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- Allansson, Jakob, et al.
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Collaborative challenges and barriers when planning and implementing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) : Lessons from Swedish BRT projects
- 2023
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Ingår i: Urban, Planning and Transport Research. - : Taylor & Francis. - 2165-0020. ; 11:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this paper is to improve the knowledge of collaborative challenges when planning and implementing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Collaborative challenges are here understood as the barriers that may arise in BRT planning and implementation as a consequence of several formally independent actors, occasionally with different interests, participating in the planning. The results are based on an analysis of actor interactions in Swedish BRT projects. These projects are analysed in relation to the state of the art in the research field of collaborative approaches. The results show two main and interrelated collaborative challenges. The first category of challenges concerns difficulties for actors in creating a common understanding of what a BRT system is, the second category concerns details of bus priority measures, e.g. busways, priority at intersections, and how to handle and deal with conflicting interests when removing speed bumps or pedestrian and cycle crossings. In terms of policy is in the early stages of the planning processes. This can be generated by working practices and tools that facilitate agreements on how to handle different interests and trade-offs. BRT guidelines adapted to national transport policy, legal and organisational conditions could function as tools in assisting actor dialogue.
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- Antonson, Hans, et al.
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People and parking requirements : Residential attitudes and day-to-day consequences of a land use policy shift towards sustainable mobility
- 2017
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Ingår i: Land use policy. - : Elsevier. - 0264-8377 .- 1873-5754. ; :62, s. 213-222
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A land use policy shift is taking place in a growing number of cities regarding parking, whereby a conventional supply management approach is being replaced with a parking management approach. As part of this policy shift, many cities are lowering their parking requirements.This study analysed changes in car use, car ownership, spatial parking patterns and the consequences for the everyday life of residents in a housing area with a relatively restrictive parking requirement in Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden. The housing area, a concrete example of how lowering parking requirements can be used to achieve targets on reduced car use and sustainable urban development, is used to discuss how parking policy should be applied to achieve the desired effect.The results show that the consequences of the restrictive requirement was paradoxically small in the study area. In practice, the requirement did not result in a decrease in the number of parking spaces, because e.g. of access to parking in neighbouring residential areas. This shows how important it is to adopt a holistic approach in parking policy, by e.g.introducing more restrictive parking requirements in parallel with other measures, such as raising parking charges and decreasing the number of public parking spaces. It also shows that planning of parking must be coordinated with other urban planning functions. Otherwise, the actual contribution of a shift in parking policy to the development of a more environmentally friendly transport system and city risks being small, despite lower parking requirements
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- Bjørnskau, Torkel, et al.
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Personvern og ITS-baserte trafikksikkerhetstiltak : en studie av streknings-ATK, automatisk fartstilpasning (ISA) og atferdsregistrator (EDR)
- 2010
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Nye ITS-baserte trafikksikkerhetstiltak som kan brukes til å registrere og regulere uønsket atferd i trafikken, har et stort potensial for å øke trafikksikkerheten. Men de kan komme i konflikt med personvernet. Streknings-ATK og EDR har klare implikasjoner for personvernet og at ISA kan ha det om data fra ISA-systemet lagres. Konsekvensene for personvernet er tolket ulikt i Norge og Sverige. Prøvedrift med streknings-ATK på flere strekninger er startet opp i Norge, men i Sverige er dette ikke aktuelt pga. hensynet til personvern. I begge land installeres ISA i offentlige tjenestebiler. EDR har fått liten oppmerksomhet i begge land. Bileierne er overveiende positive til både streknings-ATK og ISA. Jo større forståelsen for at fart er en risikofaktor, desto større er aksepten for slike fartsregulerende tiltak. Bileierne er mest skeptiske til atferdsregistratorer som i dag er lite kjent. Atferdsregistratorer, som ?event data recorder? eller ?black box?, er imidlertid i ferd med å bli svært vanlige i moderne biler ? og stadig mer data fra kjøretøyene lagres. Bileiere bør derfor i større grad få informasjon om dette og tilgang til de data som registreres.
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- Forsman, Åsa, et al.
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Co-operation between police and social treatment services offering treatment to drink and drug drivers : experience in Sweden
- 2011
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Ingår i: Traffic Injury Prevention. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1538-9588 .- 1538-957X. ; 12:1, s. 9-17
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: To describe and analyze a measure that has been introduced in Sweden with the objective of quickly offering treatment for the alcohol or drug problems suspected drink or drug drivers may have. The goal of the measure is that every suspected drink or drug driver shall, as soon as apprehended by the police, be offered contact with the social services or the dependency care and treatment service, which can offer a consultation and, if needed, suitable treatment.Method: Interviews and questionnaire surveys, as well as forms that describe the treatment received by each individual case.Results: About 20 percent of all those who receive the offer from the police accept contact with the social services or the care and treatment service, and approximately 40 percent of these also attend the consultation. There is a favorable fundamental attitude to the method among the participating authorities. However, some shortcomings in application are revealed. One example concerns drug drivers who are offered contact with the social services or the care and treatment service to a considerably lesser extent than drink drivers. Another neglected group are the people who are at first suspected of drink driving but are later found to have an alcohol concentration below the legal limit. Compared with those who have an alcohol concentration above the legal limit, this group is offered contact to a lesser extent and also have a lower propensity to accept the offer.Conclusions: The results indicate a strong support for the method from involved authorities, but participation could be improved by giving more attention to neglected groups.
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- Gustafsson, Susanne, et al.
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The Swedish Joint Action Method against Drink Driving : A Study of Suspected Drink Drivers' Own Experiences
- 2016
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Ingår i: Traffic Injury Prevention. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1538-9588 .- 1538-957X. ; 17:6, s. 558-563
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In Sweden, a joint action method called SMADIT is in use, where the police quickly offer help from the social services or the dependency care and treatment service to suspected drink drivers. One conclusion from this paper is that SMADIT, as an innovative method that can be deployed more rapidly than other alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures, should be considered as a good complement to conventional methods to deal with drink driving.The objective of this paper is to analyse the experiences of suspected drink drivers who accepted the offer of help, and what it meant for them. To enable comparisons over time, in-depth interviews were conducted with twelve suspected drink drivers on two occasions with one year between.To varying degrees the informants knew about their alcohol problems, but were unsure if they would have sought help by themselves. Therefore, the original ideas of the method with an initial contact with the social services or the dependency care and treatment service within 24 hours, was found to be important. However, the results also showed that some of the informants needed some time before the first meeting as they were in shock from the drink driving incident or in need of sleep.Results also shows that an encouraging attitude among the police, the social services, and the dependency care and treatment service is important for the success of the SMADIT method. The informants are satisfied with the method, and in retrospect the incident and the SMADIT offer of help are described as a turning point in their lives. One year after being offered help the informants had gained insights into the harm they could have done to other road users when they drove while drunk.
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- Hansson, Philip, et al.
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Kommunerna och kollektivtrafiken : en enkätundersökning om Sveriges kommuners arbete för att stödja kollektivtrafiken
- 2018
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Syftet med denna rapport är att ge en bild av hur Sveriges kommuner arbetar med att främja kollektivtrafiken. Trots att kommunerna i de flesta fall inte har direkt rådighet över kollektivtrafiken påverkar kommunal styrning områden såsom bebyggelseplanering och lokalisering, trafikplanering (ex omfördelning av befintlig vägkapacitet), reglering av biltrafik (ex. parkering, bilfria zoner, m.m.) mobility management och gröna resplaner. Rapporten baseras på en enkätstudie som har riktats till landets samtliga kommuner.Resultaten visar både på likheter och skillnader mellan kommunerna avseende målsättningar, definitioner av begrepp och vilken typ av åtgärder och arbetssätt som förekommer. Ett generellt och förväntat mönster är att befolkningsmässigt större och täta kommuner jobbar mer med frågor kring kollektivtrafik, medan frågorna har mindre fokus i mindre och glesare kommuner. Samma, förväntade mönster gäller avseende målbilder och åtgärder för minskad biltrafik; det är vanligare att frågorna är i fokus i mer urbana områden.Hur man definierar mål om att öka kollektivtrafiken varierar. Kommunerna jobbar med en bred palett av åtgärder för att främja kollektivtrafiken såsom uppgradering av bytespunkter, ny eller förbättrad infrastruktur för buss-och spårtrafik, reservation av mark för framtida behov och byte av bränsle. Analysen tyder på att det finns ett samband mellan att ha ett mål om ökad kollektivtrafik och att genomföra åtgärder, d.v.s. det är vanligare att kommuner som har ett mål om ökad kollektivtrafik genomför åtgärder för att främja kollektivtrafiken än de kommuner som inte har något mål.Det finns inget tydligt samband mellan att ha ett mål om minskning av biltrafiken och att genomföra åtgärder för att minska biltrafiken. Det är vanligare att kommuner genomför åtgärder för att sänka hastigheten än åtgärder såsom att minska antalet parkeringsplatser, eller höjda parkeringsavgifter.Förekomsten av tydliga definitioner av begrepp såsom kollektivtrafiknära läge och täthet i landets kommuner varierar. Många kommuner har en definition av kollektivtrafiknära läge (vars innebörd dock kan variera betydligt), medan definitioner av begreppet täthet är betydligt ovanligare. Resultaten från enkätstudien indikerar att här finns potential för vidareutveckling av metoder och arbetssätt kopplade till definitionerna av begreppen. Vissa kommuners arbetssätt borde också kunna ligga till grund för kunskapsöverföring mellan kommuner.När det gäller attityd-och beteendepåverkan är det relativt vanligt med vissa typer av åtgärder, såsom kommuninterna resepolicies som prioriterar kollektivtrafik före bil, informationskampanjer och ”prova på” kampanjer. Det är mer ovanligt att man jobbar för att andra aktörer ska införa resepolicies. Även här finns det en potential för utveckling och kunskapsöverföring mellan kommuner.
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- Hrelja, Robert, 1974-
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Cars. Problematisations, measures and blind spots in local transport and land use policy
- 2019
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Ingår i: Land use policy. - : Elsevier. - 0264-8377 .- 1873-5754. ; 87
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Goals concerning reduced car traffic are found in most European cities, indicating a potential change in local transport policy and land use planning, which have traditionally been very car-centric. This paper analyses goals and measures to reduce car traffic in Swedish municipalities’ long-term transport and land use plans. Theoretically, the paper is based on an understanding of policies as parts of ‘problem representations’ that create particular ways of understanding car traffic as a policy problem, which in turn influence the measures seen as appropriate or inappropriate. The results indicate that changes are underway. At the heart of these changes are narratives about city development in which municipalities understand the ‘attractive city’ as one where cars are defined as a problem to be addressed. However, the dominant policy problematisation produce several ‘blind spots’. Regional car trips, including travel to out-of-town shopping areas, are left unproblematised in this representation of the problem, meaning that measures addressing such trips are ignored in policy making. The paper builds our understanding of how policy practices influence the potential for change towards sustainability by discussing whether municipalities are doing enough to address the big problems with cars.
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- Hrelja, Robert, 1974-, et al.
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Challenges of delivering TOD in low-density contexts : the Swedish experience of barriers and enablers
- 2022
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Ingår i: European Transport Research Review. - : Springer Nature. - 1867-0717 .- 1866-8887. ; 14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is key to the success of public transport and for sustainable urbanand regional development. Previous research has often focused on delivering TOD in urban areas with high population and building densities. This highlights the need to broaden the scope of TOD approaches to also include less densely populated areas located outside the immediate urban cores as a key concern for policy. The aim of this paper is to increase the knowledge of how to deliver TOD in such low-density contexts. Three case studies of attempts at delivering TOD in sparsely populated areas in three Swedish city-regions are made. The data for the case studies consist of planning documents and 13 interviews with key stakeholders involved in the planning processes of the three cases. The results show that many of the barriers and enablers are rather similar to those identifed in research onTOD in much more urban contexts in other parts of the world, but the relationships between them are diferently nuanced in low-density contexts. The lack of clear quantifed defnitions of what TOD is (or is not) allows a more fexible, site-specifc understanding of TOD to emerge in this context. It is important that a shared vision of TOD in each location is developed by the organizations involved—and such a shared vision appears to be crucial for the development to have a good chance of being delivered. Informal defnitions, and individual perceptions (including those of the public) are important; and in locations that are quite “marginal” for TOD, all enablers must interact together positively for the development to have the maximum likelihoodof going ahead as planned
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