Mayor of Copenhagen talk on transport - Town Hall - April 6th

shame i missed this, sounds like it was interesting. Was there anyone from birmingham city council?

Think there must've been - plenty of people there, wether the key decision makers were there or not remains to be seen.

If he's the guy who oversaw the shut down ungdomshuset he aint that cool. The city is for everyone not just the architects, planners and politicians.
'Lead by example' is the only viable way to encourage cycling to grow. Investment in the bike communications and networks should be driven by those that cycle rather than a central policy. I read recently that oxford and york have received substantial money from the government, and yet these cities have a well established physical and communital infrastructure. Surely the money would have a greater impact in cities/regions such as ours.

As for hills, HTFU.

Looks from the article (only scanned) that Faderhuset and the courts were responsible for closing that place.[B][/B]

I guess there's a wider debate on whether to invest in areas that are already showing successful growth, and have potential for further growth, or invest in areas where the current levels of cycling don't point towards a growth trend. A delicate balancing game for those with the money to share around.

Did Birmingham submit a bid to become a Cycling Demonstration Town? I know Cov did but wasn't succesful. It's not like they're not trying to get the money, there's just not enough being made available for every town and city in the country to benefit from.

Re: Hills... i'd like to see him go to the peak district then come back and say Birmingham is hilly!