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      <title>Overlapping spaces: Planning for the “whole journey” in Swedish public transport</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This paper explores how regional public transport authorities in Sweden interpret and apply the “whole-journey approach” in planning for sustainable mobility. The concept refers to the idea that public transport must be planned as a seamless chain of movements, integrating the entire journey, from departure to arrival, across different modes and environments. Drawing on planning documents and interviews from five non-metropolitan counties, the study shows that, while the whole-journey approach is a shared ambition, its implementation varies in both logic and practice. Two planning logics emerge: one focused on individual users and the seamlessness of their trips, and another oriented around collective service provision through high-capacity transit corridors.Building on existing international models, the paper develops a spatial framework identifying four overlapping spaces throughout the journey: information, departure, public transport, and arrival. The analysis finds that public transport authorities have strong control over the information and public transport spaces, concentrating efforts on digital services and integration across operators. However, their influence is limited in the departure and arrival spaces, which depend on co-planning with municipalities and national authorities. This reveals a gap between ambition and institutional capacity.The paper concludes that the whole-journey approach is best understood as a flexible planning ideal rather than a fixed method. While it offers a promising framework for linking public transport to land-use planning, its effectiveness depends on stronger coordination across planning levels and deeper engagement with the everyday mobility needs of individuals.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 11:02:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>High-Speed Rail as a Sustainable Alternative to Air Travel with an Example of Travelling Between Copenhagen and Stockholm</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As European cities continue to expand their interconnectivity, High-Speed Rail (HSR) emerges as a pivotal element in sustainable transportation planning. This paper explores the viability of HSR as both a competitive and integrative transport mode, with a specific focus on the route between Copenhagen and Stockholm. The current air travel option for this route takes about one hour of flight time. However, this does not account for the additional 1.5 h required for airport check-in and security, plus the commute from Stockholm's Arlanda Airport, located 46 km away, to the city center. The entire journey from Copenhagen to Stockholm, therefore, effectively consumes about half a day when considering all transit and waiting times. Conversely, the existing rail connection between these two cities takes approximately 5.5 h, and car travel extends to about 7.5 h, including the costs associated with the Øresund Bridge toll and Stockholm city center road tolls. This paper proposes that a dedicated HSR link could dramatically reduce ground travel time to a competitive range of approximately 2.5 to 3 h. By analyzing current infrastructure, passenger flow data, and economic implications, the study assesses the potential shifts in passenger preferences and the resulting impacts on both the aviation and automotive sectors. This analysis includes environmental considerations, where HSR offers significant reductions in carbon emissions compared to air travel. Additionally, the paper discusses logistical and economic challenges involved in integrating HSR with existing transport networks and evaluates the potential for HSR to enhance regional accessibility and economic development. The study also examines potential financing models for HSR development, exploring public–private partnerships, government funding, and European Union subsidies as viable funding sources. Furthermore, this paper addresses the social implications of HSR, including its ability to reduce travel-related stress and increase productivity among commuters. It also considers the broader geopolitical implications, such as HSR's role in promoting EU cohesion and reducing dependency on fossil fuels in line with the European Green Deal. This comprehensive evaluation aims to position HSR as a transformative force in European transport, advocating for policy shifts that favor long-term sustainability over short-term convenience. By doing so, it seeks to contribute to the ongoing discussions on transport infrastructure development, encouraging a move towards more sustainable and integrated transport solutions in Europe. The paper concludes by proposing policy recommendations for governments and international bodies to support the expansion of HSR networks across the continent, highlighting the critical role of comprehensive planning and cross-border cooperation in realizing these ambitions. By providing a detailed comparative analysis of HSR with existing transportation options and emphasizing its benefits in terms of efficiency, environmental impact, and social value, this study aims to inform policymakers and stakeholders about the strategic importance of investing in HSR as a cornerstone of future European mobility strategies.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:01:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Digital platforms, mobility, and self-organization in Nordic cities: Do we still need planners in the age of platform urbanism?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[New digital technologies increasingly shape how we move, interact, and organize everyday life in cities. In the Nordic context – characterized by strong welfare institutions, coordinated planning systems, and ambitious climate targets – digital platforms are profoundly transforming mobility and transport systems. This essay investigates how platformization reshapes urban mobility practices and self-organization in Nordic cities, and how these developments challenge the traditional authority and responsibilities of urban planners and transport institutions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mobility and transport planning challenges in the Nordic context: Essays from a Nordic symposium</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In October 2025, Malmö University hosted a symposium on the theme Transport and Mobility Challenges in the Nordic Context. This book contains a selection of texts presented and discussed at the symposium. The contributions presented in this volume demonstrate the breadth and depth of current research on transport and mobility in the Nordic countries. Together, they address the institutional, political, social and spatial conditions shaping contemporary mobility systems. The texts range from analyses of the rescaling of public transport planning and the emergence of hybrid governance spaces, to examinations of how digital platforms reorganise mobility practices and challenge established planning roles. Several contributions explore cycling as a socially and politically situated practice – highlighting its transformative potential as well as the tensions and power relations embedded in everyday cycling, logistics work and urban space. Other texts investigate behavioural differences in car use and their implications for climate policy, the political dynamics surrounding car restrictive measures, and the spatial politics of reclaiming urban space through vélomobility. Further contributions address accessibility to primary health care within proximity-based planning models, methodological developments in understanding everyday mobilities, challenges to gender equality and safety in public transport, and the working conditions of public transport labour. The volume also includes critical perspectives on the applicability of the 15-minute city concept beyond metropolitan contexts and insights from urban logistics initiatives.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:23:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Safety and sustainability in the domestic ferry sector : a principles, criteria, and indicators (PCI) framework for ESG-aligned maritime governance</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The domestic ferry sector is a significant component of maritime transportation. It strengthens social ties, supports economic growth and connects communities. Despite its importance, this industry faces ongoing challenges. These include fragmented governance, operational adequacies, safety risks and environmental concerns. The study deals with these issues by combining a systems-based approach with governance and change management theories. It examines the interplay between human, technical and organizational aspects. The study integrates the rule-based and rights-based maritime governance along with the Lewin's three stage change management model (Unfreeze, Change, and Refreeze). At the core of the study is the development of a principles, criteria, and indicators (PCI) framework, enriched with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) dimensions. These ESG aspects are embedded into the governance structure to ensure environmental resilience, social responsibility (including safety, inclusion, and stakeholder engagement), and ethical, transparent governance practices. The framework introduces the safety and sustainability governance (SSG) principles, which are organized into four foundational pillars: (1. proactive planning, (2. safety-centric governance, (3. effective management, and (4. monitoring and climate-resilient practices. Together, these principles are operationalized through 15 criteria and 51 indicators that align with international maritime standards. The framework's novelty lies in the integration of ESG-based safety considerations into indicator design, enhancing its relevance, adaptability, and decision-making utility. The framework was refined through focus group discussions and a cross-regional survey involving stakeholders from 48 countries, ensuring diverse perspectives and practical insights.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:32:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Territorial impact assessment : large infrastructure investments along EU transport corridors</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Since 2014, the implementation of TEN-T core network corridors (CNCs) has gradually taken on a clearer shape and become a process that puts its stamp on the design of national transport planning frameworks throughout the EU. This innovative instrument for implementing and channelling EU transport policy aims to promote coordinated planning and development of infrastructure across national borders, thereby stimulating sustainable growth in wider geographical areas, which in turn contributes to economic, social and territorial cohesion.While the implementation of the TEN-T core network corridors focuses on the main routes for international freight transport and public transport flows, the overall picture is complemented by many regional and local initiatives. These often aim to organize stakeholder cooperation along secondary transport corridors to provide more coherent planning for cross-border infrastructure. A common challenge for intergovernmental and cross-border corridor cooperation initiatives in Europe is insufficient insights among public and market participants on how corridor infrastructure investments strengthen multimodal transport systems in the countries they pass and how they affect competitiveness in areas close by, at a certain distance to and beyond from the corridors. Territorial and system-related aspects and effects are not assessed within the framework of the more standard assessment methods (cost benefit analyse, CBA, and the complementary description of wider economic impacts, WEI). This means that the development of adequate policy measures, business strategies and governance models for the broader geographical areas affected by corridor investments is not always effective. The aim of the project is to develop more efficient planning models to assess the impact of large infrastructure investments along European transport corridors on the sustainable regional growth - as a basis for optimal multi-level governance response. The primary focus in the report are EU's Core Network Corridors (CNCs).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:15:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Advancing sustainable transport systems : strengthening environmental considerations and sustainability perspectives in strategic choice of measures</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Addressing cross-cutting issues such as climate change, urbanization, and environmental degradation in policy and planning is key for transitioning to a sustainable society. In the work of societal and transport system development, the integration of environmental and sustainability perspectives has never been more crucial. In urban areas, the interconnection between transport and land use is evident, and integrated transport and land use planning plays an important role in promoting sustainable transport systems. However, both the integration of environmental and sustainability considerations in transport planning and the integration of land use and transport planning are complex challenges. This thesis explores the consideration of environmental aspects and sustainability perspectives in strategic transport planning, with a focus on the Swedish Strategic Choice of Measures (SCM) approach and lessons learnt from planning approaches in the Nordic countries. The thesis is primarily based on case studies of SCM processes in the Stockholm region. Empirical material has been collected through observations of SCMs involving public officials from the Swedish Transport Administration, municipalities in Stockholm Region, and Stockholm's public transport authority, as well as through semi-structured interviews, focus group interviews, informal interviews and document studies, with a qualitative research approach.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:17:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Prospects of the Activity-Based Modelling Approach: A Review of Sweden’s Transport Model- SAMPERS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The rapid changes in global development scenarios, such as technological advancements, lifestyle decisions and climate change, call for updated transport models to test micro-level policy decisions. This paper explores the advances in activity-based transport modelling in simulating travel demand in urban scenarios, focusing on Sweden’s National Transport model. Sampers is used for impact analysis, investment calculations for traffic simulations, transport policy implementation evaluations, and accessibility and impact analysis of extensive changes in land use and transport systems in cities and regions of Sweden. This research systematically compares individual components, sub-models, and algorithms and discusses integrations with cutting-edge agent-based models. Furthermore, recent research and projects for Sampers are investigated, highlighting its advantages over current models, potential gaps and limitations, and long-term development prospects. The study concludes by cross-referencing Sampers’ global developments and regional needs to assess its long-term development prospects.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 09:04:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Optimization of subsidized air transport networks using electric aircraft</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Electric aircraft represent a major technological breakthrough with a promise of revolutionizing aviation systems towards more sustainable and accessible services. Prominent electric aircraft prototypes feature limited seating capacity and short ranges, which make them well-suited for efficiently operating thin routes—particularly, regional routes serving remote regions—in the near future. To capitalize on this opportunity, this paper proposes an original optimization framework in support of the strategic design of subsidized air transport networks using electric aircraft. The authors first develop a quadratic optimization model to disaggregate air transport demand data based on demand generation and allocation properties, resulting in refined demand estimates at the territorial scale (instead of at the airport level). The authors then develop an integrated bi-objective optimization model for network and fleet planning, utilizing a novel time-space-energy formulation. This model aims to balance the two primary objectives of planning subsidized air transport networks: maximizing passenger surplus and minimizing system-wide subsidization costs, while incorporating detailed modeling of demand accommodation and electric aircraft operations. To address large-scale problems, the authors develop a solution approach involving reformulation and a tailored binary relaxation scheme. By considering a real-world case study of Sweden, the authors demonstrate the benefits of the proposed approach and highlight its major insights—in terms of route network, fleet, number of chargers, flight schedules, fleet assignment and environmental emissions—with a comparison of conventional, electric, and mixed fleets. The authors' results demonstrate that a complete substitution of first-generation electric aircraft may diminish consumer surplus, while a combined use of electric and conventional aircraft yields superior solutions, resulting in higher passenger surplus and reduced emissions for the same subsidy spending.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:15:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Addressing Local and Regional Recharging Demand: Allocation of Charging Stations through Iterative Route Analysis</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The emergence of electric vehicles offers a promising approach to achieving a more sustainable transportation system, given their lower production of direct emissions. However, the limited driving range and insufficient public recharging infrastructure in some areas hinder their competitiveness against traditional vehicles with internal combustion engines. To address these issues, this paper introduces an “iterative route cover optimization method” to suggest charging station locations in high-demand regions. The method samples routes from a route choice set and optimally locates at least one charging station along each route. Through iterative resampling and optimal allocation of charging stations, the method identifies the potential recharging demand in a location or a region. The authors demonstrate the method’s applicability to a transportation network of the southern part of Sweden. The results show that the proposed method is capable to suggest locations and geographical regions where the recharging demand is potentially high.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:11:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Analyzing modal choice drivers and transport infrastructure impacts on living environment: insights from a Swedish survey study</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/2348300</link>
      <description><![CDATA[To reduce transport emissions, adopting low-carbon modes such as electric cars and public transport, as well as active transport, is needed. In addition to effects on carbon emissions, modal choices and transport infrastructure affect, positively or negatively, our experience of our living environment and quality of life. A broad set of factors affecting modal choice and a variety of infrastructure elements are included in this analysis to capture rapid technological and behavioral changes. The authors present results from a survey of 1020 Swedish residents exploring how respondents perceive transport systems' influence on their quality of life and the drivers behind modal choices. The authors first use descriptive statistics to analyze the results, and then inferential statistics to determine whether a survey variable (e.g. household and personal income, household size, sex, age, education level and region) has a statistically significant association with outcome variables (e.g. modal choices, transport system impacts on quality of life). Results show that reliability (mean score of 5.53 on a scale from 1 to 7), punctuality (5.49), and physical accessibility (5.42) are the key factors for modal choice. The presence of very small, often statistically non-significant, differences in rating the top modal choice drivers suggest the respondents have similar expectations from transport services and make their modal choices with the goal of satisfying them. In turn, this may unfold as choosing different transport types depending on the sociodemographic and geographic context. There are, however, some regional differences in how different transport infrastructure elements are experienced. The results can guide policies for sustainable transport, assisting planning for more inclusive transport infrastructure. The findings show that transport cost is not necessarily among the key factors governing modal choice, and therefore, policy interventions and introduction of new infrastructure might increase attractiveness of other transport modes beyond the car.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 11:44:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Där landskapet möter anläggningen. Integrerad visualisering med hjälp av GIS och BIM (LAVIS)</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/2269689</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today, it is common for larger infrastructure projects to develop or purchase their own VR models as a way of communicating with citizens and other stakeholders. Developing these models is time consuming and costly and they are often difficult to coordinate, further develop or reuse. In addition, such models are not designed to handle purposes other than external communication, although VR and similar tools could both streamline and harmonize project coordination between multiple stakeholders. Furthermore, the landscape for working with visualizations is fragmented, and it is difficult to effectively communicate and coordinate infrastructure projects between different stakeholders, as several different visualization tools are often used in parallel with time- and resource intensive conversions required depending on who is to be the recipient. This project aims to enable coordination, collaboration and communication between municipality, state and citizens by simplifying, streamlining and partially automating the management, modification and generation of various types of visualizations of infrastructure projects to show the facility in the landscape. In other words, from working with BIM/GIS-data, to visualized, experiential models in real-time 3D graphics in the same solution, instead of today's fragmented solutions that involve complicated operations to move between the different parts of the process. By exploring the possibilities of doing this in only one solution, "a comprehensive visualization solution", we want to increase the use of this type of tool within the organisation, and thus facilitate coordination, cooperation and communication within the Swedish Transport Administration and between the Swedish Transport Administration and cooperating organisations, as well as with other stakeholders, such as citizens. The project is planned as a continuation of the feasibility study" Förstudie – Där landskapet möter anläggningen - Integrerad visualisering med hjälp av GIS och BIM (LAVIS)” (TRV 2019/90306) which was carried out in 2020. This proposed project will first, based on an already performed pre-study, further explore, detail and prioritize the needs of the user groups identified in the pre-study in relation to visualization with regard to usability2, functionality and user interface, from the perspective of the entire visualization process. The needs will then be reformulated as a requirement for a comprehensive visualization solution. To validate the needs and the requirements, evaluations with users are essential. To do that, the functions and features that meet the requirements must be prototyped in a way that makes usability testing possible. In this project, we will use an existing visualization solution as a base for experimenting with new functions and features. The existing solution will serve as an experimental platform. The detailing of needs and the formulation and the verification of the requirements will be done through an iterative process.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 09:26:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Examining the effect of integrated ticketing on mode choice for interregional commuting: Studies among car commuters</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Increasing sustainable travel patterns necessitates a considerable amount of research aimed at the detail measurement and understanding of travel mode choice. Most Public transport (PT) service quality improvements are expected to have positive effects on a shift from car to PT. The effects of improvements such as integrated ticketing is often overlooked in mode choice analysis. Considering the widespread implementation of integrated ticketing schemes globally and some evidence confirming the positive substitution effects between car and season ticket ownerships, the objective of this study was to examine the correlation between mode choice for commuting and multi-regional integrated ticketing. A stated preference (SP) survey was conducted along the E4 motorway between Stockholm and Uppsala, Sweden. 84 out of the 96 respondents answered the SP questions, resulting in 756 SP observations. Subsequently, binary and mixed logit models were estimated. The results suggested that integrated ticketing has an overall positive effect on promoting greater public transport use; in particular, male car commuters compared to females are more likely to switch to PT for commuting. The methodological and policy implication of this positive association is that the effects of integrated ticketing should be included in demand modeling to improve both the accuracy of the estimates and the policy decisions that are based on these estimates.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2023 13:34:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Network-based urban growth : how centrality and accessibility to places shape land use</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The world is experiencing unprecedented and rapid urbanization. To be able to handle this transformation and guide the design of these cities in the way the inhabitants want to have them, it is necessary to understand the drivers and perform planning beforehand. Cities are complex systems. That means that one cannot modify an isolated part and expect a precise result from that change. It is therefore necessary to understand and model cities as holistic adaptive systems, where all parts interact and create sometimes unexpected results. Transport system (streets, roads, and rail) planning and land-use planning ("urban planning") are often seen as separate processes, depending on different levels of political decisions, and performed by different professions. What this thesis show, with support from earlier research, is that these two planning processes interact and affect each other to a large extent. It is maybe intuitive that urban land use that attracts visitors, workers, or inhabitants requires access to a sufficient transport system. What is less well known is that new transport infrastructure, by creating new opportunities for access to previously undeveloped land, can induce urban growth.  Urban research has often treated cities as continuous areas. But the accessibility given by the transport system is far from uniform, it rather forms a network that allows interaction between different land areas. This idea of cities as networks of interacting places has shown to be fruitful to understand how the transportation network, places, and their interaction form cities and induce urban growth. This thesis argues that this network of places can be modeled and understood by using a proposed novel model that incorporates these peculiarities. Finally, the thesis claims that this way of understanding and modeling urban growth is useful not only to explain the current situation but also to understand the historical development and to calculate potential trajectories of future growth.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:46:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Constructing transit corridors : the politics of public transport policy and planning in Malmöhus and Skåne 1970-2020</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Planning local and regional public transport in so-called ’transit corridors’ – i.e., to concentrate infrastructure and resources to few, but more attractive corridors in a city or a region – is commonplace in contemporary public transport planning. This has not always been the case, however. In this thesis I analyze how transit corridors have come to dominate the policies and planning practices of public transport governance through a case study of Malmöhus County and Region Skåne between 1970 and 2020, and show how the organization of decision-making, planning practices and the spatial configuration of public transport have been central sites of an ongoing struggle between different actors and levels over influence over ideas and resources. Understanding the fundamental values and processes that shape public transport system and the conflicts that arise when values and actors collide can contribute to increased possibilities to shape a just and inclusive public transport system that enables sustainable mobility for people. The research is based on qualitative analyses of archival records and interviews with individuals who were involved in the planning and politics of public transport in Malmöhus County and Region Skåne. Through an analysis of how change and permanence in the public transport system have been motivated and turned into institutional practice, the thesis shows how the transit corridor paradigm evolved in through an interplay between the regional political dynamics and the wider societal context. A recurring tension exists in public transport policy and planning between values of equity and efficiency on the one hand, and how these values are translated into the organization of public transport governance through policies of coordination and competition on the other. These values and policies have been decisive for the motivations to the organizational and spatial re/configurations of public transport since the introduction of regional public transport authorities in Sweden since the end of the 1970’s. Initially, spatial and economic equity were leading principles that motivated a rapid expansion and distribution of the regional public transport system. At the turn of the 1990’s, a set of interlinked policy processes assisted the formulation of transit corridors as a strategic development policy for public transport in Malmöhus County. These ideas were institutionalized through a reorganization of public transport governance with a stronger regional mandate and a more peripheral role for the municipalities and was materialized through infrastructure investments in train and express bus systems at the expensive of areas with weaker demand. When Region Skåne was formed in 1999, the transit corridor paradigm was fully developed and contributed to shaping spatial relations in the new region and has continued to be a core in public transport policy in Skåne. However, despite (or perhaps because of) the dominance of transit corridors, conflicts persist between the parts of the region that have gained the most from transit corridor planning, and those that remain concerned over declining public transport supply from the planning orientation.]]></description>
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