The Copenhagenize project: Mary Embry at TEDxCopenhagen 2012

The original term 'copenhagenise' described the British habit of taking a defeated enemy's navy home with them, as Admiral Nelson did after bombing Copenhagen in 1807.
In her talk, The Copenhagenize Project, Embry reveals its current meaning: A positive brand for creating mainstream bicycle culture and liveable cities.
www.copenhagenize.eu/
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[@johnathanallen3068]

@LeedsSTL, She is doing what I think most people ask for from an immigrant. Assimilation to a certain degree. If she lives there and calls Copenhagen home, then she should feel comfortable claiming it. She pays the taxes, embraced the culture with love, and even is an ambassador for what makes it great, for God's sake! If you go back far enough, most all of us were immigrants at one point...

[@BelgianBicyclist]

You have a point. Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Antwerp all specialize in heavy three-speed bikes. They provide a smooth ride. 27-speed mountain bikes tame any city's hills. Change out the knobby tires for smoother tread. Outfit it like a commuter bicycle and it IS a commuter bicycle. San Francisco is as hilly a city as you can find and it has a very active commuter community.

[@MattacksRC]

wow she is so nervous. its adorable.

[@ellymay5139]

Quite to Johnathan! Not Sydney luv CANBERRA AUSTRALIA CANBERRA! Canberra here in Australia is Copenhagenised! Everyone rides bicycles and the city is built for bicycles!

[@mekanopsis1]

At the 5 minute mark: "Copenhagen is so hot right now". Completely vacuous. Yes, it was in 2012, because they figured out how to turn their normal Northern European cycling culture into a marketing phenomenon with imagery from Vogue magazine. Copenhagenize presumably began as a PR campaign related to the 2009 climate change summit, when they developed an image of Dutch cycling levels (which they don't really have) plus achingly trendy "slow culture" lifestyle politics. But mass cycling has nothing to do with lifestyle politics. It is purely and simply due to meaningful investment in infrastructure. Copenhagenize has done much to dilute that message.

[@geniegb]

captain obvious. dislike

[@LeedsSTL]

Stop saying "we" and "our" You are an American living abroad. full stop.

[@guitrr]

LeedsSTL She's an expat who has embraced the place and culture of where she has relocated. Apparently that doesn't sit well with erroneous notions of American exceptionalism.

[@giurgindemilan]

You can move too if you wish :-P