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After wrestling for years with Beijing's appalling traffic and pollution problems, city planners have come up with a distinctly old-fashioned solution: bicycles.

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The The world's worst cycle lanes Pool - some absolute gems in this photo set.

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"Cyclists in a rural part of eastern Funen are set to become even more environmentally conscious


In a first for Denmark, a bike lane is going to be lit up by light-emitting diodes (LEDs), reports trade publication Trafik & Veje (Traffic and Roads).
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The daily misery of hunting for a space in the railway station car park and being charged up to £20 for the privilege will soon be over for thousands of commuters - if they switch from petrol to pedal power.\n\nThe Government will announce today that it is creating 10,000 additional secure cycle spaces at stations as part of a commitment to "put cycling at the heart of transport policy". Hundreds of stations will get cycle stands monitored by CCTV cameras or with cages accessible by swipe cards. Ministers have not yet ruled out reallocating spaces from cars to bikes.

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The world is coming to Copenhagen in December for the UN COP15 Climate Conference. The media focus is intensifying the closer we get.

About a year ago I wrote a letter to various parties suggesting some good ideas about how Copenhagen and Denmark could profile themselves when the world comes to town. One of the ideas was to provide bicycles for the delegates who will be arriving from all over the planet. Making bicycles available to them, free to use, in order to show them how the bicycle is the ultimate symbol of sustainability and quick and easy transport in the Danish capital. My idea also included recruiting iconic Danish cycling girls to lead pelatons of delegates to and from the conference centre Bellacenter.

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