Probably my favorite thing about my trip to Denmark was a neat City Bike program in Copenhagen. Basically, any where you went in the city, you could find colorful bikes that were available for tourists to rent for 20 Kroner.
After sliding a Kroner coin into a City Bike lock, you could essentially take a bike and ride it around Copenhagen for as long as you wanted! Each bike included a map to popular tourist destinations so you could get to anything that you wanted to see---and feel like a real Dane at the same time! To get your Kroner back, you simply returned the bike to the place where you found it, refastened the lock and your money would be returned.
Renting a bike was the only thing that I really wanted to do when I got to Copenhagen....and my mission was quite successful! Don't believe me? Then check out this video:
So what do you think of Copenhagen's City Bike program? Have you ever seen similar programs in other big cities that you've been to? What would make such a program valuable to tourists? Would you want to see a city by bike?
Would there be any disadvantages to a city bike program?
Signed,
Bam Bam Bigelow
Image retrieved from my own personal collection! Cool, huh?
I think it is awesome that people in Denmark are riding bikes instead of using car because it is a lot more environmentally friendly. I also think it would be a lot of fun because it is not the normal way people travel around a city. The bad thing is that you might not be able to go to as many places since you are moving at a slower pace. If you were a tourist then you would have to probably look at a map more so you would have to stop more meaning slowing down and seeing fewer things.
Posted by: Kajal | June 25, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Mr F. asked, so what do you think of Copenhagen's City Bike program? Have you ever seen similar programs in other big cities that you've been to? What would make such a program valuable to tourists? Would you want to see a city by bike? Would there be any disadvantages to a city bike program?
This is a really interesting question. I think that that program is a great idea because you can travel easily by bike and get exercise. I have seen some programs like this in New York. They had probably made it there because it was an easy travel city. Most people walk or take bikes there because it is busy but small. All the big places are close together.
I think that seeing the city by bike would be the best. I think this because there are no dusty, musty windows to look out of. You can see everything clearly with no bus stops, no subway, and most likely no traffic. There are sometimes special bike paths for you to use, which makes it very easy to see the sights. All though you may not be able to move as fast if you get tired and may get hurt if you stop because you get tired in the middle of the road.
Though I have a new question, if the taxes on cars went down, would people still ride bikes? Would the bike program go out of business?
From,
bunnyheart014
Posted by: caroline | June 25, 2009 at 09:51 AM
I think the city bikes are great because of no pollution, exercise, and transportation is provided with these city bikes. I don’t think that the map will cause crashes because I think a smart person would look at the map when they are stopped.
It was very smart making separate lanes for the bikes because it would cause less crashes and injuries. I think it would be great to have these bikes in our cities and towns because I hate all the annoying bikers that I see all the time taking up the lanes and getting in front of you.
Posted by: The G man | June 25, 2009 at 09:48 AM
Mr F. asked, so what do you think of Copenhagen's City Bike program? Have you ever seen similar programs in other big cities that you've been to? What would make such a program valuable to tourists? Would you want to see a city by bike? Would there be any disadvantages to a city bike program?
This is a really interesting question. I think that that program is a great idea because you can travel easily by bike and get exercise. I have seen some programs like this in New York. They had probably made it there because it was an easy travel city. Most people walk or take bikes there because it is busy but small. All the big places are close together.
I think that seeing the city by bike would be the best. I think this because there are no dusty, musty windows to look out of. You can see everything clearly with no bus stops, no subway, and most likely no traffic. There are sometimes special bike paths for you to use, which makes it very easy to see the sights. All though you may not be able to move as fast if you get tired and may get hurt if you stop because you get tired in the middle of the road.
Though I have a new question, if the taxes on cars went down, would people still ride bikes? Would the bike program go out of business?
From,
bunnyheart014
Posted by: caroline | June 25, 2009 at 09:47 AM
What monkey dude said about looking out where you are going while riding brings up a good point. What about walking? What you can do while walking is stop to see the sights. What you can do while biking is crash and hurt yourself. What is wrong with walking, how slow you go?
Posted by: whatchamacallit | April 21, 2008 at 04:13 PM
One of the major problems of sight seeing by bike is you might not be able to look at the map, watch where you are going, and still be able to look at the beauties (AKA, ya gonna crash)
Posted by: Wicked Awesome Monkey Dude | April 09, 2008 at 01:25 PM