1 / 14

City of Cyclists: Challenges, Potentials, and Strategies

Explore the potential of Copenhagen as a cycling capital, with strategies to promote cycling for commuting. Learn about the benefits of cycling for the environment, health, and urban life. Discover political reasons for promoting cycling and how infrastructure plays a key role in communication. Join the movement towards making cycling the fastest and most convenient mode of transport in the city.

shoushan-mccoy
Download Presentation

City of Cyclists: Challenges, Potentials, and Strategies

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Planning for a city of cyclistsChallenges, potentials and strategies Tim Strange JensenCity of CopenhagenMay 2012

  2. Copenhagen - Capital of Denmark 550.000 inhabitants Total area 88 km2 6250 inhabitants/km2 Tilføj præsentationens titel i "Indsæt/ Sidehoved og Sidefod"

  3. 540 km 50 % 36 % 85 % 40.000 25% 68 %

  4. Copenhagen - Trips to work and study Average 2008-2010

  5. Tim Strange JensenCity of Copenhagen

  6. Safety and the feeling of safety Challenges & potentials Tim Strange JensenCity of Copenhagen

  7. Long-distance-commuting Cycle super highways On your bike!” is the message being directed at citizens in the Greater Copenhagen area The message is part of a collaboration among 18 local authorities and the Capital Region of Denmark, who wish to create a network of bicycle commuter routes that encourage more people to bike to work. www.cykelsuperstier.dk

  8. Making cycling the fastest and most convenient mode of transport Tilføj præsentationens titel i "Indsæt/ Sidehoved og Sidefod"

  9. Political reasons for promoting cyclingLess congestionBetter environmentImproved healthUrban lifeProjects can be implemented in one election periodCheap and visible effects Exploit the political potential

  10. Initiatives

  11. Tilføj præsentationens titel i "Indsæt/ Sidehoved og Sidefod" Infrastructure = communication

  12. Youareallowed! - You ride yourbike to work

  13. Thank you More info: www.kk.dk/cityofcyclists Tim Strange Jensen: zu9t@tmf.kk.dk

More Related