”Cycling in Copenhagen. It just works.” (Treehugger.com) ”If we want to promote cycling in big cities in the UK, we should do as the Danes do.” (The Guardian)”Copenhageners don’t simply preach the “progressive city” ethos, they live it.” (New York Times) Cyclists in Copenhagen travel a total of 1.2 million kilometres by bike every day. This is the equivalent of cycling to the moon and back – twice!There is a total of 350 kilometres of cycle tracks and 40 kilometres of green cycle routes in Copenhagen -the equivalent of the length of Jutland!In Copenhagen, one person in three commutes by bike to work or school every day.A big city with so many cyclists offers many benefits. In terms of the environment alone, cyclists help keep the city’s CO2 traffic emissions at a low level compared to other big cities. When we reach the stage that over 50% of commuters choose to cycle to their place of work or education, then Copenhagen traffic will be able to save an additional 80,000 tons of CO2 per year.Learn more about our goals and resolutions
Watch this movie for an inside view of the Copenhagen bike culture.
Copenhagen City of Cyclists from Copenhagen City of Cyclists on Vimeo.Click here for more bicycle films.
