Abstract
The demand for reduced energy consumption this book is based on is not compatible with increased car use in the cities. Rather all six images of the future reduce the daily, short-distance car travel per capita. This would require a clear trend break from the development in Stockholm over the latest century. On the other hand there are many people who live without a car today. This chapter is based in the thought that the experiences of these households can contribute to an understanding of how a city with less car use could function, as well as revealing those times when it is especially difficult to manage without a car.
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Notes
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This chapter is heavily based on Henriksson (2008). Stockholmarnas resvanor – mellan trängselskatt och klimatdebatt (Travel habits of Stockholmers – between congestion charging and climate debate), 2008.
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Sandqvist, K. and Kriström, S. Getting along without a family car, 2001, p. 9.
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The conversations that follow were taped, but there are no careful notes. The tapes, notes and transcriptions are currently archived at the author’s offices.
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Steen, P. et al. Färder i framtiden (Travel in the future), 1997.
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Tillberg, K. Barnfamiljers dagliga fritidsresor i bilsamhället (Daily free time travel for families with children in a car society), 2001.
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Andréasson, H. Resenärer i bilsamhället (Travelers in a car society), 2000.
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This demonstrates that the existence of external shopping centers can reinforce the need for a car on a micro level. Department stores that in this way create the traffic can reasonably be said to share responsibility with the authorities that have approved the placement.
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Andréasson 2000; Waldo, Å. Staden och resandet: mötet mellan planering och vardagsliv (Urban travel: a conjunction of planning and daily life), 2002.
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Ibid., p. 158.
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Ibid., p. 158.
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Ibid., p. 159.
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However, Waldo takes the examples for this from those who have access to a car and these do not occur in this study.
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Sandqvist and Kriström 2001, p. 19.
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 Ibid., p. 114.
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Grahn, W. Liv utan bil – en livsstilstudie av bilfria barnfamiljer (Life without cars – a lifestyle study of families with children and no car), 1995, pp. 5–7.
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Waldo 2002, pp. 185–189.
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Henriksson G. Hållbart vardagsliv (Sustainable everyday living), 2004, pp. 64–66.
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Sandqvist, K. Bilens attraktionskraft (The attraction of cars), 1998.
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Höjer, M., Gullberg, A., Pettersson, R. (2011). Suburban and Inner City Families with Children and No Car. In: Images of the Future City. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0653-8_29
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