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Strategies for integrating environmental functions in transport planning for sustainable urban development

Project leader: Berit Balfors, SEED, KTH

Participants: Sofia Eckersten, SEED, KTH; Ulrika Gunnarsson Östling, SEED, KTH

Project period: 2017-2020

Funding: Swedish Transport Administration

Key words: Early transport planning, Strategic Choice of Measures, environmental aspects, collaboration

Linked to the project: Transport planning for a sustainable society: Vision, collaboration, and environmental functions in Strategic Choice of Measures

Project description

The aim of the project is to increase knowledge about and contribute to strategies and measures for Strategic Choice of Measures processes, where environmental functions are integrated at an early stage in the planning process to meet the transport policy goals and the environmental quality goal "Good built environment". Furthermore, to develop methods and tools to promote coordination between transport planning and urban planning to identify measures that contribute to sustainable cities and transport systems.

Methods used in the project include literature studies to map the field of knowledge and interviews with practitioners both nationally and internationally. In addition, seminars with researchers and practitioners with a knowledge-enhancing effect are included in the R & D project. Two case studies are included in the study SCM E4 / E20 Hallunda-Vårby and SCM for road 73, Nynäshamn-Stockholm.

Activities

Presentations at National conferences and seminars:

Eckersten, S., Gunnarsson Östling, U. and Balfors, B. ”Möjligheter och Utmaningar med miljöfrågor inom transport planering i tidiga skeden”, Transportforum 2019. Presentation by Sofia Eckersten.

- Eckersten, S., Gunnarsson Östling, U. and Balfors, B. Nordiskt Vägforum årsmöte 2020: ” Strategier för integrering av miljöfunktioner, och former för samverkan som används praktiskt i ÅVS”. Presentation by Sofia Eckersten.

- Eckersten, S., Gunnarsson Östling, U. and Balfors, B. ”Integrering av miljöaspekter i transportplanering: Fokus ÅVS”, Transportforum 2021. Presentation by Sofia Eckersten.

- Eckersten, S., Gunnarsson Östling, U. and Balfors, B. Findings from the project, presentation for the Swedish Transport Administration, the 15 February 2021, webinar.

Presentations at International conferences and seminars:

- Eckersten, S. 2018. ”Possibilities and challenges in early-stage transport planning in a Swedish metropolitan context”, Poster presentation, Uppsala Climate Protocol 2018, Uppsala, 30 May-1 June 2018. Presentation by Sofia Eckersten.

- Eckersten, S, Gunnarsson Östling, U. and Balfors, B. ”Environmental Possibilities and challenges in early-stage transport planning in a Swedish metropolitan context”. AESOP 2018 in Gothenburg, 10e-14e July. Presentation by Sofia Eckersten.

- Eckersten, S, Gunnarsson Östling, U. and Balfors, B. ”Environmental Possibilities and Challenges in early-stage Transport Planning”, IENE 2018 in Eindhoven, Netherlands, 11-14 September. Presentation by Sofia Eckersten.

- Eckersten, S. and Khoshkar, S. ”Mobility to Green spaces in the Stockholm Region”. Promoting inclusive growth for an ageing society, Theme: Ageing societies, Tokyo, 2018, 30-31 November.

Publications

Eckersten, S., Balfors, B. and Gunnarsson-Östling, U. Challenges and Opportunities in Early Stage Planning of Transport Infrastructure Projects: Environmental Aspects in the Strategic Choice of Measures Approach, Sustainability, 2021, Vol.13 (3), p.1295

Eckersten, S., Balfors, B. and Gunnarsson-Östling, U. Strategier för integrering av miljöfunktioner i transportplaneringen: med fokus på Åtgärdsvalstudier. Rapport 2021, TRITA-ABE-RPT; 218. ISBN: 978-91-7873-825-0.

Eckersten, S., Balfors, B. och Gunnarsson-Östling, U., Transportplanering för hållbar utveckling: Fokus på Åtgärdsvalstudier, Samhällsbyggaren, 2021, Nr. 2, s. 32-34