year the process started 1962 area of city centre 1,150,000 sq m
area of pedestrian zones 1962 15,800 sq m area of pedestrian
zones 1996 95,750 sq m pedestrians per day through Strøget
(winter) 25,000 pedestrians per day through Strøget (summer)
55,000 pedestrians per day through Fiolstræde (all year)
11-12,000 The pedestrianisation of public spaces in Copenhagen
is an integral part of the city's urban planning strategy. It
began as an experiment and has steadily grown in scale,
spreading from the inner city to suburban squares. Now well
established and considered highly successful, pedestrianisation
is playing its part in Copenhagen's overall low carbon
aspirations. There are a number of reasons why pedestrianisation
works well in Copenhagen. The city's geography, history, land
use pattern and compact urban form all contribute. However, two
factors that stand out are the timescale in which
pedestrianisation has been implemented and the level of city-
wide transport integration into which it fits. The first pe