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The "Bicycling in Copenhagen" Ride

Thursday, June 18 Meets 6:00 PM, rolls 6:30 · Back by 8:00
Peninsula Park 6100 N Albina St · Piedmont
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Ted Buehler and Mia Pisano leads

1 past ride on our calendar since June

CANCELLED

Moved to Tuesday June 16

Distance
8–15 mi

About the ride

Edit -- we might move this to Tuesday the 16th. (Will Decide by Friday the 5th) Copenhagen is the best city in the world for bicycling. Riding in Copenhagen is a magical, intense, exhilarating experience. About 1/2 of all commuters use bicycles for travel. Busy urban streets are quiet of cars -- yet busy with the clickity-click of bicycles. Bicycle traffic flows like water, with logical, consistent designs of bike lanes, intersections, and transitions onto paths. It didn't happen by magic. The city's streets have been systematically rebuilt over the last 40 years from a car-centric 4 car lane design to a bicycle wonderland -- wide outside raised lanes for bicycles, and two small inner lanes for cars. Nine Portlanders traveled to Copenhagen last year and biked there. Some of us in groups, some alone. We'll re-live our experience -- talk about it with each other. Try to put in words the experience for others. And we'll ride through four different corridors in Portland. Several that feel similar to Copenhagen. And several that are ideal spots for conversion to a Copenhagen style bikeway. Everyone is welcome -- you don't need to have a particular interest in Copenhagen or Europe to come on this ride!

Getting there

Meet · 6:00 PM

Peninsula Park

6100 N Albina St · Piedmont

Meet at Gazebo in middle of park

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