{"id":13307,"date":"2010-08-27T12:26:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T10:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=13307"},"modified":"2010-08-27T12:26:25","modified_gmt":"2010-08-27T10:26:25","slug":"ask-dont-punish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/27\/ask-dont-punish\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask, don’t punish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are all very familiar with how authorities like to punish citizens for any kind of wrong-doing. \u00a0Fines, tow trucks, arrests, warnings, police reports – you name it. \u00a0Different means of punishment are so widely used that it’s almost a norm. \u00a0Like there is no other way. \u00a0But here is an excellent example<\/a> from the city of Copenhagen in Denmark.<\/p>\n

If you park your bicycle illegally, the City will move it over to the bike racks. Instead of finger-wagging, they will then\u00a0oil your chain,\u00a0pump your tires\u00a0and leave a little note on your bicycle asking to kindly use the bike racks in the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brilliant! \u00a0And the best part is that the idea worked.<\/p>\n

When the project started in April they were moving around 150 bicycles a day. Today that number has dropped to between 30 and 50.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

We are all very familiar with how authorities like to punish citizens for any kind of wrong-doing. \u00a0Fines, tow trucks, arrests, warnings, police reports – you name it. \u00a0Different means of punishment are so widely used that it’s almost a norm. \u00a0Like there is no other way. \u00a0But here is an excellent example from the … Continue reading Ask, don’t punish<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2461,1336,577],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-13307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-denmark","tag-inspiration","tag-law"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t