green mobility in copenhagen annette kayser city of copenhagen

Green Mobility in Copenhagen

Annette KayserCity of Copenhagen

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Copenhagen - Capital of Denmark

528.000 inhabitants

350.000 places of work

63.000 students

Total area 88 km2

Main Challenges

• Competitiveness under pressure• A growing population• Health • Climate – CO2 emissions and climate protection• The local Environment – noise, particles, NOx etc.

Copenhagen in the future

Eco-Metropolis

• World’s best city for cycles• Climate Capital• A green and blue capital city• A clean and healthy big city

Green GrowthQuality of life

Two ”legs” for the future

Plans and strategies to follow upTRANSPORT

Copenhagen Climate Plan 2009

Action Plan for Green Mobility 2011

Cycling Strategy 2011

More people to walk more 2011

Strategy for heavy vehicles / goods 2011

Noise Action Plan

Welcome to Copenhagen in June…….

Green Mobility A new Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan

A vision linked to quality of life and green growth

To make mobility in Copenhagen more effecient and green in order to stimulate growth, contribute to a CO2-neutral city and to the good life for Copenhageners

What we want to do even better -

Build a dense and close city = City development

Create the best possible offer for green transport = The green Transport System

Improve and optimese the traffic flow = The road system

Influence peoples choise of transport = Incentives

Make room for new solutions = Innovation


Transport policy - we have already worked with this….. More Bikes More Metro More pedestrians Bus-priority Parking policy

Modal split for commuters to Copenhagen (2008)

Walking

PT

Bike

Car

Walking

PT

Bike

Car

37 %

31 %

5 %

28 %

And the Copenhageners …..

All trips Commuters:55 % by bike

Some transport facts and figures…….

No. of cars 224 cars/1.000 inhabitants

Cycle traffic + 10 % the last 10 years

Public transport + 10 % the last 10 years

Car traffic + 7 % the last 10 years

1,2 mill km. cycled every day

4,8 mill. km driven in car every day


The City of Cyclists

350 km cycle tracks

40 km green cycle routes

Copenhageners:

50% cycle up to 50 kilometres a week

15% cycle over 100 kilometres a week

60% use their bike every day

85% owns a bike


Green Cycle routes


Cycle route crossing arterial road

Niels Tørsløv City of Copenhagen

Cycling - a lifestyle choise


Why do Copenhageners cycle ?

Easy and fast 54 %

Excercise 19 %

Financial reasons 6 %

Convenience 7 %

Environment 1 %


Why do we want cycling?

Health effectsIf 10% increase in kilometers cycled:

Healthcare saves DKK 59 million annually

Labour market will have 57.000 more workdays

61.000 extra years of life

Urban life - human being on wheels

CO2-reductions

90,000 tons saved annually - compared to same number of kilometres by car

Use of Urban Space

The Metro system


Some other measures in our transport policy:

Traffic experiments like

Busses and cyclist in Nørrebrogade


Parking strategy

Paid parking zones


Low emission zone




Safety, Blue crossings


”Green wave” through traffic lights




Campaigning ”Biking to work”




Campaigning


Lifestyle


The first city bike system


Children grow up with bikes


The Weather - Sun


Rain


Snow

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