The streets belong to
everyone. Not just
cars.
Across Europe, cities have shown that streets can be reclaimed. Less car traffic means cleaner air, quieter neighborhoods, safer streets and more life. Stockholm is moving in the right direction, but too slowly.
Fig. 01 · Photo This is what a street can be
These aren't visions. They're Swedish streets in summer, when cars make way for people.
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Gatuligan
Which streets are the best and worst to spend time on? We ranked the inner-city streets by air, traffic, noise, street life and greenery.
Explore the ranking →The bike calculator
Enter your commute and work out how much you save in calories, CO₂ and money by swapping the car or bus for a bike.
Try the calculator →Parkeringsytan
All of Stockholm's street parking gathered into a single square: 187.5 hectares. Drag it over your own neighbourhood. In Swedish.
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The Dark Side of Data and Conclusion
The last part of the summer street series takes a critical look at the Gatupotential report's numbers, with Malmskillnadsgatan as the oddball, and sums up what makes a summer street work. A guest post by Irena Toljan on overhyped data with holes.
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The Rest: Summer Streets with Untapped Potential
Not every summer street in Stockholm is a roaring success. A guest post by Irena Toljan on five summer streets that fall short, from Nybrogatan's traffic chaos to a deserted Kista torg, and what could fix them.
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Centralvägen (Solna)
Centralvägen in Solna closed one side of the road for the summer and became a meeting place with play areas, outdoor dining and World Cup screenings. A guest post by Irena Toljan on why this suburban summer street wins in her book, and what it got wrong with bike parking.
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