By Lars Barfred

Politiken today reported annual traffic surveys from Technical University DTU. Bike milage in copenhagen grew 35% from 2012 to 2013.

Plus 35%, thats unheard of! Car trips fell 12%. This at a time when cost of car ownership is lower than the last, well at an all time low.

There has been no significant changes in weather or bike infrastucture to warrant the increase. True the new metro circle does create a lot of roadworks, but the temporary decrease in road capacity for cars was actually more severe in 2012, where pipes and sewers where rechannelled to allow for new underground stations and the metro tunnels.

Read the full article on bikecopenhagen.dk here.