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In total, the Ruhr bicycle highway is predicted to cost €183.7m.
It is just the first stretch of what is going to be the biggest bicycle highway in the world: 62-miles long, connecting 10 cities and four universities.
The bicycle highway will persuade many people to start commuting by bike – with electric bikes making this choice even easier and faster".
This new bicycle highway is very different from the narrow, painted strips which cyclists have to make do with in German cities, often risking collisions with motorised traffic.
Meanwhile, the Netherlands is working on 30 new projects, including an 18-mile bicycle highway to connect the northern cities of Assen and Groningen.
And for the initiator of this project, a bicycle highway alone is not enough: "We want to offer an exceptional experience to the people who're going to use the highway,'' says politician Henk Brink.
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"For example, the Germans have guidelines that require footpaths parallel to their bicycle highways.
While we are excited about Copenhagen's "bicycle highways" as described in Wm.
The Netherlands started building bicycle highways in 2006 as a means to combat traffic jams.
"Bicycle highways are also a way to promote a healthier lifestyle".
When it comes building serious bicycle highways, the Danes and the Dutch were the great pioneers.
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