Show many residents of copenhagen n are bic bicycle y cle enthusiasts copenhagen has a bicycle tor for every one and one halt half inhabitants and since many of the machines are tandems and young danish mothers usually have a baby carry ing contraption rigged on the handlebars dle bars the city could easily go cycling en masse and simultaneously As it is copenhagen does practically take to wheel in a body on every summer sunday the holiday exodus takes place so rapidly that there are roads where bicycles pass a given point in an i t hour few accidents are reported traffic troubles are eliminated by having a system of cycle roads from which both motor vehicles and pedestrians are barred the danish mode of road travel has some advantages over our method of going places it is free from gas fumes and it is silent family parties squadrons of club groups couples side by side with arms around each others shoulders drift along with no sound except that of conversation and laughter and song |