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Rethinking Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities: A Danish Perspective

Explore the future of urban mobility and infrastructure in Denmark, focusing on green solutions, high-speed rail, and societal costs. Learn about the growth potential of Danish big cities and the importance of a better transportation network. Discover how Copenhagen aims to lead as a green city while balancing growth and environmental concerns.

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Rethinking Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities: A Danish Perspective

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  1. Rethinkinginfrastructure A danishperspective Bjarke Møller, Editor-in-Chief, Monday Morning 14.09.2012

  2. The global trend: Big cities

  3. Cities as Denmarks growthengine

  4. Denmarks bigcities 2050

  5. CPH – a region withhugepossibilities • Denmarks no 1 growthengine • 80 % of all hightechcompanies • 75 pct. of all new jobs in DK • Geographicalexpansion • 1,7 mill. inhabitants • 3,7 mill. inhabitants • A betterinfrastructureneeded • A question of mobility

  6. Øresund - a success story Number of dailycommuters, The Øresund bridge,

  7. But also aburning platform Next stop Berlin?

  8. The Nordic super region Risk for CPH Airport: - 800.000 Scandinavian passengers

  9. Mobility as a growth driver

  10. The green center of Copenhagen Den nye helhedsløsning?

  11. A real dilemma Copenhagen wants to become a leading green city The Capitalas traffichub and growthengine Versus Environmentalconcerns

  12. Trafficjamsarea hugecost for CPH 29 million wastedhours a year Societalcosts 8,5 billion Dkr/year

  13. Looking for new solutions In the last 50 years= x 5 cars

  14. Green solutionsYouneed to makecitizenschange

  15. Facilitating new transport solutions - Sharingyournextelectriccar

  16. Collectivetrafficwillbe hot again 2050 prognosis:

  17. High Speed - better for the environment4 times lowercosts kr/passenger km Noise Air pollution AeroplaneHigh speed train CO2 emissions per passenger-kilometreare just 12 g/pkm by High Speed train compared with 153 g/pkm by air and 115g/pkmby car

  18. But building, maintaining and operating High Speed Railinvolveshugesunkcost • And initial high CO2 emissions in constructionworks

  19. Carefulwith the costs ! Construction costs will make a huge difference The lowest construction cost per km is 9 million euros. The highest is 39 million euros

  20. DK 2042… higher speed, but not HSR

  21. Speed and agility define the competitiveness of nations

  22. Monday Morning – a leadingScandination Innovation tank – Find more knowledge and new solutions at: www.mm.dk

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