Photo: Mikael Colville-Andersen

Lectures

Mikael Colville-Andersen from Copenhagenize Consulting can offer lectures based on the Copenhagen Experience. The lectures can be tailored to specific needs and angles and offer a unique, human angle to traffic planning.

He is currently touring with his lecture entitled “Marketing Bicycle Culture – Five Goals to Promote Urban Cycling“. In addition he has given a lecture about “Behavourial Challenges for Urban Cycling” in New York City and one entitled “The Art of Visualizing Cycling” at the University of Copenhagen.

The lecture explains Copenhagen’s journey – then, now and in the future – towards establishing the bicycle as a feasible, acceptable form of transport as well as the importance of marketing ‘bicycle culture’ to the citizens. He explains that the 500,000 people on bicycles each day in Copenhagen are not ‘cyclists’, nor are they ‘environmentalists’. They merely choose to ride because of safe, quick infrastructure.

The result of 30 years of traffic and urban planning is that the bicycle has been demystified. It is no longer merely a piece of sports equipment for enthusiasts – it has become a democratic tool that has liberated the people of Copenhagen from cars and created the foundations for one of the world’s most liveable cities.

2010 venues include:
Velo-City 2010 Global, Copenhagen. June 2010.
State of Design Festival, Melbourne. July 2010.
UNAM University, Architecture Faculty. Mexico City. March 2010.
Opening of Dream on Wheels exhibition, Mexico City. March 2010.
St. Petersburg, Russia. Dreams on Wheels exhibition. May 2010.
3rd Bicycle Congress, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. April 2010.
Dublin, City Hall [Dublin Cycle Chic event] June 2010.
Brno, Czech Republic. City Hall. April 2010.
National Cycle Conference, Ministry of Transport, Prague. April 2010.

2009 venues included:
Riga, Latvia [Cycling Conference]
Tokyo, Fukushima, Anjo – Japan [Cycle Tour of Japan hosted by the Danish Embassy]
Moscow, Russia [Cycling & Architecture Conference]
Pardubice & Prague, Czech Republic [Guest Speaker at City Hall]
University of Copenhagen [Lecturer]
Budapest, Hungary [Cycling Conference and Cycle Chic Event]
La Rochelle, France [Guest of Honour at the Villes Cyclables National Cycling Conference]
Columbia University, Urban Planning Faculty. NYC.
New York City, USA [Guest Speaker at Member Event for Transportation Alternatives]
Baltimore, USA [Guest Speak at Climate Ride 2009]
Washington, DC, USA [Guest Speaker at WABA-hosted event]
Portland, Oregon, USA [Guest Speaker at Dreams on Wheels Event]
Seattle, Washington, USA [Guest Speaker]
San Francisco, California, USA [Guest Speaker at SPUR]
Copenhagen, Denmark [Guest Speaker at MOVE2009 Conference]