Monday 3 January 2011

City of Heaven For cyclists

Cycling is now a part of the urban lifestyle. Healthy habits this one even more popular in Jakarta with the Vehicle-Free Day every month.

Although you also can free ride on weekdays, but it feels more comfortable biking on weekends, when road conditions are not too crowded. However, if you live in the following four cities, a sense of comfort cycling can be found every day. Know the four cities which is a paradise for cyclists, as reported from Divine Caroline.

4. Barcelona, ​​Spain
Population: 1.6 million
Cyclists Population: More than 30,000 people of Barcelona, ​​using a bicycle as a means of transportation.
Bike lovers in Barcelona pampered with the service "Bicing Service" which began in 2007. This service enables local people and tourists to apply for a card cycling. This card allows them to take a bike than a hundred stations scattered throughout urban areas, use them within the city limits, and restore it to another station.

There are also "green belt" which is a bike path to besiege the city. There is parking on the street which can contain 3250. The city is also currently in the process of building an underground garage a big bike.


3. Davis, California, United States
Population: 65,000
Cyclists population: 17 percent are bicycle users.
Davis is a city in the United States is actively planning to incorporate bicycle lanes into the architecture of transportation. According to Virgin-Vacations.com, in the city there are about a thousand miles of bike lanes. This makes the city received the status of "Bicycle Friendly Community". Even the city's symbol is the bicycle.

2. Amsterdam, Netherlands
Population: 750,000
The population of cyclists: Forty percent of traffic in Amsterdam is bicycle traffic
Amsterdam, known as the bicycle capital of the world. There are 249 miles (400 kilometers) Fietspaden, or bike paths and designated roads. Most of them have their own traffic lights and signs that read: "Uitgezonderd" (meaning except) to show that the only bikes and scooters are exempt from traffic regulations. City of Amsterdam is also in the process of building a parking garage ten thousand bicycles at the main railway station, Amsterdam Centraal.

1. Copenhagen, Denmark
Population: 1.8 million
Cyclists population: 32 percent of workers in Copenhagen using a bicycle as a means of transportation.
Cities that ranked sixth of the world in terms of quality of life, also paradise of cyclists. Each of the citizens of Copenhagen have one bike. The city offers free public bicycle and bicycle lanes designated with a separate signal system. One of the areas named Christiana even just passed my bike and no passing cars. Local officials even plans to double spending to build bicycle infrastructure in the next three years.

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