Living Car Free - Copenhagen superhighway... you'll love it.

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COPENHAGEN — Picture 11 miles of smoothly paved bike path meandering through the countryside. Largely uninterrupted by roads or intersections, it passes fields, backyards, chirping birds, a lake, some ducks and, at every mile, an air pump.

For some Danes, this is the morning commute.

The cycle superhighway, which opened in April, is the first of 26 routes scheduled to be built to encourage more people to commute to and from Copenhagen by bicycle. More bike path than the Interstate its name suggests, it is the brainchild of city planners who were looking for ways to increase bicycle use in a place where half of the residents already bike to work or to school every day.



http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/world/europe/in-denmark-pedaling-to-work-on-a-superhighway.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&hp

I can't tell much from the article, but I'm kind of underwhelmed. Doesn't seem to be much of a difference from the bike paths I rode at UC Santa Barbara decades ago.

http://gradpost.ucsb.edu/storage/journal-image/ucsbbiking.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1339182512222

I'm glad to see them though. It gives planners in Little Rock an example to follow.

We are trying to piece together what is known as the East-West Expressway. Cyclists noted that along the I-630 corridor that there were bits of bike paths and easement almost from one side of the city to the other, with the exception of one major intersection. It might happen. The intersection will be a biggie.

Meh needs another lane, a fast lane, I could'nt imagine riding everywhere at 10mph.


It's nice to see so many people on bikes tho.

I could'nt imagine riding everywhere at 10mph.


You've never done any touring I imagine.

Other than the evenly spaced pump stations, I didn't see how this differed from a nice MUP (though maybe in that it's for bikes only).

I can't tell much from the article, but I'm kind of underwhelmed. Doesn't seem to be much of a difference from the bike paths I rode at UC Santa Barbara decades ago.

I'm glad to see them though. It gives planners in Little Rock an example to follow.

We are trying to piece together what is known as the East-West Expressway. Cyclists noted that along the I-630 corridor that there were bits of bike paths and easement almost from one side of the city to the other, with the exception of one major intersection. It might happen. The intersection will be a biggie.

Have a look at the scale of the project here http://www.cykelsuperstier.dk/concept#

Seems like they are putting together 300km pretty quickly. I know many US cities have similar bike plans, but often these are spread out over decades. These people are serious about this infrastructure.

OTOH, it's also great to see cities like Little Rock or Des Moines get another piece of the puzzle put together. We are getting some more bike lanes downtown this year. My only fear is that I'll be permanently in the door zone.

Have a look at the scale of the project here http://www.cykelsuperstier.dk/concept#

Seems like they are putting together 300km pretty quickly. I know many US cities have similar bike plans, but often these are spread out over decades. These people are serious about this infrastructure.

OTOH, it's also great to see cities like Little Rock or Des Moines get another piece of the puzzle put together. We are getting some more bike lanes downtown this year. My only fear is that I'll be permanently in the door zone.

Incredible!

It's like a spiderweb going 30 miles out off the city. All this cycling infrastructure and they're not spending billions!

Did anyone watch the video link in the NYT article? That bike path is, in fact, a bike highway. I'm impressed. (I'm also amazed by the complete lack of any hills whatsoever.) I'm particularly impressed that they're able to build such a comprehensive network in a relatively short period of time. In Seattle, even getting a few bike lanes painted on the streets is a daunting task, met with bitter howls of protest from multiple directions.