På väg mot ett hållbart resande?
En fallstudie kring den lokala kollektivtrafiken i Umeå tätort
Sustainability and the traffics impact on the environment have become increasingly central within spatial planning. For many years, planning has been focusing on building new roads - this has resulted in increased use of automobiles, which many believe is unsustainable in the longer term. Therefore, authorities at national, regional and local level want to increase the use of alternative transport modes ? such as walking, cycling and traveling by bus.The thesis intends to study if the Municipality of Umeå?s policies for sustainable development have led to an increased use of public transportation. The use of public transport in Umeå is also compared with developments at national level, in order to see if there are differences in the level and trend. The thesis is mainly descriptive and based on material such as scientific literature, public strategy documents and statistical data sets.The study shows that the Municipality of Umeå has set clear goals and strategies to increase the use of public transportation. Some of these goals and strategies have emerged in recent years and the study show that they also led to an increased number of trips by public transport.