{"id":228,"date":"2014-10-20T13:55:11","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T13:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/?p=228"},"modified":"2014-10-20T13:57:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T13:57:15","slug":"the-danes-wheel-out-their-bikes-as-cars-are-eliminated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/?p=228","title":{"rendered":"The Danes Wheel Out Their Bikes as Cars are Eliminated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the past two years, the share of Copenhageners who ride their bike to work or school has risen from an already high 36% to 41%. But, as far the city planners are concerned, even that\u2019s not enough. \u201cPretty much everyone here rides a bike: young, old, both sexes, all levels of education,\u201d reports Andreas R\u00f8hl, head of the city\u2019s mobility department. \u201cOne of our challenges is, with so many people biking, where can we increase the number? Biking shouldn\u2019t be a sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2014\/10\/17\/danes-wheel-out-their-bikes-cars-are-eliminated-276321.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2014\/10\/17\/danes-wheel-out-their-bikes-cars-are-eliminated-276321.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bikeCommutersCopenhagen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-229 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bikeCommutersCopenhagen.jpg\" alt=\"bikeCommutersCopenhagen\" width=\"945\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bikeCommutersCopenhagen.jpg 945w, https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bikeCommutersCopenhagen-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bikeCommutersCopenhagen-100x58.jpg 100w, https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bikeCommutersCopenhagen-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bikeCommutersCopenhagen-200x116.jpg 200w, https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bikeCommutersCopenhagen-450x262.jpg 450w, https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bikeCommutersCopenhagen-600x350.jpg 600w, https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bikeCommutersCopenhagen-900x525.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past two years, the share of Copenhageners who ride their bike to work or school has risen from an already high 36% to 41%. But, as far the city planners are concerned, even that\u2019s not enough. \u201cPretty much &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/?p=228\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Danes Wheel Out Their Bikes as Cars are Eliminated<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[30,33,29,42,14],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goodnews","category-spcnews","tag-bike-friendly","tag-copenhagen","tag-denmark","tag-europe","tag-urban-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}