Digital seminar 3 June 10.00: What effect will increased investments in cycling, walking, public transport have on road traffic? On transfer effects and route choices in the long-term planning of the transport system. Full program here >> Full recording of the digital seminar here >> The Swedish Transport Administration's focus material for long-term infrastructure [...]
Here are now previously promised results from a pre-study within the Roadmapper Project that is led by Henrik Ny from the SustainTrans team. With Volvo Cars in Olofström and the planned Southeast Link as an example, we show how a factory, while waiting for an electrified railway connection, can make its transports fossil-free, sustainable [...]
After prestudies, planning and hiring we are now scaling up the Roadmapper project to full speed. We invite all project partners a kickoff meeting on April 15. Agenda: Results from the prestudy and a project start package with more detailed project plan and work routines (full agenda will be posted the week before). The [...]
The SustainTrans Research Team, consisting of researchers from the BTH departments of sustainable development (TISU) and spatial planning (TIFP), is now a member of the UN Habitat universities network. This network is made up of distinguished universities across the globe and conducts various international capacity building activities linked to sustainable development such as webinars, [...]
We are finally staffing up for the new Roadmapper project! A new PhD student position (Doktorand i strategisk hållbar utveckling) has been announced at the BTH website. Applicants should be strong in sustainability and systems dynamics and modeling. They should also have a good command of English and Swedish. There are more requirements but [...]
The Swedish government's restart package takes commendable steps forward but does not deliver climate benefits on a par with what would be possible. Henrik Ny, from SustainTrans, shows how this could be remedied. This opinion piece was published in the Swedish environmental magazine Aktuell Hållbarhet in October 2020. It was a follow-up of Henrik's opinion [...]
SustainTrans member Sven Borén presented at the online International conference on smart transportation and future mobility (CSTFM) the 19th of October 2020 about a process and a catalogue of solutions for cross-border and regional public transport. This study has been realized through the INTERCONNECT project and is the first scientific publication out of two [...]
Want to know more about how current transport systems can be transformed to full sustainability? The SustainTrans team offers a new 7,5 credit distance course in English about how can we transform to sustainable transport system based on renewable sources and efficient use of energy carriers that can comply with principles for a social, ecological, [...]
The Swedish Energy Agency recently decided to give SEK 7.6 million to a SustainTrans research project that focuses on a fast transition to sustainable transport and energy systems.There are more and more goals and roadmaps for transition to a fossil free society, but there are several questions about how it can be done sustainably, coordinated [...]
With Giles Thomson as the lead author, the SustainTrans team and colleagues at TISU have published a paper about a process for rapid scenario planning to Support a Regional Sustainability Transformation Vision. The paper was created based on the learnings in the project with Region Blekinge about exploring scenarios for a regional planning project (to 2050) [...]
