Cycling in Copenhagen: Difference between revisions

While Copenhagen City Bikes was considered one of the first examples of modern bike share systems, it was also of little or no use to commuters, and was mainly seen as serving tourists and casual users since it was primarily designed to prevent bike theft.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bycyklens Historie |url=http://www.bycyklen.dk/dansk/nyhederhistorie/bycyklenshistorie.aspx |publisher=Fonden Bycyklen I København |language=da |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427032123/http://www.bycyklen.dk/dansk/nyhederhistorie/bycyklenshistorie.aspx |archive-date=27 April 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> This was set to change with the city's new bike share system opening in 2013, to be designed specifically for commuters, in order to function as a range extender for the public transit system. With that in mind, the cities of Copenhagen and [[Frederiksberg Municipality|Frederiksberg]] appointed the operator of the S-train system, [[DSB (railway company)|DSB]] to both [[Call for bids|tender]] and subsequently run the system.<ref>[http://www.bycyklen.dk/english/thecitybikeandcopenhagen.aspx Bycyklen København: The citybike projekt in Copenhagen is closed] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220111452/http://www.bycyklen.dk/english/thecitybikeandcopenhagen.aspx |date=20 December 2008 }}</ref> In 2013, a new system, [[Bycyklen]], provided by Gobike was established,<ref>[http://byogpendlercyklen.dk/en/ Bycyklen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401193017/http://byogpendlercyklen.dk/en/ |date=1 April 2014 }}</ref> once fully installed it will provide 1,260 modern bikes with aluminium [[Bicycle frame|frame]], adjustable [[Bicycle seat|seat]]-height and [[Global Positioning System|GPS-guidance]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gobike.com/Solution |title=gobike.com: The solution |access-date=23 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610205616/http://gobike.com/Solution |archive-date=10 June 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> As of 2024 they are no longer operating.