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Zrównoważona mobilność miejska. Przypadek Sztokholmu
Sustainable Urban Mobility: The Case of Stockholm

Author(s): Adam Jarosz
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Rural and urban sociology, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych UW
Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable urban mobility; Stockholm; urban policy; public transport;

Summary/Abstract: Presented article examines the sustainable urban mobility system in Stockholm, a city that ranks among the world’s top cities in mobility rankings. The aim of this article is to examine the factors that have contributed to the city’s success in building one of the best sustainable urban mobility systems in the world. It examines how the system was built, the steps taken, the priorities and assumptions adopted, and the mechanisms used. The second part of the article provides an analysis of Stockholm’s sustainable urban mobility system. It examines the public transport system, tools that reduce traffic in the city centre, such as congestion charges, parking and cycling policies, and the digitalization of urban mobility. The most important actions in the city included the construction of an extensive metro network and building a city based on the principle of transit-oriented development (TOD). As a result, the foundation of the sustainable urban mobility system is the efficient public transport, combined with car restrictions and increasingly improved bicycle infrastructure, which is still in need of investment and improvement.

  • Issue Year: 79/2026
  • Issue No: 79
  • Page Range: 202-223
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish
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