{"id":6044,"date":"2009-08-13T09:58:15","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T13:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=6044"},"modified":"2009-08-13T10:11:53","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T14:11:53","slug":"copenhagen-quickie-street-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/08\/13\/copenhagen-quickie-street-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Copenhagen: Quickie street transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6046\" title=\"Norrebrogade1\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/08\/cimg1677.jpg\" alt=\"Norrebrogade1\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While I was in Copenhagen earlier this summer, I observed an interesting recent street transformation on Norrebrogade, one of the main roads leading out of the city centre. The City had taken out a lane of traffic quickly simply by painting the pavement and letting people and adjacent shops use it for a variety of purposes (I believe this lane was once the bike lane, which has now moved into the next lane over). It&#8217;s being used for bike parking, loading docks, patios, seating, and displaying merchandise.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6047\" title=\"Norrebrogade3\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/08\/cimg16811.jpg\" alt=\"Norrebrogade3\" width=\"500\" height=\"577\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The only major adjustment was <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/08\/06\/copenhagen-transit-platform-and-bike-lane\/\">moving out the transit stops<\/a>, which was itself done pretty simply.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an example of the &#8220;just do it&#8221; philosophy of street transformation proposed by Danish planner Jan Gehl when <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/06\/09\/john-lorinc-examines-jan-gehls-one-stone-five-birds-strategy\/\">he talked in Toronto<\/a> in the spring, and being followed by <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/radio\/2009\/04\/27\/005-bikes\/\">New York City Commissioner of Transportation Janette Sadik-Khan<\/a> in her rapid transformation of New York (notably <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/08\/11\/the-pedestrianization-of-times-square\/\">Times Square<\/a>). (Jan Gehl has been closely involved in Copenhagen&#8217;s tranformation and is advising New York). Rather than making street transformation a major construction project, they simply close down parts of streets in pilot projects with simple, cheap, flexible measures such as planters and paint. That way people can see see the benefits and that it works (and if it really doesn&#8217;t, it can be reversed) rather than imagining worst-case scenarios. Once the change has established itself, it can be solidified with real construction and new materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I was in Copenhagen earlier this summer, I observed an interesting recent street transformation on Norrebrogade, one of the main roads leading out of the city centre. 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