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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path

@rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social
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Urban planner. Founder of Nordic Path. Lecturer in urban mobility and livable cities. Facilitating professional study tours and knowledge exchange in Copenhagen. Co-founder of New Urban Voices. Trying to cure the #imaginationcrisis www.nordicpath.dk

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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
To be fair, it is always 50/50 🤷🏼‍♂️
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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 13/09/2026
And, as I immediately asked myself: “By using robust longitudinal data analysis methods, the researchers are confident the link between heavy traffic and street crime is causal, not just coincidental.” 👌🏻
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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Check out Nordic Path’s newest piece on the recent budget for Copenhagen 2027, with a rundown on selected initiatives that the city chooses to invest in. www.nordicpath.dk/copenhagen-i...
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Copenhagen's 2027 Budget: Reopened Rivers, Cheaper Homes, Costlier Parking — Nordic Path
Copenhagen has agreed its budget for 2027. The first of the new political era that began with the 2025 municipal election, signed by a broad group of eight parties from across the political spectrum. ...
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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Youngsters just want to TikTok all day.. Until you show them rooftop playgrounds like this one in Ørestad, Copenhagen. In the course, Strategies for Urban Livability that I teach at DIS, we use the city as our classroom to experience the city. That’s how you immerse yourself in urban concepts!
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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The status quo is radical Reducing car space in cities is often framed as “extreme”, as if today’s streets are neutral or fair What’s radical is giving so much public space to cars, based on a failed ideal of “unlimited freedom” that creates unfreedom for everyone else That is #spatialinjustice
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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
When breakfast with a view turns into an anthropological study of mobility behavior at the Place de la République in #Paris. The city is an excellent urban lab for exploring how a contemporary biking (r)evolution takes place in front of your eyes. A please to dive in on a week long study tour.
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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Our new book København 2.0 – A New Path for the Capital explores how Copenhagen can rethink urban development in an era of climate crisis, housing pressure, and limited resources. By New Urban Voices. 34 proposals for a new direction for the city. More info soon. An English version is coming!
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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Time to cure the #imaginationcrisis
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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Copenhagen bicycle culture - Where even the sewer cleaner makes sure that bikes go uninterrupted. Low friction solution - Keep on biking!
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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
1/3 A 2026 study examined shopkeepers’ views on reallocating street space away from cars. Key finding: retailers often overestimate how many customers arrive by car and underestimate walking, cycling, and public transport (car users are simply more visible). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Politicising sustainable urban mobility: shopkeepers’ frames of street-space reallocation measures
Transport is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and public health costs, with passenger cars among the main contributors. Sustainable mobility policies promise cleaner air and healthier cit...
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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
A new study finds broad public support for reallocating street space to cycling. Highest support for replacing car lanes, not pedestrian space. The main barrier is not public opposition. It is the continued prioritization of cars in how space is allocated. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...?
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Preferences for urban street space reallocation to encourage cycling: A Best-Worst Scaling profile case approach
Traffic restrictions and the construction of cycling infrastructure are effective strategies to reduce private car use and promote active travel in ur…
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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
It’s not radical to take space away from cars and give it back to people. Honestly, it’s common sense! Accepting the status quo is what’s truly radical.
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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
What if just 10% of car trips in Europe shifted to cycling and walking? €15 billion saved every year. Cleaner air, less congestion, fewer crashes, lower CO₂, better health. Paris shifted 12–13 percentage points away from cars in under a decade. Cycling now outnumbers cars trips in the city center!
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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The backalleys of Copenhagen. I tend to walk in when a gate is open (and it usually is because we live in a high-trust low-crime society). I always encourage my urban planning students to get lost in the city. The hidden gems often tell amazing stories. Just imagine the life in here 100 yrs ago!
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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Copenhagen is changing the green wave - from cars to bikes 🚲🚦 15 major streets will now give cyclists coordinated green lights, reducing stops and improving flow. A small but important shift in who the city is designed for. Read more: www.nordicpath.dk/copenhagen-i...
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Rasmus Koustrup Larsen | Nordic Path @rasmus-k-larsen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
We often frame mobility as a question of individual choice. But in reality, mobility is largely determined by the system people are placed within. Infrastructure, distance, safety, and urban form shape behavior long before individual preference enters the picture. If we build it, they will come.
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