something about bike theft.

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