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Örebro, Sweden
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But how do you do with the cold?
's the question that so many of you do when you say you go by bike to work even in winter. Ok, in Milan in the winter cold. But it is enough to cover adequately, with the usual trick of dressing "onion", or in layers in order to remove the outer layers if you feel hot.
But what they should say to the north, for example in the Swedish town Örebro?
Some readers might object? What the hell kind of examples to go fishing? A town of 125 thousand inhabitants, plus a very cold country like Sweden, where temperatures are low for at least 6 months of the year and in winter there is also little light ...
is not an example shot at random. Because the city of Örebro is a good example of alternative mobility car. Since the 50s the Swedish municipalities of the city has seen a bike in the resource and acted accordingly. In 2000, approximately 40% of movements occurred in the city on foot or by bike (bicycle 23%, meaning that one out of every four moves by bike). And in 2007 the municipality has set a target 50% of trips on foot or by bike.
This was supported by an adequate policy of developing the network of bicycle lanes (below the town map). In case of snow bicycle paths take precedence over other roads with regard to snow removal!

In the map, the solid lines are blue bike lanes separated from the street earlier in shoveling snow, while the dotted blue line alongside the tracks, while remaining separate, normal roads and also are cleared of snow. The red solid lines are more bike paths, while those of the same color are dashed quiet streets where bikes have special concern.
A survey among the citizens of Örebro has shown that more than 50% of people would like lower speed limits for cars and greater extension of alternative means (walking, cycling and public transport), 30% want less cars and only 17% would like it more. Which means that if you offer alternatives to people easily remain in the car garage, and that climatic conditions are not an insurmountable difficulty. But perhaps
and 'what they are afraid of our directors, including those related with the oil companies? Yet we would stand to gain ...