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Danish Architects to Build a Giant Elevated Cycle Track in China
The Bicycle Snake in Copenhagen measures 230 metres. The Danish architectural firm Dissing+Weitling is multiplying this measure by approximately 35 in their new project; an eight-kilometre-long cycle path. The Danish architects won the international assignment for the architectural design of an elevated path for bicycles in the south-eastern Chinese city of Xiamen. The city is having difficulties making room for its vulnerable road users.
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Running in parallel to an existing elevated railway for busses, the cycle path will be at a second-floor level. Dissing+Weitling’s vision for the cycle path has been introduced as a pilot project for other densely populated cities in Asia. At present, evaluated railways for bicycles are not a custom in Asian cities however, according to the Danish architectural firm, the modern bicycle infrastructure solutions in Copenhagen have caught the attention of the Chinese. China is in the process of developing green and free means of transportation. A process in which elevated cycle paths could prove to be a significant benefactor.
Dissing+Weitling is also working on a bicycle bridge over the Kallang River in Singapore and an 80 kilometre cycle superhighway in California.
- Source: Politiken
