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Master Planning

Building a better bicycle culture requires investment, vision, drive, infrastructure and commitment. It is also, however, an art form. Understanding and anticipating the way citizens think, react and behave is paramount. Identifying how the bicycle is percieved and used in a city or town and analyzing where people wish to go on the bicycle in an urban landscape is the first step in creating a plan for increasing modal share.

Defining the human aspect paves the way to determining the infrastructural requirements for a sucessful implementation of facilities.

While many cities and towns are keen to increase the modal share for bicycles, each municipality has different needs, experiences and culture.

Copenhagenize Consulting offers a variety of solutions that cater to different situations. Cities may just be starting out on the road towards increasing bicycle traffic or perhaps they are well on their way but need some inspiration regarding marketing or encouraging more of their citizens to choose the bicycle. Whatever the situation, Copenhagenize can provide professional advice and ideas as well as offering a goal-oriented solution.

We work with traffic planners and urban planners, as well as bicycle groups, to determine the best solution for each client.

Building a beautiful building is one thing, creating a structure that people want to live in and use for both practical and aesthetic purposes is quite another. It’s the same with bicycle culture. Homo sapiens have certain behavourial patterns that should be respected when developing transport alternatives. A conceptual design of infrastructure based on behavourial patterns will speed the process towards a sucessful development of bicycle facilities.

Every client location blooms with uniqueness and we analyse the optimal approach to planting the necessary seeds. Cities and towns have unique needs. Where one city may wish to focus on increasing intra-neighourhood trips by bike another city might be keen on developing commuter-corridors or improving bicycle facilities. Perhaps the creation of a ‘bicycle paradise’ in the midst of a city is a goal. Whatever the case, Copenhagenize Consulting can provide analysis, strategic planning and implementation and inspiration.

In short, the goal is building a spectacular structure that inspires people to use it.

Services include:

- Cultural analysis to determine strengths and challenges.

- Production of a video highlighting our view of your situation and paths to be taken.

- Delivery of a strategic, goal-oriented evalution.

Contact us to hear more about what we can do for you.