The Danish capital Copenhagen has long been known as a “cycling city”. The city is now investing in improving the conditions for the city’s cyclists. The plan is to build 26 routes with so-called “bicycle highways” linking downtown Copenhagen with surrounding towns. This means that the cyclists can maintain high speed without any obstacles in their way.  Along the routes there will be service stations in place as well. Behind this initiative stand the Capital and several neighboring municipals in the region. With this investment the initiative takers hope to attract even 15,000 more cyclists which would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 7,000 tons per year.

Helsinki is a compact, clean city served by a transportation network that includes buses, commuter trains and a metro system. For example Finland’s railway system is ranked the sixth most efficient in Europe.

The city of Oslo called for a master plan for the the Bjørvika harbor district where the new opera building is located. The goal is to build a sustainable and a people focused city with structures that are ready for the challenges of the 21^st century. The main task for the coming decade is to lift the developing opera quarter from a traffic dominated, post industrial wasteland to one of Europe’s most beautiful and inspiring urban waterfronts containing the iconic opera house.

Stockholm is a growing and well-liked region, both to live and to work in. In recent years the population has grown with 30,000 to 40,000 residents annually. In order for Stockholm to work, it requires an infrastructure that can handle an ever-growing population. That is why under a 10 year period 100 billion SEK is invested in 70 different projects around the city. This includes construction of the new City line railway,  the Stockholm Bypass project and in general a major expansion of public transportation, bike paths and better pedestrian paths. Environment and sustainability is important for Stockholm. Therefore half of the investment is dedicated to improve public transportation.

Stockholm is growing continuously and the city has extensive experience in city planning and planning of the accessibility. One of the latest signs of the continuous development is the trial with toll roads. Visit the traffic planning center or Kista Science City where the municipality built an attractive area for new business within IT and telecom.