This article explores how the organisation of urban and transport planning departments affects the development of a sustainable transport system and the promotion of bicycling. Interviews conducted in Stockholm and Copenhagen showed that the organisation of the departments affects the social relations between the planners and creates power relations that either foster or marginalise cycling within planning processes. In Copenhagen, an integrated planning organisation allows for more knowledge exchange between urban, transport, and bicycle planners and creates an environment of understanding for different professional views on planning. However, this is not the case in Stockholm where cycling is marginalised in planning and in the existing infrastructure. This study concludes that the integrated transport and urban planning organisation in Copenhagen promotes cycling more than the less integrated planning organisation in Stockholm. Furthermore, it is concluded that the different organisations have led to different power relations that shape the outcome of the planning processes.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Organisation does matter – planning for cycling in Stockholm and Copenhagen


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2015




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    55.80 Verkehrswesen, Transportwesen: Allgemeines / 74.75 Verkehrsplanung, Verkehrspolitik




    A comparison of cycling cultures in Stockholm and Copenhagen

    Haustein, Sonja / Koglin, Till / Nielsen, Thomas Alexander Sick et al. | Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2020


    MORE ELECTRIC AIRPLANE: CASE STUDY STOCKHOLM - COPENHAGEN

    Johansson, A. / Yildiz, M. / Bertling-Tjernberg, L. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2022


    Planning for bicycling in Copenhagen

    Roerbech, J. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1990


    A politician's and cyclist's visions about cycling in Copenhagen

    Frost, B. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1990