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- Haugen, Katarina, 1980-, et al.
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The divergent role of spatial access: The changing supply and location of service amenities and service travel distance in Sweden
- 2013
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Ingår i: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. - : Elsevier. - 0965-8564 .- 1879-2375. ; 49, s. 10-20
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This research explores and adds to the literature concerning the relationship between spatial structure and travel behaviour; specifically, the relationship between local and regional accessibility to service amenities and the distance of service-related trips. The analysis is based on a unique combination of national travel survey data for Sweden and official register data with detailed, geo-referenced information about the Swedish population and the location of service amenities in 1995 and 2005/2006. The results show that spatial access to service amenities increased in general over the study period, both locally (i.e., within ranges of 1 km and 5 km, respectively, of residential areas) and regionally (within 50 km). Despite increased spatial accessibility, the observed average travel distance also increased. We find strong and differing associations between spatial access to service amenities and travel distance, depending on level of scale. While the association was negative on the local scale (i.e., a numerically large supply of amenities was related to shorter travel distance), it was the opposite and positive, on the regional scale. In terms of implications for policy, the results imply that land use planning measures to promote local access, and thereby reduce traffic volumes, may per se be insufficient for attaining more sustainable levels of mobility.
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- Hysing, Erik, 1977-, et al.
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Compromising sustainable mobility? The case of the Gothenburg congestion tax
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0964-0568 .- 1360-0559. ; 58:6, s. 1058�-1075
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- Congestion charging is widely considered an effective policy measure to regulate and reduce car traffic demand and associated environmental and health problems in cities. However, introducing restrictive measures to constrain individual choice and behaviour for the common good has often proven difficult. Using a specific case, the Gothenburg congestion tax introduced in 2013, we study the policy process behind the introduction of the tax and assess to what extent green values were compromised along the way. The tax was made possible by co-financing infrastructure investments, including roads, which seemingly contradicts stated goals of reducing car traffic and emissions. We show how the tax was ‘muddled through’ in a top-down political compromise by a grand coalition where different interests could legitimate their support in relation to the achievement of partially conflicting objectives and projects. However, to declare the regulatory goals fully neutralised would be to underestimate the scheme’s direct environmental effects and restrictive potential. Finding a compromise with powerful political and economic interests was necessary to get it off the ground. Once launched, however, it can over time regain its restrictive properties and lead to more profound long-term effects.
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- Lagrell, Ellen, 1983, et al.
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Accessibility strategies beyond the private car: A study of voluntarily carless families with young children in Gothenburg
- 2018
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Ingår i: Journal of Transport Geography. - : Elsevier BV. - 0966-6923 .- 1873-1236. ; 72:October 2018, s. 218-227
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2018 Elsevier Ltd It is generally recognized that technological fixes alone cannot solve car-induced sustainability problems requiring measures to reduce car use. However, there is a knowledge gap concerning what we can learn from the experience of people who voluntarily refrain from car ownership. This paper aims to explore how everyday life is organized and perceived by voluntarily carless households with complex travel needs, focusing on dual-income families with children living in an urban setting (Gothenburg, Sweden). Through a time-geographical theoretical lens and drawing on eight in-depth interviews with parents, we scrutinize the accessibility strategies of these families and the perceived implications of being voluntarily carless for daily living. We find that these families use largely proximity-oriented strategies and combine various practices in managing time-pressed everyday life. The findings underscore the situatedness of carlessness and the importance of the inherent constraints and fixities of different everyday life projects. Notably, adaptation is considered to be well functioning in the spheres of mandatory activities and bounded routines (related to work, school, and consumption). Regarding free-time activities, carlessness is associated with more friction and perceived inconvenience. Questions are raised regarding the long-term persistence of voluntary carlessness, as family life situations may change. The results merit further consideration in sustainable transport and land use planning as well as regarding the wider organization of society.
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- Larsson, Anders, 1961, et al.
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Accessibility Atlas to Analyse Regional Acessibility to Labour in the Food Sector
- 2014
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Ingår i: COST Action TU1002 – Assessing Usability of Accessibility Instruments. - Amsterdam : The Cost Office. - 9789090282121 ; , s. 115-121
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- Presents the results of an experiential workshop with local planning practitioners. These practitioners first experienced and then reflected on the usability of accessibility instruments.
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- Larsson, Anders, 1961, et al.
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Usability of Accessibility Instruments in Regional Planning: The Case of Labour Markets and Daily Commuting in the Food Sector in Västra Götaland, Sweden
- 2019
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Ingår i: Cecilia Silva, Nuno Pinto, Luca Bertolini Eds. (2019) Designing Accessibility Instruments. Lessons on Their Usability for Integrated Land Use and Transport Planning Practices, 1st Edition.. - Abingdon : Routledge. - 9781138206939 ; , s. 171-185
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents work performed in the workshop of the Region Västra Götaland case study within the COST Action TU1002 on Accessibility Instruments in Planning Practice. A four-stage model of experiential workshop design was applied with the aim to evaluate the usability of a locally developed accessibility instrument. The participants found the instrument very useful as a communication platform between different planning specialisations. This was to a large extent based on the ability of maps to visualise large amounts of data. In terms of methodology did the common four-step model provide a useful environment for discussion and interaction. On the problematic side it was noted that establishment and management of databases were seen as complex and time-consuming, limiting the flexibility of use for simulation of scenarios.
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