[ Ссылка ] - Copenhagen inaugurates a 13 km unbroken harbour side bicycle path
Copenhagen inaugurates a 13 km long unbroken bicycle path - the Harbour Circle, around the city's inner harbour - with a big bicycle parade.
SHOWS: COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (MAY 29, 2016)(COPENHAGEN MUNICIPALITY - ACCESS ALL)
1. CITY BIKE LOGO BURNED ONTO THE STREET
2. DRONE VIEW OVER KNIPPELSBRO AND BICYCLES ON KNIPPELSBRO
3. VARIOUS OF BIKE-RIDERS
4. SIGN SAYING "I LOVE COPENHAGEN"
5. MAYOR OF TECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, MORTEN KABELL, AT OPENING CEREMONY/ PEOPLE CHEERING
6. VARIOUS OF BIKE-RIDERS CYCLING ALONG THE HARBOUR CIRCLE
7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HASSE ROMER, BICYCLE MESSENGER, SAYING:
"When I see and talk to messengers from different places, London, Paris; they have a completely different job, their job is waving in and out of car-traffic, because there is no cycling-lanes, so that's just what you do and obviously then they have like accident rates are triple to the ones we have."
8. VARIOUS OF "BRYGGERBROEN" BICYCLE BRIDGE
9. KABELL CYCLING
10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAYOR OF TECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, MORTEN KABELL, SAYING:
"If I want to stop I pull up the hand, if I want to go left I pull out my left hand, if I want to go right I pull out my right hand."
11. VARIOUS OF BICYCLISTS
12. (SOUNDBITE )(English) BICYCLIST ROLAND KIRSBERGEN FROM AMSTERDAM, SAYING:
"Here it's better planed, it's better structured, it's easier to go about in Copenhagen by bicycle than in parts of Amsterdam."
13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BICYCLIST BESSIE CHU, FROM NEW YORK, SAYING:
"It's nice. It seems a lot more infrastructure is built in and it seems like a lot more relaxed and organised pace"
14. (SOUNDBITE) (German) CARL (STANDING NEXT TO ANDREAS) EKKEHART FROM TRIER, GERMANY, SAYING:
"The architecture is much more geared towards cycling. It follows from the extensive network of cycle paths. It plays a much larger role in Copenhagen than in the example our hometown Trier. I would say that it is significantly better than what we are used to."
15. BICYCLISTS AND PEOPLE ON SEGWAYS
16. BICYCLISTS ON "BRYGGERBROEN" BRIDGE
17. HERBERT TIEMENS, CYCLE POLICY ADVISOR FROM UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, CYCLING
18. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HERBERT TIEMENS, CYCLE POLICY ADVISOR, UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, SAYING:
"These bridges they are gorgeous, they are fantastic to build, they bring people to the water side, to the water front".
19. CIRCLE BRIDGE
20. MAN ON MINI-BIKE AT THE PARADE
21. MINI BIKES AT THE PARADE
22. CYCLIST ANN LOUISE (SURNAME NOT GIVEN) CYCLING ALONG WATERFRONT ON WOODEN BIKE
23. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CYCLIST ANN LOUISE (SURNAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING:
"It's not important that it has to be good looking. It's important to have fun, it's important to take care of yourself be healthy, be happy, be playful".
24. VARIOUS OF RENTAL BICYCLES LINED UP
25. RENTAL BICYCLE TABLET
26. MAN REMOVES RENTAL BIKE FROM ROW OF BIKES
27. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KLAUS BONDAM, CEO DANISH CYCLISTS FEDERATION, SAYING:
"If we want to be the world's best city for cyclist, I think it's quite fair that you have a state-of-the art system of bike share. It's an electric bike, it has a tablet in front with a map built in and a route planner and everything, so it's basically taking cycling to a new level."
28. T-SHIRT WITH A LOGO SHOWING A SMILE AND A BIKE
29. "LITTLE MERMAID" STATUE
30. DRONE VIEW OF HARBOUR BATH
31. DRONE VIEW OF HARBOUR CIRCLE
STORY: Copenhagen on Sunday (May 29) inaugurated the latest addition to its bicycle paths - the Harbour Circle bicycle path.
The 13 kilometre Harbour Circle will be added to Copenhagen's already existing 350 plus kilometres of bike paths.
Certain stretches of the Harbour Circle already have among the highest number of cyclists in the world - every day 41,400 cyclists cross the old harbour bridge Knippelsbro and every day 42,600 cyclists ride down the street Norrebrogade.
New bicycle bridges have created an unbroken cycle path that is expected to increase the number of cyclists even more.
The path features unique bicycle signs, some of which help cyclists hit a "green wave" of traffic signals to make bike-life easier and faster.
Bicyclists from abroad were impressed.
"Here it's better planed, it's better structured, it's easier to go about in Copenhagen by bicycle than in parts of Amsterdam," said Roland Kirsbergen from the Dutch capital which is also famous for its cycling.
"It's nice. It seems a lot more infrastructure is built in and it seems like a lot more relaxed and organised pace," said Bessie Chu from the United States.
"The architecture is much more geared towards cycling. It follows from the extensive network of cycle paths. It plays a much larger role in Copenhagen than in the example our hometown Trier. I would say that it is significantly better than what we are used to," said Carl Ekkehart from Germany.
Bicycle rental shops along Copenhagen Harbour
