To anyone fascinated by the "dead" part, here's the actual link: https://www.bededamerne.dk/rustvogncyklen

I live near Copenhagen and hadn't noticed this. Probably because I don't watch TV. I love it.

> "People here say there’s no such thing as bad weather," said Ms. Gulsrud, 39. "Only bad clothing."

That's true for anything outdoor in winter that involves physical exertion. Bicycling, running, cross-country skiing, whatever. Cotton and down can kill you. Because they tend to get soaked with sweat, and then lose insulating capacity.

So you want silk, wool or polypro fleece, and Goretex.

> “It’s A to B-ism,” said Mikael Colville-Andersen, a raffish bicycle evangelist who preaches the gospel of Copenhagen to other cities. “It’s the fastest way from point to point.”

i live in a smaller city of 300k people, i own a car but ride my bike as much possible. i've been to the hospital several times recently for prenatal classes (my girlfriend took the bus). once i was late, really pushed it and it took me 8 minutes (on my bike, that is). last time we were due for an examination and took the car - the same distance took us 28 minutes, 3.5 times as long.

One of the meh reasons people love their bikes in DK is the high tax on cars. It is considered a luxury good. The taxation is approx 200% on market price, similar to Singapore.

> Nearly half of all journeys to school and work in Copenhagen take place on bicycles. And people like it that way.

Why wouldn’t they like it that way?

Copenhagen? Visit Amsterdam. Crazy amount of bikes for decades now.

I would encourage anyone to visit Copenhagen and cities in the Netherlands to see how non-car-obsessed cities are like. And generally how well things work. People in general are happy, healthy - they live slow - there are very few homeless.

It's like living in the future. But it will never take root in Anglo countries until their obsession against "communism" goes away.

I think that their drive towards socialism is the logical way for humanity to save ourselves. Working together towards health, happiness, progress and survival.

> “Why wouldn’t you bike? It’s stupid not to bike.”

This article seems aimed at Americans. After all, it's our paper of record.

America doubles down on cars over and over again. Building roads and widening them intending to reduce congestion, causing more congestion. Ride-sharing intended to reduce congestion, causing more congestion. Now self-driving cars intending to reduce congestion, will cause more congestion.

We spend billions making the same mistakes. New York's biking infrastructure, while laudable, pales in comparison to the roads we build everywhere else.

We have so much potential. Instead we create obesity.

". . . a vengeful breeze forces damp chill to the bone. Sullen gray clouds occupy the sky, dispensing an apathetic drizzle."

It's an interesting subject to be sure, but it's hard for me to want to read the rest of the article when the first paragraph finishes like that.