(1 Nov 2012) DENMARK CYCLING
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AP Television
Copenhagen, Denmark – October 3, 2012
1. Wide of Copenhagen street showing cyclists going past
2. Close of electronic sign which shows how many cyclists go past each day
3. Wide of cyclists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Fritz Bredal, Danish Cyclist Federation:
“The basic idea is that you take the kind of thinking you have in a car-oriented society, where you build cities on the idea that people live in the suburbs, and go into the city centre to work, and therefore you should have proper facilities for the car drivers to take their car from the house and all the way into the city centre. You take that kind of thinking and transform it into a cyclist’s kind of thinking.”
5. Low angle, of cyclists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Fritz Bredal, Danish Cyclist Federation:
“Yes, it is a many way a bicycling city, and the city of Copenhagen does a lot of good things for cyclists. But still, if you compare what you do for car drivers, car infrastructure, it’s peanuts. It’s next to nothing.”
7. Mid of cyclists on special blue lane at busy intersection
8. Mid of odd-shaped designer bike as woman cycles past
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Fritz Bredal, Danish Cyclist Federation:
“Every car driver in Denmark knows, and is used to cyclists. He knows he’s there, and most likely he’s a cyclist also apart from being a car driver. So he’s used to it. That is one of the reasons that Copenhagen and Denmark is one of the safest places, if not the safest place to bike in the world.”
10. Wide exterior of Copenhagen City Hall, tilt down to bike rack outside
11. Close of “Everton” brand bike frame
12. Mid, set up shot of Marie Kaastrup walking into office and sitting at desk
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Marie Kaastrup, Cycle Policy Officer, City of Copenhagen:
“In Copenhagen we have more bicycles than we have inhabitants, and if we count the people living in Copenhagen and going to work and study, 50 percent do that by bicycle.”
14. Mid of street as cyclist stops at traffic light and rests on specially installed resting place
15. Close, cutaway of hand holding railing
16. Mid of cyclists leaning on resting place, then moving off when the lights change
17. Close of bike speed signs, showing cyclists using the “green wave” how fast they’re going
18. Mid of speed sign as bike goes past
19. Mid of specially-angled rubbish bin where cyclists can easily throw their litter
20. Sign pro cycling
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Marie Kaastrup, Cycle Policy Officer, City of Copenhagen:
“As a standard infrastructure for cyclists, we have what we call a segregated bicycle track which is the pavement, then you have the curb, then you have the bicycle track then you have another curb, then you have car traffic. And often we have parked cars in between as another protection for the cyclists. Then as traffic safety instalments we have what we call the ‘pre green’ for cyclists, so when you’re at the intersection and you wait for the green light, then cyclists will have the green light before the cars so that they are more visible at the intersection. We also have stop lines that are advanced for cyclists so that they also are more visible for cars while you wait at the red light.”
22. Close of bicycle sign painted on road, tilt up
23. Mid of bikes parked on the street
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Marie Kaastrup, Cycle Policy Officer, City of Copenhagen:
AP Television
Copenhagen, Denmark – October 4, 2012
25. Mid, set up shot of Lars Hansen cycling into work
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Lars Hansen, President of Novozymes Europe:
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