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Copenhagen

Reed Feery, Nicholas DiGirolamo, Erin Robartes, Zachary Duell, Matt MacMurray

S-Train

The Finger Plan

Copenhagen Metro

● ~14,200,000 passengers

per quarter in 2014.

● About 1 million per week

● CityCircle Line

● M3 and M4 to be

completely usable by

2018 (17 new stations)

● 22 metro stations

currently

Jan Gehl

● Born in 1936 in Denmark

● Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

● Research Grant - form and use of public

spaces

● “Life Between Buildings” - 1971

● Observe and study existing conditions -

make small incremental changes - Observe

and study new conditions - Repeat

● Gehl Architects - founded in 2000

● “Cities For People” - 2010

“Gehl emphasizes the importance of gradual transformation in

urban redevelopments, in order to make changes sustainable

and to give people time to adapt to physical changes, adjust

their lifestyles, and experiment with the new ways of using the

city. Gradual transformation allows for greater flexibility in the

design process and facilitates attitude changes through public

involvement and positive experiences.”

Pedestrianization

Strøget1.1 km

~¾ mile

Blue-Green Initiative

Bicycling Success

Bicycling Success

Bicycling Success

Carbon-Neutrality Plan

Carbon Neutrality Plan

What Does This Mean About

Copenhagen?

• Copenhagen is a model city in terms of

developing a sustainable transportation system

• Focusing mostly on making the transportation

system more green

Transportation Modal Share of Various Cities Around the World

City Walking Cycling Public

Transportation

Private Motor

Vehicle

Copenhagen,

Denmark (2010)

7% 35% 32% 26%

Barcelona, Spain

(2012)

35% 12% 33% 20%

Berlin, Germany

(2012)

29% 15% 26% 30%

NYC, New York

(2009)

10% 1% 55% 29%

Tokyo, Japan

(2009)

23% 14% 51% 12%

Shanghai, China

(2011)

27% 20% 33% 20%

Percentage of Green Space in Various Cities

Around the World (Parks & Gardens)

City Green Space

Copenhagen, Denmark 25%

Vienna, Austria 51%

Berlin, Germany 14.40%

NYC, New York, USA 19.70%

Tokyo, Japan 3.44%

Shanghai, China 2.60%

Sustainable?

• Due to:

– Intricate and well used public transportation system (metro, finger plan, bicycling, etc.)

– Measures for land use/green space

– Carbon Neutrality Plan (2025)

– European Green Capital of 2014

• …Yes!!!

• Copenhagen boasts one of the most sustainable transportation systems in the world

Questions?

Sources• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_share

• http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1660203

• http://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/wp-

content/uploads/2012/07/Section-3-green-urban-areas_Copenhagen.pdf

• http://kk.sites.itera.dk/apps/kk_pub2/pdf/1034_pN9YE5rO1u.pdf

• http://kk.sites.itera.dk/apps/kk_pub2/pdf/1135_OlhinEvp0h.pdf

• http://kk.sites.itera.dk/apps/kk_pub2/pdf/823_Bg65v7UH2t.pdf

More Sources

everything you could ever want for copenhagen-cycling stuff

http://www.sutp.org/en-news/en-sutp-articles/2777-copenhagen-a-modern-transport-policy-for-a-

sustainable-city

more cycling stuff

http://transportpolicy2013.blogspot.com/2013/04/copenhagen-transportation-policy.html

charts, graphs, policies to make people bike and use public transit more

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Section-2-

Local-transport_Copenhagen.pdf

To what extent has your city been successful in

meeting the goals of sustainable transportation?

● Background of Copenhagen- geographic location, map, etc.

● History of pre-”jan gehl” transportation system in copenhagen

● Design Ideas of Jan Gehl- background of jan gehl, plans for copenhagen, etc.

● Green-Blue

● Macroscopic System:

○ Finger Plan

○ Metro System

● Microscopic System:

○ Pedestrianization

○ Biking

● Carbon Neutrality

● Policies implemented to apply gehl’s ideas

● Infrastructural Changes to Copenhagen transportation- metro, s train, finger plan

● Why policies and infrastructure were altered and how effective

● Conclusive overview on the current entire transportation network and why its successful