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Journal of Transport Geography 33 (2013) 196–206 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Transport Geography journal homepage: www.elsevi /locate/jtrangeo Urban transport transitions: Copenhagen, City of Cyclists Stefan Gössling ⇑ Dept. of Service Management, Box 882, 25108 Helsingborg, Sweden School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University, 391 82 Kalmar, Sweden a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Keywords: Mobility growth poses considerable challenges to city planners around the world, as it entails problems Command-and-control of congestion, air pollution, and accidents. Many cities have thus sought to increase the share of sustain- Cycling able transport, and specifically travel by bicycle. However, it appears that measures to foster cycling are Cycle culture often implemented on an ad hoc basis, lacking strategic focus and a more profound understanding of Soft policy bicycle cultures. New insights can be gained from Copenhagen, Denmark, a selfdeclared City of Cyclists Urban transport transitions that has made considerable progress towards increasing the share of travel by bicycle, with the political goal to become the ‘‘world’s best city for bicycling’’. In this article, the success, reproducibility and lim- itations of the Copenhagen bicycle strategy are discussed in an urban tran