Going to take my 21 year old bike to the bike shop this morning.

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10. You might like this NPR report on Denmark encouraging bicycling as good mode of transportation

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"Bicycles are a very essential element in most people's lives in Denmark," he says. "We have them as small infants and all the way up through the ages."

He's not kidding. Another rider, 83-year-old Soulva Jensen, is using the highway to visit her daughter in a neighboring town.

"The trains are too much trouble at the moment, so I thought it was easier to take the bike," she says.

Once the highway network is completed, an estimated 15,000 additional people will switch from driving to biking. And that, say officials, will have a direct impact on the environment, public health and finances. The bike highway alone is expected to save Copenhagen's health care system some $60 million a year.


http://www.npr.org/2012/09/01/160386904/in-bike-friendly-copenhagen-highways-for-cyclists