Copenhagenize Consulting - Building Better Bicycle CulturesCopenhagenize Index 2011


#9 Dublin
#9
The Copenhagenize Report
Once the third great bicycle city in Europe, after Copenhagen and Amsterdam, Dublin suffered the same car-centric fate as everywhere else but what a grand rebound the city is undertaking. A wildly successful bike share programme, visionary politicians who implemented bike lanes and 30 km/h zones, and a citizenry who have merely shrugged and gotten on with it. The only city scoring full bonus points, Dublin is an inspiration and a city worth watching.

Copenhagenize Fixes
The leading bicycle city in the Anglo-Saxon world got to where they are because of ballsy political decision-making. A bridgehead is established. It will, however, require further intense infrastructure implementation to return Dublin to the heady days of last century. The new cycle track along the canal is brilliant, but now Dublin needs to find the funds for more.

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