Here is an example of a sign for the Copenhagen Metro. This is definitely an indication of the level of sophistication and technological capabilities that they have in their civic infrastructure.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Copenhagen Metro Signage (wow)
Here is an example of a sign for the Copenhagen Metro. This is definitely an indication of the level of sophistication and technological capabilities that they have in their civic infrastructure.
some reading
i did a google search for "bike share". these are my findings:
david byrne's account of BIXI sept 5 2009
supposedly BIXI is coming to NYC soon.
journal entry contains photos of the bicycle and the payment system.
BIXI system
BICYCLE + TAXI = BIXI
more david byrne accounts of biking sept 11 2009, a la zack.
A Talking Head Dreams of a Perfect City Osaka's robot-run parking lots mixed with the Minneapolis lakefront; a musician's fantasy metropolis
Worst bike share according to Copenhagenize oct 2 2009
Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. - Wheels4Wellness
another good Copenhagenize blog post - this time, about the UN Climate Conference to be held in CPH. Apparently only 200 bikes will be lent to the 10,000 delegates expected. [By the way, the winner of the CPH Bike Share competition will be announced at the UN Climate Conference in CPH in December.] An excerpt to consider in the discussion of re-use and recycling:
"Listen... we scrap 400,000 bicycles each year in Denmark. Scrap 'em. Gone. Bye bye. The cities in Denmark are constantly removing bicycles from outside train stations. Many of them are sold at police auctions. Stolen bikes that are later found are given to the insurance company that now owns them. They don't know what to do with them. An organisation like Baisikeli has figured out that they can get a hold of them and send them to workshops in Africa. Copenhagen and Denmark could easily provide a few thousand bicycles. Even one bicycle for every delegate if we really put our mind to it. Plus bicycles for the press, the NGO's, the activists.There is no shortage of bicycles. Hell, we could dredge the canals of Copenhagen in one sweep and find bicycles enough for all the delegates from Australasia. Get them fixed up nice. The very first City Bikes in our bike share system were repaired and maintained at the bike shop at one of the prisons in the city. That's just one idea."
bike-sharing blog
international info on bike share programs
david byrne's account of BIXI sept 5 2009
supposedly BIXI is coming to NYC soon.
journal entry contains photos of the bicycle and the payment system.
BIXI system
BICYCLE + TAXI = BIXI
Subscription/payment information and web/smartphone application.
more david byrne accounts of biking sept 11 2009, a la zack.
A Talking Head Dreams of a Perfect City Osaka's robot-run parking lots mixed with the Minneapolis lakefront; a musician's fantasy metropolis
Worst bike share according to Copenhagenize oct 2 2009
Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. - Wheels4Wellness
another good Copenhagenize blog post - this time, about the UN Climate Conference to be held in CPH. Apparently only 200 bikes will be lent to the 10,000 delegates expected. [By the way, the winner of the CPH Bike Share competition will be announced at the UN Climate Conference in CPH in December.] An excerpt to consider in the discussion of re-use and recycling:
"Listen... we scrap 400,000 bicycles each year in Denmark. Scrap 'em. Gone. Bye bye. The cities in Denmark are constantly removing bicycles from outside train stations. Many of them are sold at police auctions. Stolen bikes that are later found are given to the insurance company that now owns them. They don't know what to do with them. An organisation like Baisikeli has figured out that they can get a hold of them and send them to workshops in Africa. Copenhagen and Denmark could easily provide a few thousand bicycles. Even one bicycle for every delegate if we really put our mind to it. Plus bicycles for the press, the NGO's, the activists.There is no shortage of bicycles. Hell, we could dredge the canals of Copenhagen in one sweep and find bicycles enough for all the delegates from Australasia. Get them fixed up nice. The very first City Bikes in our bike share system were repaired and maintained at the bike shop at one of the prisons in the city. That's just one idea."
bike-sharing blog
international info on bike share programs
Here is a link to a recently opened museum exhibit called Bike Rides - it might warrant a field trip to Connecticut:
http://www.aldrichart.org/exhibitions/bikes.php
I also found this David Byrne article and video to be interesting:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574403293064136098.html#video%3DCC7135BE-7B21-4EAE-8761-A7E1B0571FA1%26articleTabs%3Dvideo
http://www.aldrichart.org/
I also found this David Byrne article and video to be interesting:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574403293064136098.html#video%3DCC7135BE-7B21-4EAE-8761-A7E1B0571FA1%26articleTabs%3Dvideo
Registration + Questions + Wed Oct 7
Registration:
Send your name, address and tel. number to cphbikeshare@sbsby.dk
[I'd like to have our 5-digit number for our Wednesday meeting so we can integrate it with our booklet template.]
Send your name, address and tel. number to cphbikeshare@sbsby.dk
[I'd like to have our 5-digit number for our Wednesday meeting so we can integrate it with our booklet template.]
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And on the website there seems to be a running FAQ
If we have questions, we have to ask them by Friday, October 16 at 12:00pm.
email to:
sbs
Kurt Kj. Christensen
cphbikeshare@sbsby.dk
i'll update my post later tonight with some questions i have...
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Next meeting: Wednesday October 7 at 7:30pm at Emily's apartment.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Interests and Responsiblities
Items to be worked on for next meeting:
Base map of København proper - Caitlin
Emblem - Darius
InDesign template - Emily
Development of bike and racking system - Erik & Zack
Color scheme - Philip
Individual Interests & Responsibilities:
Caitlin - Branding-slogan, Site Analysis
Darius - Branding-presentation, Graphic, Site Analysis, Bike Station Design
Emily - Site Analysis/Logistics-bike usage+demographics, Diagramming, Graphic-visualization,
Erik - (T)Racking System, Bike Design, Bike Station Design, Bike Usership-interface
Philip - Graphic, Logistics-booking
Sherry - Graphic, Site Analysis, (T)Racking System, Bike Station Design
Zack - Site Analysis, Diagramming, Logistics, Bike Design.
Branding
Caitlin, Emily, Darius
Graphic
Emily, Sherry, Philip, Darius
Site Analysis
Caitlin, Emily, Sherry, Zack, Darius
Diagramming (non site analysis)
Emily, Zack
(T)Racking System
Sherry, Erik
Logistics
Emily, Philip, Zack
Bike Design
Erik, Zack
Bike Station Design
Sherry, Erik
Bike Usership Interface
Erik
TONIGHT
join Darius and Sherry this evening at this event for some free drinks and snacks. And there should be some RISD graduates exhibiting their forms+surfaces in-house design competition for bike racks.
Also Nicole Kent, who you may have met along the way (pratt interior design) went to the Copenhagen summer program and we will be grilling her.
because we are making the switch for all of us to be ggggggggggg.
Gotta love wikipedia [and blogs]
the good stuff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen
http://www.copenhagenize.com/
http://www.copenhagencyclechic.com/
[thanks erik for turning us on to these blogs!]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen
http://www.copenhagenize.com/
http://www.copenhagencyclechic.com/
[thanks erik for turning us on to these blogs!]
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