Oh Land: Nordic Fantasia. The Mary Poppins Effect? Lately, there has been some discussion in the comments about whether drivers display more courtesy when cyclists ride upright bicycles and dress in "regular" clothing. One reader wrote that "the uprightness [is] more visible and [the clothing] maybe less offensive to your average driver... The images generated revolve around Mary Poppins. Only a monster would do anything mean to Mary Poppins" (Christopher Fotos, December 10, 2010). Do you agree? When Bike Snob NYC poked fun at the Tweed Ride last week in his typically colourful manner, I related to the associations he made with colonialism and Civil War re-enactments: I never found Tweed Rides appealing for precisely those reasons. But I disagree with his conclusion that nice clothes on a bike are generally "not traffic calming. " Speaking solely from my own experience, I'd noticed as soon as I started cycling for transportation that drivers are nicer to me when I dress "normally.
" Cycle Chic™ - The Original from Copenhagen.: Bogota Cycle Chic. More photos from our trip to Bogotá, Colombia. We blogged about it a little earlier on Copenhagenize, but we got to go for the ITDP's (Institute for Transportation and Development Policy) Transport Systems Summit. Mikael will get to meet up with a few more of our friends from the ITDP when he's in São Paulo. Between, and during, conference events they made sure we had lots of opportunities to bicycle around the city. Here are a few shots from one of the bicycle tours. This is Dani. She's the Director of Communications and Marketing at ITDP New York, where she ensures that all this sustainable transportation is promoted positively and effectively.
This is David, he runs Bogotá Cycle Chic.
Bike fashion. Downtownfrombehind. Cycle Style Auckland. Iconic bicycle designs through the ages – in pictures | Environment. Bicycle Paintings, by Taliah Lempert. Five Spring Bicycles. Bicycle Wine Rack. The Tweed Run. Cycle Chic™ - The Original from Copenhagen. New York RideStyle Fashion Show 2011.