1. OUTCOMES OF
TRANSPORTATION WITHIN
COPENHAGEN
Presented By: Dan Berlinski, Jordan Senerth, Andi Karica,
Lazarus Pittman

2. Environmentally Focused Development

3. Agenda
Evaluation of Success:
● Transportation Planning
and initiatives
● Public Transportation
● Urban Environment

4. Sustainability
Becoming a green Reduce CO2
land use city emissions

5. Green Planning
● Finger Plan
● Contain urban area in
fingers
● Increase access to
green space
● Clean harbor to swim in

7. Reducing CO2
Encourages public transportation and
biking

8. Greatly Improved Quality of Life
● Rated among highest
quality of life
● Health benefits
● Economic benefits

9. Failures
Fingers have
become "fatter"
Some urban
sprawl

10. Public Transportation - Recap
S-Tog Bus System
Metro Water Taxi

11. S-Tog
Adherence to
Finger Plan
Metro
Rail
Bus

12. Public Transportation - All Options
Commonalities:
○ Multimodal
● Airport ○ Inter-Connected
■ (Via Finger Plan)
● Busses ○ Integrated
● Train (S-Tog)
● Metro
● Water Taxi
● Public Bicycle

13. Public Transportation - Successes
Cities that achieve Social and Economic
Success without high car use generally have 3
things in common:
● High Densities
● Good Urban Design
● Successful Planning Frameworks that
Integrate Land Use with:
○ Public Transport Networks
○ Walking Networks
○ Cycling Networks

14. Public Transportation - Successes:
Integration Between Public Transportation and Urban
Density
Density of
jobs and
residents is
clustered
around major
public
transport
nodes

15. Public Transportation - Successes:
Accessibility
Distances to Rail and Metro Stations:
Copenhagen vs. Other Cities

16. Public Transportation - Failures
● Confusing
Zone System
● Traffic
Congestion
due to inner
city
development
● Finger
spacing
decreasing

18. Copenhagenization

19. Copenhagenization
● Copenhagenization accessible to bicyclists and pedestrians, and less car
dependent.
● Jan Gehl - Improve the quality of Urban life "Copenhagenize"
● Saves 3,65 DKK ($0.65) per every bicycle ride made
● Yearly health-benefits from biking in Copenhagen up to 1.7 billion DKK
(about 230 million Euros)
● Biking to work from 35 % in 2012 to 50 % already in 2015
● Security feeling (from 67 % in 2010 to 80 % in 2015 and further to 90 % in
2025)

20. Cycling Community

21. Integration of bicycle in the
transportation system
● Bicycles admitted on S-train network for some time to facilitate mixed-mode
commuting
● In 2010 the state railways (DSB) made it free to bring bicycles on the train
● Since 2010 the number of passengers bringing their bicycle on the train grew
from 2.1 million to 7.3 million
● Added extra carriage and kept the existing compartment to increase capacity
from 22 to 46 bicycles per train

22. Bicycles on Trains

23. Bicycles on Buses
Since 2011 it has also possible to bring bicycles on the
city's network of commuter express buses, labelled S-
Buses, for a fee of DKK 12 (USD 2), although not during
rush hour

24. Bicycles on Taxis
Taxis are required by law to carry a bike rack

25. Copenhagen Superhighway
(adjacent to car highways)

26. Copenhagen Superhighway
(just outside the highway area)

27. Copenhagen Superhighway

28. Cycling in the wilderness outside
Copenhagen (near the airport)

30. Downfalls
560.000 bicycles in the city of Copenhagen, in fact there are more
bicycles than people,they share only 48.000 bicycle stands

31. Cycling Issues
● As of 2012, just 35% of commuters traveling to school
or work are bicyclists from 37% in 2009.
● Use of Helmets -> False sense of security -> Higher
number of accidents
● Only 37% being satisfied with the facilities
● New bicycle scheme will not be implemented in 2013
due to funding

32. Conclusion
Basis for Success: Others are
adopting similar planning strategies

33. BIBLIOGRAPHY
● http://www.theworld.org/2009/12/copenhagen-climate-conference/
● http://www.kk.
dk/sitecore/content/subsites/cityofcopenhagen/subsitefrontpage/livingincopenhagen/~/media/2E
76B083C02740F69F288D9FDD6F3BAE.ashx
● http://www.swcoalition.org/blog/entry/three-sustainable-cities-the-rest-of-the-world-could-learn-
from
● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Koebenhavn_Oerstedsparken_2009_ubt.JPG
● http://www.investindk.com/Why-Denmark/A-perfect-hub
● http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2011/06/07/qmb.fc.copenhagenisation.cnn
● http://www.oecd.org/futures/infrastructureto2030/49996793.pdf
● http://www.thinkurban.org/projects/world-class-bicycle-infrastructure-good-ideas-for-cities/
● http://www.pri.org/stories/science/environment/bike-ridership-low-due-to-promotion-of-helmets-
urban-motility-expert-says-10095.html