Mobility in Copenhagen

Mobility in Copenhagen
Warsaw june 6th 2013
528.000 inhabitants
Copenhagen - Capital of Denmark
350.000 places of work
63.000 students
Total area 88 km2
Director Traffic Department
Niels Tørsløv
Director Traffic Department
Niels Tørsløv
Director Traffic Department
Niels Tørsløv
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“Action plan on Green Mobility”
5 main objectives
Density: Build a green and a dense
city
Supply : Improve quality and supply
of green transport modes
Rethink designs: Develop and
change the existing road and
transport system
Incentives: influence peoples choice
of transport mode by incentives and
regulation
Innovation: Create room for
innovation and new opportunities
Green Mobility - Concrete actions
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Director Traffic Department
Niels Tørsløv
More Bikes
More Metro
More pedestrians
Intelligent Transport
systems
Bus-priority
Parking policy
Low Emission Zones
Increase Traffic safety
Redesigning shopping
streets
Much more than just transport
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2011 New government presenting themselves to the Queen …
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R-ministre lod bilen blive hjemme
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R-ministre lod bilen blive hjemme
Metro
Director Traffic Department
Niels Tørsløv
Metro - next ?
Director Traffic Department
Niels Tørsløv
The world’s best City of cyclists
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50% bicycle share of all trips to work
and school in Copenhagen
(2010: 35 %)
2.
Relative to 2005, the number of
seriously injured cyclists will fall by 50%.
(2005: 118 seriously injured cyclists)
3.
At least 80% of Copenhagen cyclists feel
safe in traffic (2010: 67%)
Why do Copenhageners cycle?
”Quick, easy, convenient”
88 %
”Exercise”
32 %
”Cheap”
29 %
”Environmentally friendly”
9%
18%
15%
infrastructure works !
55%
6000 -> 9000
540 km
50 %
40.000
33 %
25%
68 %
75%
84 %
The typical cyclist in Copenhagen is…
Director Traffic Department
Niels Tørsløv
New Strategy 2025
Travel time
Comfort
Safety / sense of safety
City life
Cycle Super
Highways
Contraflow cycling on
one-way streets
Fewer
missing links
Travel
time
NEW PUBLIC BIKE SCHEME
Gobike.dk
“Cycle Super Highways”
high volume design
high comfort design
long distance users
The first cycle super highway
(the Albertslund route) opened
April 14th 2012
Good bicycle parking
Good and comfortable cycle tracks
- all year round
Comfort
New city- and commuter
bike system
Director Traffic Department
Niels Tørsløv
Director Traffic Department
Niels Tørsløv
Solving ”Comfort” by innovation and design
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Green and blue bicycle
connections
Room for
diversity
Sense of
security
More cycle
tracks
Small steps
- huge effect
Total of 4 persons killed in
traffic accidents in 2011
– 1 cyclist, 3 pedestrians
More Cyclists, Less Risk
Director Traffic Department
Niels Tørsløv
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Annual Investments in cycling infrastructure 30 euro/capita
Cycling and Health
”When
38 a person chooses to cycle this is a gain for society of DKK 1.22 per cycled kilometre.
Conversely, society suffers a net loss of DKK 0.69 per kilometre driven by car.”
Cowi A/S & City of Copenhagen, 2009
”Adults who cycle to work or use a
bike daily have a
30 % lower mortality rate
than others that resemble them in
all other aspects.”
- Lars Bo Andersen, Professor, dr.med.,
University of Southern Denmark
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Net health
How to make a cycling city ?
Director Traffic Department
Niels Tørsløv
Cycling city recipe :
•Personal political dedication is crucial
•Personal dedicated leadership in the administration is crucial
•Build a showcase - testing and experimenting are the vitamins for real changes
•Take specially care of intersections and crossings
•Choose signature projects that communicates the idea of a human scaled city
•Aestetics matters ! If it doesn´t feels right - it won´t work….
•Provide credible documentation and ongoing monitoring
•Make investments for the next cyclist
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www.cycling-embassy.dk
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Thank you
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Questions…?
www.cycling-embassy.dk