Lundamats III Strategy for a Sustainable Transport System in Lund Municipality Foreword Contents
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LUNDAMATS III Strategy for a sustainable transport system in Lund Municipality Foreword Contents For a long time Lund Municipality has been working success- Page fully to take its transport system in an ever more sustainable 5 Why LundaMaTs III? direction. This work has attracted much attention at both People, traffic and sustainability in Lund national and international level. On many occasions the 6 Municipality has received awards for its work. 8 Future trends Since LundaMaTs II was adopted in 2006, the conditions 10 The transport system of the future for traffic and urban planning in Lund have changed. Lund 12 Six focus areas for a more sustainable is expanding, and its growing population and number of transport system in Lund businesses require more efficient use of its land and transport. 14 LundaMaTs’ targets The change in these conditions means that our approach and 15 LundaMaTs taken in context focus need updating in order to achieve long-term sustain- 16 Focus area 1 – Development of the villages able social development. LundaMaTs was therefore updated 18 Focus area 2 – A vibrant city centre during the autumn of 2013 and the winter of 2014, and on 7 May 2014 the City Council took the decision to adopt 20 Focus area 3 – Business transport LundaMaTs III. 22 Focus area 4 – Regional commuting LundaMaTs III will give our work clear direction over 24 Focus area 5 – A growing Lund the coming years and create favourable conditions for deve- 26 Focus area 6 – Innovative Lund lopment whereby the transport system will help ensure a better quality of life for all the residents, visitors and business operators in Lund. Mats Helmfrid Chairman of the Municipal Executive Board Why LundaMaTs III? Since the time of LundaMaTs II’s adoption 1999. in 2006, the conditions for traffic and urban planning in Lund have changed. LundaMaTs’ development Lund is expanding, and its growing The focus of LundaMaTs I was the envi- population and number of businesses ronmental adaptation of the transport require more efficient use of its land and system. Tough, traditional measures were transport. supplemented by soft ones in the form of The change in these conditions Mobility Management (MM), which was a means that our approach and focus need new concept at that time. updating in order to achieve long-term LundaMaTs II was introduced in 2006, sustainable social development and set and the approach was broadened from targets for CO2 emissions. This is the start- environmental adaptation to sustaina- ing point for updating LundaMaTs. bility whereby the environment provides the framework for what can be done; the LundaMaTs in perspective economy provides the funding and the LundaMaTs’ history started at the end goal is a good standard of life. of the 1990s, and was an extension of In 2013 work was begun on develop- several decades of work. At the end of ing LundaMaTs III. Many of the measures the 1960s the plans for a thoroughfare used in LundaMaTs I and II have been in- through Lund City Centre were shelved; corporated in the Municipality’s ongoing this was known as the “Breakthrough”. By activities today. The approach developed doing so, Lund departed from the pow- since the 1970s is strongly established erful car and access-oriented trend that among both public officials and politic- had dominated up to that point. ians. LundaMaTs III therefore covers the Since then there have been many focus areas for addressing the challeng- signi ficant decisions taken in the same es faced by the Municipality, such as direction, such as closing off the traffic on reduced CO2 emissions, expansion, the the Main Squarein 1971, the City Centre transition to a more sustainable transport investigation in 1985 and LundaMaTs I in system, etc. The holistic view taken is a well-established one today and includes LundaMaTs miljöanpassat transportsystem LUNDAMATS III Strategi för ett hållbart transportsystem i Lunds kommun THE BREAK- THE MAIN SQUARE THE CITY LUNDA-MaTs I LUNDA-MaTs II LUNDA-MaTs III THROUGH CLOSURE CENTRE INVESTI- 1999 2006 2014 1969 1971 GATION 1984 5 People, traffic and sustainability in Lund Accessible, attractive Achieving targets in the and sustainable Lund of the future Success in ensuring an accessible and Lund City Council has decided on its The individual in focus What are we working towards? attractive environment that promotes targets: a halving of greenhouse gases by – sustainable development People move around to access whatever sustainable development is dependent 2020 and emission levels close to zero by The individual is the focus of planning they don’t have where they are: access on reduced car use and replacing the car 2050. The Master Plan takes the view that it Lund’s transport system. The transport to work, services, leisure pursuits, food, with other modes of travel such as public is not possible to reduce traffic emissions on system will give us the opportunity to pastimes, friends etc. This means that transport, walking and cycling. that scale. Other sectors too, such as indus- meet our needs without having to put at planning and developing our transport The car has long been the norm in try, agriculture and energy production, must risk the opportunities of future genera- system should focus on accessibility – traffic planning; it has been of substan- make a significant effort to help reduce tions to meet their own needs. That is to not on mobility. tial benefit in terms of covering greater greenhouse gases. say, the transport system will promote Focusing on the individual means distances, and has also had great social sustainable development. focusing on his or her conditions and significance as a status symbol, in The individual’s choice In the case of the individual, it is circumstances while seeking to promote a providing increased independence etc. The transport system offers a variety of also important that the transport system favourable, attractive living environment With increased car use, the problems possible ways to get about. promotes good health in the form of and provide the conditions for a good, have become all the more evident, e.g. The individual chooses between the traffic safety, security, movement, exer- simple life. Focusing on the individual greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, modes of transport available for the journey cise and recreation. Critical factors for ensures that the “whole journey” is key. noise and traffic safety problems. Traffic in question. The mode of transport seen a good place to live in are noise levels, It’s not good enough to nearly get there, jams and queues have also increased in as the most favourable is the one chosen. air quality and a good physical environ- to have difficulty changing mode of line with car travel. In order to influence the choice of mode ment in the city and villages and in the transport or to have the transport system Cars also requires a lot of space. of transport, it is important to change the countryside. only work for some of the population. Roads, car parks, special protection relative attractiveness of the different ones From a democratic point of view, A sustainable transport system helps areas etc occupy a lot of space and create available. the involvement and participation of promote the development and mobility barriers in communities and urban areas. Car dependence can be reduced by the individual in the shaping and use of of children and young people in society. Today there are estimated to be around creating favourable conditions for more the transport system are important, as Children and young people are an impor- six times as many parking spaces as sustainable alternatives and by ensuring is a system that provides good access tant asset in the work of transition and there are cars in Sweden. that a sustainable mode of transport is the for everyone regardless of gender, age, their involvement is an advantage. obvious choice – a choice which most ability etc. people today consider to be the car. THE TRAFFIC IN LUND BREAKDOWN OF To/from Central Lund: POPULATION AGE, AVERAGE: HOUSEHOLD COMPOSI- MODE OF TRANS- Cycling: 3% Total in 2013: 114,300 inhabit- 37.8 years TION PORT IN 2007 Public transport: 43% CO2 EMISSIONS ants. Families with children: 33 % Within Central Lund: Car: 54% Adults without children: 41% CO2 emissions: 126,800 CAR AVAILABILITY tonnes (2011) Walking: 23% Central Lund: 75% Single households without REASON FOR TRAVEL PER HOUSEHOLD Proportion of Lund’s total emis- Cycling: 43% Lund’s surrounding villages: 20% children: 26% No car: 27% sions: 39% Public transport: 8% Work/school/business trip: 36% The countryside: 5% Car: 25% Pick up/drop off children/other: 8% One car: 55% WORKPLACES AND OC- Two or more cars: 18% LENGTH OF JOURNEY Shopping: 20% GENDER DISTRIBUTION: CUPATIONS Leisure and pastimes: 25% Within Central Lund: 2.6 km 52% women A total of approx 66,750 job Other: 14% To/from Central Lund: 25 km 48% men opportunities. Employment rate: 67 % 6 7 Vi lever i en föränderlig värld Som bekant finns det ett stort antal analyser som försöker peka ut vart Vi lever i en föränderlig värld världen är på väg. Fyra globala trender är speciellt relevanta när vi diskuterar trafiksäkerhet i framtiden. Som bekant finns det ett stort antal analyser som försöker peka ut vart världen är på väg. Fyra globala trender är speciellt relevanta när vi diskuterar trafiksäkerhet i framtiden. I denna framtid förutses en ökad mängd mera. Parallellt med detta eftersträvas ett transporter av människor och gods. Trafik- framtida hållbart samhälle, där utvecklingen mixen bedöms bli mer blandad med större sker utan negativa konsekvenser för naturen I denna framtid förutses en ökad mängd mera.