Will $30M a Year Make Copenhagen Bike Capital of the World?
The City of Copenhagen wants to be the world's unrivaled bike capital by 2015 and is doubling its bicycle budget of $15 million a year to $30 million to get there. That's $30 million per year for biking! We learn this from the Copenhagen Bike Culture Blog (What Do You Give Cyclists Who Have Everything?, December 13, 2007). The City held a couple of public forums entitled "The City in 2015 - How Does it Look?" and invited residents to provide ideas on how to spend the additional money. For a list of some of the ideas visit the link to the story.
Wow. Can you imagine us spending $30 million a year to make the Washington, D.C. area a biking Mecca? What would our region look like with that kind of investment? We can dream...
Chris Hamilton is the Commuter Services Chief for Arlington County, manager of CommuterPageBlog and a biking/Metro commuter from Rosemont in Alexandria.
