Public transportation in Copenhagen

Public transportation is extremely expensive and it is hard to understand the reason behind this policy. You can move by bus, normal train, s-train, metro and even boat ... ending up poor and living in a supermarket cart!
In theory the Danish Government is trying to reduce the use of the private automobile, in practice, with these prices, they are trying to reduce the use of any means of transportation!
It would make sense a policy that promotes both, the cycling culture and public transportation, in order to reduce the production of CO2 and the amount of vehicles on the streets, but this does not happen. While the bicycle is substantially supported, public transportation is extremely inconvenient and unaffordable. To plan your trip you can use either Rejseplanen or 1415.

Train fares and bus fares are simply crazy. A simple ticket to move within two stops costs minimum 24kr. (3.2 euro, as of March 2011), a 10-trip card (klippekort) to move between two zones costs 140kr. (18.7 euro).
A single ticket to move in all zones (within Sjelland) costs 108kr. (14.5 euro). A 10-trip card to move in all zones costs 455kr. (61 euro). It goes without saying that you should buy 10-trip cards (klippekorter) in abundance, although this might mean that you have in your pockets a lot of cards worth a lot of money, all at once. So you better be careful on how you keep them: they can easily bend, fold and stop working!

Between 2007 and 2011 prices have been going up steadily and without apparent public discussion or protest. A simple ticket in 2007 costed 19kr. and every year they have been raising the prices by an approx. 5%. This is absolutely out of proportion, considering the low inflation in Denmark.
In total a simple ticket costed approx. 26% more at the beginning of 2011 than in the end of 2007!
An all-zone 10-trip card by the end of 2009 costed 405kr. (54.3 euro), 50kr. less than what it costed at the beginning of 2011. This means that the card has increased its price by approx. 12.5% in less than two years!

Anomaly 1
The first mystery is the disappearance of the 1-zone fare, but not Zone 1.
If you move within what it is strictly the center of Copenhagen (neighbourhood K), you move within Zone 1, yet you still have to pay a 2-zone fare.
My point is that you either introduce a 1-zone fare (which should be half the price of a 2-zone fare) or you joint Zone 1 and Zone 2 into one zone and rename the whole system so that you actually have the same number of zones and fares, correspondingly.

Anomaly 2
Whatever happened to Zone 2 in Amager!? Between DR Byen and Sundby, and Lergravsparken and Øresund you go from Zone 1 to Zone 3 without seeing any Zone 2.
Also, why should it be more expensive to get to Sundby and Øresund compared to Fasanvej or even Vanløse which are further away from the center?!

For a short stay (1-3 days) in Copenhagen, the best suggestion is to get a City Pass:
City Pass 24h. 80DKK
City Pass 72h. 200DKK
You can buy it online beforehand and receive it on your mobile for the day and the time you will need it.