Sweden proposes new bike path to Copenhagen

M II A II R II K · #1 Posted **Jul 3, 2014, 3:55 PM**

Sweden proposes new bike path to Copenhagen

01 Jul 2014

Read More: http://www.thelocal.se/20140701/swed...-to-copenhagen

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With an ever-growing population in the Öresund region, a Swedish construction company wants to improve cross-country commuting with a speedy new metro line and "super bike tunnel" to Copenhagen.

- The report proposed six new connections across the Öresund strait, including tunnels between Helsingborg and Helsingör that would shave forty minutes off trips from Helsingborg to the Danish capital, a metro between Malmö and Copenhagen, and a high speed connection from Malmö to the Copenhagen airport. The bike lane, referred to as a "super cycle path" (supercykelväg), would run in separate tunnel above the cars on the Öresund Bridge.

- A report from the two companies explained that growth is expected to skyrocket in the Öresund area, meaning an increase of an estimated one million people by the year 2070. To keep the region internationally competitive, the report suggested building 500,000 new homes as well.

- "The goal of our our work is to start discussions between the business sector and both the public and non-profit sectors about how we can realize the potential of the region," Pierre Olofsson, CEO of Skanska Sweden, said in a statement.

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Swedish: http://www.oresund2070.se/main.html

FREKI · #2 Posted **Jul 14, 2014, 11:16 PM**

I will welcome all infrastructure like that, but the bike path is a bit out there - the driving distance from downtown Copenhagen to downtown Malmø is 40km - very few will be willing to bike that twice daily - much easier to just trow the bike on the train or leave it at home

Such a bike path would be very expensive, it would disrupt transport on the bridge doing construction, it would need some toll system and it would get very few users - not worth it!

Swede · #3 Posted **Jul 15, 2014, 5:06 AM**

I don't see the bike path happening. Like FREKI said, too costly for what one'd get out of it. Better to invest in better bike paths on the ground in the cities and between the cities and towns on either side of the Sound - and enough space on the trains for people to bring their bikes.