Mikael Colville-Andersen

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Mikael Colville-Andersen is a Canadian-Danish<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> urban designer and urban mobility expert.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was the CEO of Copenhagenize Design Company, which he founded in 2009 in Copenhagen, and he works with cities and governments around the world<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in coaching them towards becoming more bicycle-friendly.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He is the host of the urbanism documentary television series The Life-Sized City,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which premiered in 2017 on TVOntario and in 2018 on various other international channels including Finland's national broadcaster YLE<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Italian broadcaster La Effe.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Season 1 of The Life-Sized City was nominated for five Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

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Mikael Colville-Andersen during the ISPO Bike 2013 Conference in Munich

Colville-Andersen is known for his philosophy about simplifying urban planning and urban cycling and how cities should be designed instead of engineered.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He is at the forefront of utilising observational techniques inspired by the likes of William H. Whyte for pedestrian and bicycle planning and has been called "the Modern Day Jane Jacobs".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He employs anthropology and sociology in his work to develop liveable cities and, in 2012, he spearheaded the largest study of cyclist behaviour ever undertaken – The Choreography of an Urban Intersection – tracking the desire lines of 16,631 cyclists through an intersection in Copenhagen over a 12-hour period.<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

His approach and philosophy have led to him being referred to as "the Richard Dawkins of cycling" by Peter Walker of The Guardian in 2014 interview with Esquire magazine,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> "the Pope of urban cycling" by Canadian newspaper La Presse <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Austrian newspaper Der Standard,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> among others and "the Bieber of urban cycling" in an interview with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Colville-Andersen has been instrumental in orchestrating the global bicycle boom, starting with what was later called "the Photo That Launched a Million Bicycles"<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in 2006, which led to the Copenhagen Cycle Chic photography and streetstyle blog in 2007.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Regarding his early work with the Cycle Chic movement, The Guardian dubbed him "The Sartorialist on Two Wheels".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

He coined the phrase cycle chic in 2007,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as well as the word Copenhagenize in the same year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He has also coined and popularised other phrases such as Bicycle Urbanism, Viking Biking, Citizen Cyclist and he started The Slow Bicycle Movement in 2008.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Before embarking on a career as an urban designer, he was a film director<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and screenwriter. His debut feature film, Zakka West (2003), was the first indie film in Denmark<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and premiered at the Copenhagen International Film Festival. He has written and directed several short films, including the award-winning short Breaking Up (1999), and founded the first pan-European organisation for screenwriters – Euroscreenwriters – in 1997.

As producer for The Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) bicentenary website for Hans Christian Andersen, he and his team won the Prix Italia award at the Radiotelevisione Italiana 57th Prix Italia for Best Public Service Website.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2013, he appeared in Edinburgh to help celebrate that city's Bike Week.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2014, he was cited as one of the influential urban planners suggesting that radical solutions were needed if improvement was to be seen in respect to congestion problems in the city of York.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He has also explained that cycle parking is needed for cities to be cycle-friendly.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was booked as a keynote speaker at the Velo-city Global conference in Adelaide in May 2014.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Volunteer work in Ukraine

In May 2022, Colville-Andersen founded a non-profit organization Bikes4Ukraine.<ref>Template:Cite web Alt URL</ref> The organization's first goal was to deliver bicycles to help uncongest Lviv's public transportation. The city had had accepted over 200 000 refugees since the start of the 2022 Russian invasion, which put a strain on public transit. Local urban planners contacted Colville-Andersen to suggest the bicycle solution which lead to the founding of the organization. On 3 July 2022, the first bicycle donation event took place in Copenhagen. By the end of that day, the organization received over 100 bicycles, which were sent to 3 Ukrainian cities: Lviv, Bucha and Chernihiv. As of early 2024, Bikes4Ukraine has delivered over 1000 bikes to over 35 cities and towns in Ukraine.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In January 2024, Colville-Andersen announced he is designing a Nordic-style trauma-informed therapy garden for people suffering from PTSD in Kyiv. The project is expected to be finished by June 2024. The initial site for the garden was located in the Podil neighbourhood, however, it was changed to be in the northern part of Template:Ill park, near a psychiatric hospital.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Colville-Andersen's team plans to work together with the hospital's staff to create a learning hub for mental health professionals from all over the country. The project in Kyiv is a pilot one, Colville-Andersen has confirmed he and his team have early-stage plans for building more gardens like these in Lviv and Mykolaiv.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Exhibitions

Bibliography

  • Copenhagenize – the definitive guide to global bicycle urbanism, Island Press Publishing Ltd, 2018, 296 pages. Template:ISBN.
  • Cycle Chic, Thames & Hudson Publishing Ltd, 2012, 288 pages. Template:ISBN.
  • Cargo Bike Nation, Blurb Publishing, 2013, 194 pages. Template:ISBN.
  • Cyclists and Cycling Around the World, Fondo Editorial, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, 2013, Chapter: Branding Cycling – Mainstreaming A Good thing, 334 pages. Template:ISBN
  • Backstory 5: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1990s, University of California Press, 27 October 2009, Chapter: Interview with Jean-Claude Carrière, Editor – Patrick McGilligan, 264 pages, Template:ISBN

Awards

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