The Arrogance of Space in Urbanism

Mikael gives a crash course in Arrogance of Space - a phrase he coined to describe the shocking imbalance in space allocation in cities. An arrogant amount of space is allocated to motorists - at the expense of everyone else. It is not urban democracy - it’s a transportation dictatorship.

Try the free Arrogance of Space Mapping Tool: https://cyklokoalicia.sk/arrogance/

Mikael’s article about The Arrogance of Space: https://medium.com/@colville_andersen/the-arrogance-of-space-93a7419b0278

Mikael’s book "Copenhagenize - the definitive guide to global bicycle urbanism": Wherever you buy your books or here’s the amazon US link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610919386/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=copenhageni05-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1610919386&linkId=f6c8283346fb030a1aabcb8ff14c9336

0:00 Intro and Paris
3:45 Arrogance of Space in Calgary, Canada
5:28 Barcelona
5:53 Sao Paolo
6:05 Cape Town
6:52 Sneckdowns
7:47 Moscow
8:29 Tokyo - a good example
8:54 Copenhagen - a good example
9:23 Copenhagen - a bad example
11:10 Fixing Barcelona
12:16 Fixing Paris
13:02 Do it yourself! Map the Arrogance of Space in your city!