Essays about: "car-free city"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words car-free city.

1. 1. Freight Transport in the Car-Free City : Towards a more sustainable urban freight sector

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Melisa Marta; [2023]
   Keywords : Car-free city; sustainable urban freight transport; urban consolidation center; cargo bicycles;

   Abstract : Freight transport of goods is an indispensable part of everyday life. Without it there would be no delivery of products such as food, water, construction material, technology, furniture, clothes and society, as we know it today, would collapse.  However, there are more and less sustainable ways of transporting goods. READ MORE

3. 2. How Motivating Factors and Political Vision affect Car-free Initiatives : A study of Stockholm and Oslo

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Sebastian Arora-Jonsson; Leo Björkman; [2022]
   Keywords : car-free; car free; car-lite; car-light; car-free city; pedestrian street; multi-level perspective; MLP; transition; Bilfritt Byliv; the Car-free Livability Programme; Living Stockholm; bilfri; bilfria städer; sommargågator; MLP; multi-level perspective; Levande Stockholm; Bilfritt Byliv;

   Abstract : This thesis studies why car-initiatives are implemented and how political visions is intertwined in this process. These topics are further explored by looking at how certain critical groups are impacted by car-free initiatives and how they can affect polarization. READ MORE

4. 3. Nudging towards automobile- free living in Stockholm : An analysis of Stockholm's 2015 Green Parking Rates guideline and its impact on mode shift

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Matej Mečár; [2020]
   Keywords : Parking regulation; positive mobility services; the nudge; mode shift; parking ratio;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the impact of the city of Stockholm􏰀s 2015 Green Parking Rates guideline on transportation mode shift. The guidelines were established in hopes of nudging occupants of newly built residential developments towards a mode shift and in so doing, towards car-light, car- free and more sustainable living. READ MORE

5. 4. Den sociala vintergågatan : en studie om den temporära arkitekturens betydelse för social interaktion på gågator på vintern.

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Moa Lindström; [2020]
   Keywords : temporär; arkitektur; social; interaktion; gågata; vinter;

   Abstract : En gågata är en bilfri och ofta central plats i staden och är således sannolikt en bra arena för folkliv och social interaktion. Det finns forskning kring social interaktion och temporär arkitektur, men det saknas relevant forskning kring temporär arkitektur på gågator vintertid. READ MORE

6. 5. Vertal HEX : Mobility for the future vertical cityscape

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Simon Turac; [2020]
   Keywords : vertical mobility; future mobility; magnetic levitation; interior design; exterior design; vehicle design;

   Abstract : The project originated with the question "What is the future of urban mobility?" and the counterquestion "What is the future of urbanity?". To understand the future of mobility, we first need to try to understand more of the future context where it'll reside. READ MORE