Copenhagen & Curitiba - Sustainable Cities

Question 1

Where is Copenhagen located?

Answer 1

Denmark

Question 2

What is the most common form of transport in Copenhagen?

Answer 2

Bikes

Question 3

How many journeys are encouraged to be by bike, foot and public transport??

Answer 3

75%

Question 4

How many households are energy-efficient? CPH

Answer 4

99%

Question 5

How many wind turbines were added? CPH

Answer 5

100

Question 6

What is CPH regarded as??

Answer 6

Being one of the most sustainable cities in the world

Question 7

What is CPH aiming to be?

Answer 7

The first carbon-neutral city by 2025

Question 8

How was cycling encouraged to be the most common mode of transport?

Answer 8

249 cycle lanes

Question 9

How much money was the Bicycle State Bridge?

Answer 9

$6 million

Question 10

What is the green wave?

Answer 10

A system of lights designed to encourage cyclists to travel at the same speed to have uninterrupted journeys on the way to the city.

Question 11

Out of 5, how many people have access to a bike?

Answer 11

4/5

Question 12

What is the percentage of employees that work than 40 hrs a week?

Answer 12

2%

Question 13

Where is the economic and financial centre of Denmark?

Answer 13

Copenhagen

Question 14

How has CPH held onto their independent businesses?

Answer 14

Reasonable rents

Question 15

When did the Amager resource centre open?

Answer 15

2019

Question 16

What is the Amager resource centre?

Answer 16

A waste incinerator with a dry ski slope and other activities

Question 17

What did the harbour transform into in CPH?

Answer 17

From a industrial zone into a cultural and residential hub

Question 18

What did the Garbage not garbage scheme promote? Curitiba

Answer 18

Recycling through separate collection of different waste companies

Question 19

What did the ‘garbage purchase’ programme encourage? Curitiba

Answer 19

Residents in the favelas to sell their rubbish back in exchange for food and bus tickets

Question 20

What did the garbage purchase programme help? Curitiba

Answer 20

Helped clean populated areas that rubbish vans cannot reach

Question 21

What were buses like in Curitiba?

Answer 21

Platform level loading and payment at station entrance.

Question 22

What is a problem with the bus network in Curitiba?

Answer 22

Time-consuming

Question 23

What was the network like in Curitiba for buses?

Answer 23

Bus lanes so hardly any congestion