Thoughts, analysis and news about a city for people. Written by us at Bilfritt Stockholm and invited guests.
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.
Read the full post →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.
Read the full post →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.
Read the full post →The Nytorget area, with Skånegatan at its heart, is the most successful summer street area in Stockholm. A guest post by Irena Toljan on more pedestrians and restaurants, suspiciously perfect survey results, and why the scale of the area makes it work.
Read the full post →Swedenborgsgatan on Södermalm shows how putting pedestrians first can lift a street, but also what city rules cost the small businesses that make it lively. A guest post by Irena Toljan on jobs, a wine bar's outdoor seating, the street's economy and Stockholm's proposed dunka-dunk fund.
Read the full post →Rörstrandsgatan has led Stockholm's summer street movement since 2016 and is now pedestrian year-round. A guest post by Irena Toljan on what business owners thought before and after, what the safety surveys show, and why there is still too much traffic.
Read the full post →Car-free weekends have moved from Sveavägen to Hornsgatan. A guest post by Irena Toljan on the first two weekends, a shop owner's suggestions, and the plan to pedestrianize part of the street.
Read the full post →The phrase 'Utan bilen stannar Sverige' (without the car, Sweden stops) feels like folk wisdom but is a campaign slogan, launched in January 1980 by the car industry's trade association to fight unleaded petrol and catalytic converter requirements. This is the story of the campaign.
Read the full post →Last time, I broke down why summer streets matter. Now, let's rank them, from "decent but could do better" to "urban paradise."
Read the full post →Each summer, Stockholm gives up its car-oriented, grey and depressing streets and adopts a new image: a people-friendly city.
Read the full post →Why do the queues never shrink, despite seventy years of road building? On induced demand, the most well-established and at the same time most counterintuitive phenomenon in traffic research.
Read the full post →We converted the traffic office's 125,000 on-street spaces into area: 187.5 hectares. Here are the figures, what they build on and why they differ.
Read the full post →The bay is 2.5 by 5 meters, that is 12.5 square meters. With maneuvering space included, a spot is closer to 15 or 25. Here are the measurements and where they come from.
Read the full post →Drag the slider and see how a street in Stockholm can be transformed when the cars disappear.
Read the full post →A well-argued tour through the rise, costs and alternatives of car society. Ammunition for the debate, well-packed and accessible.
Read the full post →Bilfritt Stockholm is up and running. Here's what we do and how you can take part.
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