The Copenhagen Bike Express

Sally McGrane, reporting for the New York Times:

COPENHAGEN — Picture 11 miles of smoothly paved bike path meandering through the countryside. Largely uninterrupted by roads or intersections, it passes fields, backyards, chirping birds, a lake, some ducks and, at every mile, an air pump.

An 11-mile-long path called a bicycle superhighway has opened between Copenhagen and Albertslund, a western suburb.

For some Danes, this is the morning commute…

In Denmark, thanks to measures like the superhighway, commuters choose bicycles because they are the fastest and most convenient transportation option.

It’s amazing what can happen when a community makes transportation options a priority. Copenhagen made a deliberate decision to support multiple forms of transportation and that choice is now paying off.