Levbart transportsystem i Uppsala

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In this thesis a transport system is sought after that

if realised in the city of Uppsala could provide both

well-being to all its inhabitants and sustainability,

here jointly refered to as liveability. It is found that

the car dominated transport system that is in

operation today provides two fundamental values,

namely accessibility in both time and space, which

sets it apart from other transport solutions. These

two values are of immense importance for the

liveability in our modern world. On the other hand

the car dominated system decreases the liveability

of Uppsala in several different ways. Some of these

problems, it is argued, could be solved within the

car system, through the adoption of more

environmentally friendly cars etc., but other

problems are inherent in the car system and will

remain no matter what changes are made. An

alternative transport system is therefore sought

that has the two benefits of the car system and is

free from the problems of the car system. Such a

system is identified, the bicycle supported light rail

system, where the rail system is planned so that

people should go to the stations by bike. By

increasing the radius of accessibility around each

station by three and the area by nine this system

can also lower the amount of rail by to a third, can

assure three times as frequent departures from

each station and can lower the total amount of

stations to a ninth, all compared to regular

collective transport systems.