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===Cycling=== [[File:Copenhagen bicycles at Christianshavn Metro Station.JPG|thumb|right|The intense use of bicycles in Copenhagen illustrated here at the [[Christianshavn station|Christianshavn Metro station]]]] {{Main|Cycling in Copenhagen}} {{See also|Cycling advocacy#Copenhagenization}} Copenhagen has been rated as one of the most [[bicycle-friendly]] cities in the world since 2015, with bicycles outnumbering its inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web|title=2019 Copenhagenize Index β Copenhagenize|url=https://copenhagenizeindex.eu/|website=copenhagenizeindex.eu|access-date=29 May 2020|archive-date=28 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528060327/https://copenhagenizeindex.eu/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virgin-vacations.com/site_vv/11-most-bike-friendly-cities.asp|title=11 most bicycle-friendly cities in the world|publisher=Virgin Vacations|access-date=5 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101015142/http://virgin-vacations.com/site_vv/11-most-bike-friendly-cities.asp|archive-date=1 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="Copenhagen's piles of bicycles">{{cite news|title=Copenhagen's piles of bicycles|work=BBC News|date=13 October 2014|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29601069|access-date=18 October 2014|archive-date=17 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017014749/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29601069|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012 some 36% of all working or studying city-dwellers cycled to work, school, or university. With 1.27 million km covered every working day by [[Cycling in Copenhagen|Copenhagen's cyclists]] (including both residents and commuters), and 75% of Copenhageners cycling throughout the year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bicycle statistics|url=http://subsite.kk.dk/sitecore/content/Subsites/CityOfCopenhagen/SubsiteFrontpage/LivingInCopenhagen/CityAndTraffic/CityOfCyclists/CycleStatistics.aspx|website=subsite.kk.dk|publisher=City of Copenhagen|access-date=18 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212093813/http://subsite.kk.dk/sitecore/content/Subsites/CityOfCopenhagen/SubsiteFrontpage/LivingInCopenhagen/CityAndTraffic/CityOfCyclists/CycleStatistics.aspx|archive-date=12 December 2013}}</ref> The city's [[Cycling infrastructure|bicycle paths]] are extensive and well used, boasting {{convert|400|km|abbr=off}} of cycle lanes not shared with cars or pedestrians, and sometimes have their own signal systems β giving the cyclists a lead of a couple of seconds to accelerate.<ref name="Copenhagen's piles of bicycles"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://denmark.dk/en/green-living/bicycle-culture/cycling-in-copenhagen---the-easy-way/|title=Cycling in Copenhagen β the easy way|publisher=Denmark|first=Lasse|last=Lindholm|access-date=24 November 2013|archive-date=30 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130122200/http://denmark.dk/en/green-living/bicycle-culture/cycling-in-copenhagen---the-easy-way}}</ref> {{clear}}
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