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Stockholm, the Model Student of Intermodality Stockholm, the model student of intermodality Soft mobility with a nordic touch INTERMODES For its tenth study visit, the European Club of Intermodal Regions and Cities went to Stockholm. There, the Swedish network builds on soft modes and the development of new hubs. ∞ CAPUCINE MOULAS This year, Stockholm was 25% by 2030. Further- and pedestrian space, in the spotlight. Indeed, in more, the region situated while walking and cycling June, the city was awarded in a particularly cold part represents nearly 40% of the European Intermodes of Europe, is an archipelago modal share, followed by Prize in recognition of which counts about 25 000 car (31%) and public trans- the development of a tru- islands and the city itself is port (30%). ly intermodal transport built on 14 pieces of land Stockholm has taken dras- network system. Later this connected by 56 bridges. tic steps: in 2012, the city year, the European Club In addition, environmental adopted a program dedica- of Intermodal Regions challenges have to be taken ted to the development of and Cities chose the Swe- into account. cycle lanes, part of a larger dish capital to organize its A brain-teaser for the or- urban mobility plan. One tenth network study visit. ganization of public trans- of the main objectives, Why all this recognition? port. among thirty projects, is «For the quality of its trans- to promote biking instead port network, which is highly Pedestrians and cyclists of car riding and eventually efficient and intuitive», ar- first replace cars by bikes. «To gued Nathalie Leclerc, co- Stockholm gives promi- include all the modes - car, creator of the organizing nence to soft modes. The bike, bus or truck - roadways company, Intermodes. wide streets, remarkable should be 45 meters wide, The city has to face several for their cleanliness and says Joakim Boberg, Head challenges: Stockholm and quietness, are - if not for of the bicycle program in the Stockholm County are pedestrian - made for wal- the city of Stockholm. Here, experiencing a very strong king and cycling. According the streets are between 20 growth. According to city to Intermodes, about a to 30 meters wide». An ex- officials, Stockholm will see third of stockholm’s road- periment is conducted in its population increase by ways is used as sidewalk Götgatan (the central Stockholm, the model student of intermodality To empty the streets from its cars, it is necessary to have wide streets to allow all alternative modes to coexist. island in the heart of the is based on the traffic le- Stockholm to meet its city): a cycle lane which vel in and out of the peri- target for mobility, public partly replaces the car meter. This measure has transport should repre- lane has been created. reduced by 30% the num- sent at least 80% of mo- «The implementation was ber of vehicles entering torized trips. In order quick and did not cost a and leaving downtown to make pedestrians, lot of money», he insists. Stockholm. cyclists, tram, bus or me- Another proven tech- tro coexist, the city pro- nique is the prioritization The city’s bet on public motes the development of bicycle traffic in one transit of intermodal hubs on its direction of the street, Users give public trans- territory. These strategic car traffic in the opposite port an overwhelming points must form a really direction being permit- support even though interconnected network ted. Stockholm also star- they are rather expen- and enable users to reach ted to replace car parking sive (€ 3.80 for a single as quickly and directly as spaces by bike lanes. journey in zone A, one possible their destination. In order to take the car hour validity). Also, pu- With seven new hubs on out of the city centre, the blic transport modal the network, Stockholm city has implemented an share ranks second after city and the Stockholm extremely effective tool: the soft modes. On the County want to develop the congestion charge. whole region (Stockholm the public transport sys- trips per day (2.8 million Since 2006, automatic County), which encom- tem’s accessibility. Agreed trips per day at present) toll gates positioned at all passes 26 municipalities, in 2013, a vast urban de- by 2030. 78 000 housing Stockholm entrances scan the transport organizing velopment plan provides units and four new metro registration plates of cars authority has deployed a for 26 billion SEK (€ 2.6 branches are Included between 6 am and 18.30 single pass. The pass can billion), invested by the in this plan. Sara Malm, pm. Though, clean cars are be credited with only a government, the munici- transportation Planner exempted. A 10-60 SEK few trips without having palities and the operator. for the municipality, sum- (from 1 to 6 €) fee is then to subscribe for weekly The objective of public marizes: «Stockholm is a automatically charged to or monthly periods. transport is to increase walking and public trans- the car owner. The fee amount By 2030, the deadline for by 1 million the number of port city». • New signage FACELIFT To allow customers to travel on Stockholm’s Network, SL renews its signage, simplifies the information and adopts a sober visual identity. ∞ CAPUCINE MOULAS The devil is in the details, we have brightness problems they say. To develop in the metro», says Susanne intermodal hubs, travellers Sifvert. «Stockholm is bleak must still find their ways. most of the time, and we had For SLL, the transport to find solutions so that the organizing authority, the information clearly comes deployment of a large out: so we have chosen light signage renewal program colour characters on a dark is therefore a priority. background». «There are signs in the subway that were designed A new graphic code was identified by «T». SLL however chose to retain in 1952 and they are still Regarding typographi- chose to replace these the «T» for the subway, there», says Susanne Sifvert, cal signs, SLL has chosen symbols, too obscure, with a blue letter on a white Communications manager to standardize the font pictograms. «Even children background. «This is a histo- at the public transport by building on simple, can understand» insists ric sign, here, for public trans- administration of the bars and bold characters. the director of communi- port, we could not part with Stockholm County (SLL). Before this program, the cations. These images, on it» she explains. Finally, for Indeed, four generations information symbols refer- a pale blue background, added visibility to foreign of visual identities can be red to Swedish words. For distinctly represent a train, travellers, a very large part found in the Stockholm example, the subway, Tun- a bicycle, a pedestrian, a of information on signs is underground network. nelbana in Stockholm, boat, an airplane, etc. SLL translated into English. • A new colour code Based on the observation that travellers find their ways in accordance with the line they travel on, their destination and the colour, SLL has reconsidered the logic of way finding on its network. Three lines, red, blue and green, help distin- guish the subway network. The metro network crosses the tramlines, brown and orange colour, the light rail lines, blue, green and purple colour and the commuter train lines, pink and light green colour. The whole is pre- sented to the public on a dark background, «because Preferred Hybrid technology ENERGY By 2050, Stockholm will have removed any vehicle running on fossil fuel from its bus fleet. First step: the city bet on hybrid technology and recently added eight Volvo vehicles to its network. ∞ CAPUCINE MOULAS Biogas, ethanol, electric, Hybrid flexibility Övergaard, responsible etc. Nothing frightens As part of the ZeEUS for buses development Stockholm when it comes (Zero Emission Urban Bus strategy at SLL. to hybrid buses. By 2050, System) European project, Why have hybrid electric the city will no longer Volvo has given the vehi- rather than all-electric have vehicles running on cles to the city of Stoc- vehicles? «If you have an fossil fuel. The newness on kholm and will let the city all-electric vehicle, expe- the network: the hybrid have them at the end of rience has shown that you electric. Since March, in the experiment. need diesel buses in back- partnership with Volvo, These 12 meters buses are up, just in case», she re- the city has integrated recharged in 7 minutes and plies. So, best is to go for eight diesel-electric buses have 8 kilometres auto- the hybrid, in case of pro- to its network. These nomy. Vattenfall, the local blems. She adds: «the line vehicles will roll until next electricity provider, built is 7 km long. A good driver year, ensuring a normal the infrastructure consis- can therefore manage to commercial service. The ting of two charging posts drive all-electric all the way buses are operated by at both ends of the line. long». • Keolis, which runs part The electricity supplied of the Stockholm bus being from wind power network. origin, «the buses really are green», says Maria A simple and clear bar typography for increased legibility. Much of the information is trans- lated into English (in yellow). Only the old «T» (subway name) was retained. A hybrid bus is recharged with electricity coming from wind power source, for a greener Stockholm... Three generations of hubs Historical 1 T-Centralen 2 The new face of Liljeholmen True point of departure and arrival in the heart of the city, Central Station at present unfolds on three underground levels and offers the traveller all of the city’s modal options. Central Station or T-Cen- commuter trains, to the Arlan- place tourists discover when tralen, is appropriately na- da airport express train and arriving in Stockholm.
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