Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Sweden

Five Key Lessons From Europe’s Vision Zero Success

By Leah Shahum | Jun 10, 2015 | No Comments

Cross-posted from the Vision Zero Network From the moment that Vision Zero began capturing attention in American cities, we’ve heard many admiring references to its success in Europe, particularly in its birthplace of Sweden. I’m fortunate to have the opportunity to research those experiences and their lessons for the growing number of American communities working […]

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Exploring the Streets of Stockholm

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 24, 2015 | No Comments

In 2014, I got the chance to visit Stockholm near the end of an incredibly hot summer. It’s a charming and walkable place with a downtown buzzing with people. There’s an easygoing rhythm to the city. After dark the pedestrian streets fill with both residents and tourists out for a walk, even after most stores and restaurants close. I met up with a great mix of […]

Streetfilms: Talking Traffic Safety at the Home of Vision Zero

By Brad Aaron | Aug 11, 2014 | No Comments

Clarence Eckerson shot this great interview with Mary Beth Kelly of Families for Safe Streets and Claes Tingvall, director of traffic safety for the Swedish Transport Administration. On Queen Street in Stockholm, a car-free plaza once “choked” with vehicle traffic, and standing within sight of the parliament building where Vision Zero took shape in the […]

Free Public Transit?

By Chris Carlsson | Dec 7, 2009 | 26 Comments

A crowded moment in the Tunnelbana, Stockholm, Sweden’s efficient and easy public subway system. In Stockholm, Sweden, a fascinating political intervention has been taking place during the past few years. Starting originally around 2000-2001 in an anarcho-syndicalist youth organization, Planka.nu is a surprisingly innovative and effective transit activist group. Today it is still an entirely […]