Green mobility in Copenhagen
Green mobility in Copenhagen
Green mobility in Copenhagen
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<strong>Green</strong> <strong>mobility</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Copenhagen</strong><br />
Tanja Ballhorn Provstgaard,<br />
City of <strong>Copenhagen</strong>
The Agenda for today<br />
1. Our overall visions<br />
2. Short presentation of the City of <strong>Copenhagen</strong><br />
3. The Challenges we are fac<strong>in</strong>g<br />
4. The different Transport policies and strategies<br />
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Visions!<br />
Ecometropolis<br />
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World’s best city for cylists<br />
Climate capital<br />
A green and blue capital<br />
A clean and healthy capital<br />
A metropolis for people<br />
More urban life for all<br />
More people to walk more<br />
More people to stay longer
Our specific goals 2015:<br />
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In <strong>Copenhagen</strong> at least 50% of people will go to their work place<br />
or educational <strong>in</strong>stitution by bike<br />
The number of seriously <strong>in</strong>jured cyclists will drop by more than<br />
half compared to today<br />
At least 80% of <strong>Copenhagen</strong> cyclists will feel safe and secure <strong>in</strong><br />
traffic<br />
By 2015, 80% of <strong>Copenhagen</strong>ers will be satisfied with the<br />
opportunities they have for tak<strong>in</strong>g part <strong>in</strong> urban life<br />
To <strong>in</strong>crease the amount of pedestrian traffic by 20% by 2015<br />
compared to today<br />
By 2015, <strong>Copenhagen</strong>ers will spend 20% more time <strong>in</strong> urban<br />
space than they do today.
<strong>Copenhagen</strong> - Capital of Denmark<br />
5 Tilføj præsentationens titel i "Indsæt/ Sidehoved og Sidefod"<br />
520.000 <strong>in</strong>habitants<br />
Total area 88 km2<br />
5900 <strong>in</strong>habitants/km2
The f<strong>in</strong>ger plan<br />
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Plan of the road network
Modal split for commuters to <strong>Copenhagen</strong> (2008)<br />
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Bike<br />
37 %<br />
31 %<br />
28 %<br />
Car<br />
PT<br />
5 %<br />
Walk<strong>in</strong>g
Development <strong>in</strong> car and bicycle traffic<br />
Bicycles Cars<br />
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Cycl<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong>ner city - morn<strong>in</strong>g peak hour<br />
50000<br />
45000<br />
40000<br />
35000<br />
30000<br />
25000<br />
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Peak hour traffic - <strong>in</strong>ner city
More cyclists, less risk<br />
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Safety <strong>in</strong>creased<br />
by 50% s<strong>in</strong>ce 1995
Traffic Plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> headl<strong>in</strong>es:<br />
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• Public transport<br />
• Pedestrians<br />
• Mobility management<br />
• Heavy Goods Vehicles<br />
• Cyclists<br />
• Redesign<strong>in</strong>g urban space<br />
• Air and noise<br />
• Park<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• Alternative fuels<br />
or electric/<br />
hydrogen cars<br />
= reduction <strong>in</strong> trucks and car use<br />
• Congestion charg<strong>in</strong>g
Park<strong>in</strong>g strategy<br />
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Air: Low emission zone<br />
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Red routes - a proposal<br />
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City logistics - a new project<br />
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Congestion charg<strong>in</strong>g, a proposal<br />
Pric<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
1,5 Euro pr. passage<br />
3 Euro dur<strong>in</strong>g rush hour<br />
Free at night<br />
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Re-design<strong>in</strong>g streets<br />
Traffic experiments<br />
- Nørrebrogade<br />
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Urban development!<br />
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Electrical and hybrid cars<br />
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Infrastructure for<br />
electrical cars is one<br />
of the key projects <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>Copenhagen</strong>s<br />
Climate Plan
Public Transport
City network<br />
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Improved public transport = More Metro
The Metro<br />
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Better busses<br />
• 700.000 daily passengers <strong>in</strong> public<br />
transport<br />
• More than half uses the busses<br />
• 1.200 bus stops<br />
Better busses are<br />
• Bus lanes<br />
• Priority <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>tersections<br />
• Real-time <strong>in</strong>formation<br />
• Better stations and term<strong>in</strong>als<br />
• Bicycle park<strong>in</strong>g!<br />
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Public Transport and bikes !<br />
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<strong>Copenhagen</strong><br />
and the bike
1,2 mio. km. is driven on bikes<br />
every day<br />
37% uses bike to work<br />
60% af <strong>Copenhagen</strong>ers rides<br />
every day<br />
85% of <strong>Copenhagen</strong>ers owns a<br />
bike<br />
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Cycl<strong>in</strong>g safety<br />
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92 seriously <strong>in</strong>jured or<br />
killed cyclists a year -<br />
reduced from 231 <strong>in</strong> 1995 !
Cyclists’ feel<strong>in</strong>g of safety<br />
Sense of safety is decreas<strong>in</strong>g<br />
57% because of cars<br />
45% because of other cyclist<br />
23% because of busses<br />
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Worlds best city for cycl<strong>in</strong>g - our goals for 2015<br />
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50% cycle-share of commut<strong>in</strong>g (36% today)<br />
50% less serious <strong>in</strong>jured cyclists<br />
50% higher sense of safety
Why are bikes <strong>in</strong>tyeresst<strong>in</strong>g from a political po<strong>in</strong>t of<br />
view?<br />
Less congestion<br />
Better environment<br />
Better health and physical<br />
condition<br />
Easy, fast, cheap and<br />
convenient<br />
Visible results<br />
A large share of<br />
<strong>Copenhagen</strong>ers (= voters)<br />
rides bikes<br />
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Why do <strong>Copenhagen</strong>ers cycle?<br />
Fast and easy 54 %<br />
Exercise 19%<br />
Cheap 6%<br />
Easy 7%<br />
Environment 1%<br />
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Cycle <strong>in</strong>frastructure<br />
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Niels Tørsløv<br />
City of <strong>Copenhagen</strong><br />
Cycl<strong>in</strong>g - a lifestyle choise
Cycletracks<br />
Cycletracks <strong>in</strong> <strong>Copenhagen</strong><br />
• almost 400 km <strong>in</strong> total <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>Copenhagen</strong><br />
• built dur<strong>in</strong>g the last 100<br />
years<br />
• separed from the street by<br />
curbs<br />
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Cykeltracks - too narrow?<br />
• Typical width 2,0 - 2,2 m<br />
• New tacks always 2,5 m<br />
wide<br />
• We experience<br />
congestion!<br />
• New track 3 and 4 m<br />
wide<br />
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<strong>Green</strong> Bicycle routes<br />
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<strong>Green</strong> Bicycle routes - signs<br />
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Cycle routes bridge<br />
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Niels Tørsløv<br />
City of <strong>Copenhagen</strong><br />
Cycl<strong>in</strong>g - a lifestyle choise
Traffic safety <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>tersections<br />
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The <strong>in</strong>tersections<br />
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Niels Tørsløv<br />
City of <strong>Copenhagen</strong><br />
Cycl<strong>in</strong>g - a lifestyle choise
<strong>Green</strong> wave<br />
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Niels Tørsløv<br />
City of <strong>Copenhagen</strong><br />
Cycl<strong>in</strong>g - a lifestyle choise
Hastighed [km/t]<br />
Hastighed [km/t]<br />
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25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
0<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
0<br />
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Hastighedsprofil, Nørrebrogade fra Uglevej - Dosser<strong>in</strong>g CmorI3<br />
den 30- 09- 04 mellem kl. 08:43:54 - 08:54:48<br />
Rutens længde = 3075m rejsetid 00:10:54 Gennemsnitshastighed 16,92 km/t<br />
Length of route: 1.9 miles Travel time: 00:10:54 Average speed: 10.52 mph<br />
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Afstand [m]<br />
Hastighedsprofil, Nørrebrogade fra Uglevej - Dosser<strong>in</strong>g Cnor3I<br />
den 22- 09- 04 mellem kl.08:41:46 - 08:51:16<br />
Rutens længde = 3075m rejsetid 00:09:30 Gennemsnitshastighed 19,42 km/t<br />
Length of route:1.9 miles Travel time: 00:09:30 Average speed: 12.08 mph<br />
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Afstand [m]
Campaign<strong>in</strong>g<br />
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“Cykelbussen”<br />
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Niels Tørsløv<br />
City of <strong>Copenhagen</strong><br />
Cycl<strong>in</strong>g - a lifestyle choise
Campaign<strong>in</strong>g partnership (Reelight + DTL)<br />
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Niels Tørsløv<br />
City of <strong>Copenhagen</strong><br />
Cycl<strong>in</strong>g - a lifestyle choise
The first city bike system<br />
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Monitor<strong>in</strong>g and measur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
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The bicycle account<br />
every 2nd year:<br />
l Key figures<br />
l Policy target figures<br />
l What cyclists th<strong>in</strong>k
Monitor<strong>in</strong>g and measur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
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Niels Tørsløv<br />
City of <strong>Copenhagen</strong><br />
Cycl<strong>in</strong>g - a lifestyle choise
And it works!<br />
15%<br />
150%<br />
18%<br />
55%
”Dejlig cykelvej - mere af den slags”<br />
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”Tak for en lækker bro”<br />
”Broen er en genistreg”<br />
”Total lækker tur”<br />
”Smuk tur, flere broer ønskes”<br />
”Fantastisk cykelsti-system -<br />
derfor tager jeg ikke bilen”
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Questions?<br />
Tanja Ballhorn Provstgaard, +45 33 66 37 59 tanpro@tmf.kk.dk
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