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Copenhagen cycle culture through North American eyes…
Admittedly I’m North American – proudly from Seattle. However, after 10 years living in Budapest, Malmö, Nairobi & Amsterdam and with a Swedish mother, I’ve become a modge-podge of sorts: European...
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The “how to” of becoming an urban cyclist…
Bycyklen: Free (coin-deposit) bicycle rentals, Copenhagen Having spent the last 10 years living (or regularly visiting) established or emerging European cycle cities (e.g. Budapest, Basel, Malmö,...
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Green Lifestyles and Cities: Lessons from Scandinavia
Lund University Aula Lund University’s International Institute of Industrial and Environmental Economics (or IIIEE, my alma mater in Sweden) was involved in the design and delivery of a new Massive...
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Amsterdam: Family transport in Dutch minivans, also known as bicycles
After 4.5 years living in Amsterdam, some things continue to fascinate me: dogs on bikes, moving by bike and kids on bikes to name but a few. Sensing a pattern? Indeed, my fascination concentrates on...
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Copenhagen Urban Innovations: Smart. Sustainable. Spatially-saavy.
Copenhagen is one of the world’s most sustainable cities. It’s famous for its organic and local food procurement, its cycling culture, its public planning, and its climate change adaptation efforts...
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Paris COP21: Tonight we celebrate, tomorrow we act…
In December 2015, I attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) and other ongoing events at the COP, joining...
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Cars versus people: depicting battles over urban public space
No one likes to sit in traffic, and city traffic is the worst. But equally, when we step out of the car (or hopefully off the bus or metro) in a city, our pedestrian activities remain dictated by cars....
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Not your average city bench: street furniture goes funky
Cities are places for not just for work, but also leisure. And designers understand this, offering creative alternatives to the classic city bench in public spaces. For example, how about waterfront...
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Colorful cities: a little paint, a lot of pride
It’s amazing what a little color can do to warm up a neighborhood, such as Buenos Aires’s La Boca neighborhood in Argentina, the multicultural Bo-Kaap neighborhood in Cape Town, South Africa, or San...
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Copenhagen: Rooftops as an extension of the public space
The Danish capital Copenhagen (population 760,000) offers numerous inspiring examples of how to create a sustainable city. Currently it is developing a new waterfront city district, Nordhavn,...
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