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Copenhagen's relatively well-developed [[bicycle culture]] has given rise to the term ''[[Copenhagenization (bicycling)|copenhagenization]]''. This is the practice where other cities try to follow the example Copenhagen has set in recent decades, by moving from their own (often long-held) car-centric transport policies to those that attempt to greatly increase the number of journeys by bicycle; they do this by developing bicycle infrastructure and/or improving their current bicycle infrastructure just as Copenhagen has done and continues to do.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/b0222c68d27626e2ca256c8c001a3d2d/6755f8108f4ff605ca2570700001e087!OpenDocument|title=Media Release: Copenhagen Comes To Swanston Street|publisher=Minister for Health, Victorian Government|accessdate=5 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021070846/http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/b0222c68d27626e2ca256c8c001a3d2d/6755f8108f4ff605ca2570700001e087!OpenDocument|archive-date=21 October 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> An example of a city which has introduced bike lanes acknowledging inspiration from Copenhagen is [[Melbourne]] in Australia where kerbside bike lanes separated from moving and parked cars by a low concrete kerb are referred to as 'Copenhagen lanes'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/general/change-the-world/11629/|title=Inner: Swanston RMIT to Melbourne University|publisher=Bicycle Victoria|accessdate=23 June 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417230448/http://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/general/change-the-world/11629/|archivedate=17 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://skullcycles.com/copenhagen-style-bicycle-lanes/|title=Copenhagen style bicycle lanes|publisher=Skull Cycles|accessdate=8 January 2015}}</ref> The concept of ''Copenhagenization'' has been featured by [[CNN]]s [[Richard Quest]] in the ''Futures Cities'' series<ref name=CNN>{{cite news|title='Copenhagenization' in the Danish Capital|url=http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/07/tackling-copenhagens-traffic-with-bicycles/|publisher=CNN|accessdate=23 July 2012|date=7 June 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202050319/http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/07/tackling-copenhagens-traffic-with-bicycles/|archivedate=2 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and on [[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]]'s Earthrise series.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cycle City|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/earthrise/2011/11/20111117153115771132.html|publisher=Al Jazeera|accessdate=23 July 2012}}</ref>
In 2007 Copenhagen-based Danish [[urban design]] consultant [[Jan Gehl]] was hired by the [[New York City Department of Transportation]] to re-imagine [[New York City]] streets by introducing designs to improve life for pedestrians and cyclists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Penge/2007/10/05/064448.htm |title=Danske cykelstier i New York|publisher=DR Online|accessdate=5 January 2009}}</ref> In this connection, Gehl took NYC planning chief Amanda Burden and transportation czar [[Janette Sadik-Khan]] on a bike trip around Copenhagen to show them what could be done for New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/40345/|title=Gehl on Wheels|publisher=New York News & Features|accessdate=23 June 2009}}</ref> Former British transport minister [[Andrew Adonis]] has also cycled the streets of Copenhagen in search of inspiration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/09/british-transport-minister-in.html|title=British Transport Minister in Copenhagen|publisher=copenhagenize.com|accessdate=23 June 2009}}</ref> As a result of Russian president [[Dmitri Medvedev]]'s favorable impressions of Copenhagen's biking system during his visit to Denmark, 14 city bikes were sent to [[St Petersburg]] at the beginning of June 2010 where they will be available to citizens on an experimental basis. Medvedev believes the city bike approach could reduce traffic congestion in the city.<ref>[http://www.dr.dk/Regioner/Kbh/Nyheder/Koebenhavn/2010/06/01/115107.htm "Bycykler sendes til Rusland"
Another influence on bicycle culture from Copenhagen is the ''[[Cycle chic]]'' movement. It grew from reactions to a photo of a girl wearing her regular clothes on a bike, which inspired the photographer, Michael Colville-Andersen, to start the blog Copenhagen Cycle Chic featuring mainly female subjects riding their bikes in fashionable everyday clothes. Its popularity have spawned a global movement with over 100 Cycle Chic blogs featuring similarly themed photography from other cities and areas around the world. Bloggers around the world are trying very hard to get featured on the Cycle Chic blog because they think it's cool. So now many people are making their own blogs that feature cyclists around the world. Most of them are associated with the original blog, the Copenhagen Cycle Chic.
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