Stockholmarnas resvanor – mellan trängselskatt och klimatdebatt
Travel habits of Stockholmers – congestion charging and climate debate
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Summary, in English
A case study of the Stockholm congestion charge trial showed wide variation and ingenuity in how Stockholmers dealt with this new feature of their daily lives. For example, many stopped many stopped driving into the charging zone in order to demonstrate, to themselves and others, their disagreement with the charge and the political circumstances surrounding its introduction. Interestingly (and paradoxically), this probably contributed to the overall major reduction in traffic, perceived at a societal level as evidence of the success of congestion charging. However, regarding the scope for sustainable development of urban travel, the conclusion from this appraisal of the Stockholm trial was that environmental, congestion-reducing and possibly traffic-controlling political measures appear to be in public demand.
Efforts in this thesis to interrelate the scientific perspectives of the different disciplines studying the various levels of urban travel (e.g. sociology, human geography and ethnology in relation to transport economics and psychology) indicated that further collaboration is required. As with the concept of travel habits, there are numerous concepts that could benefit from being developed and tested through interdisciplinary collaboration.
Department/s
Publishing year
2008
Language
Swedish
Publication/Series
TRITA-INFRA-FMS 2008:5, TRITA-SUS 2008:2
Full text
Document type
Dissertation
Publisher
Avdelningen för miljöstrategisk analys – fms, KTH, Drottning Kristinas väg 30, SE-100 44 Stockholm
Topic
- Ethnology
Keywords
- climate change
- Travel habits
- Stockholm county
- traffic policy
- environmental aspects
- city of Stockholm
- interdisciplinary research
- congestion charging
- the Stockholm trial
- policy instruments
- habits
- mobility
- urban transport
- actor network theory
Status
Published
Research group
- Etnologiska institutionen (LU),
Supervisor
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1654-479X
- ISBN: 978-91-628-7611-1
Defence date
24 October 2008
Defence time
13:15
Defence place
Auditoriet, Kulturen i Lund
Opponent
- Olle Hagman (Ph.D.)