Public Transportation
In the 1990’s a mutual interest over public transport spurred cooperation between national and regional governments, and investment in new transportation infrastructure. Developments included new regional and suburban trains, increasing capacity of the road systems, massive investments in research, higher education and culture, and a combined rail and motorway tunnel between Copenhagen and South Sweden (Andersen 2008, p. 214). The construction of motorways and rail lines took place as part of a large-scale transport infrastructure project, namely the connection between Copenhagen and Malmö. (Næss et al. 2011). The Ørestad project has been argued the most important regenerative project decided by the city (Andersen 2008). The Ørestad area is a 3 km2 space along the sea and located about 1 km away from Town Hall. The project was formulated at the end of the 1980’s to be a city annex for advanced services and research, and to include the metro line and motorway junctions (Andersen 2008). The urban area of Copenhagen with the major transport arteries is outlined in Figures 3 and 4.