"close to bankruptcy … had to go with cheapest option available, which was cycling infrastructure"
> When it became clear that those investments were yielding environmental, health, efficiency and economic gains, the city doubled down …
> close to ⅔ of the city’s residents commute by bike at […]
“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.”
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.
