Lessons from city where top company bosses cycle to work

Copenhageners find it easy to move around on bicycles because the city is designed and built to enable cycling. [iStockphoto]

During a recent visit to Copenhagen, Denmark, I was intrigued to learn that top company executives and senior government officers cycle or walk to work.

It is not because they don't own cars or can't afford to have one if they want'. No. For them and million others in Copenhagen and other Denmark cities, cycling and walking are a way of life. They find cycling convenient and safe. They also cycle and walk as a way of keeping fit and keeping the environment clean.