The aim of the project is to develop recommendations for how municipalities and regions can enhance collaboration and establish planning processes that achieve integrated transport and land use planning, in a way that enables the urban nodes along Sweden’s TEN-T network to meet the requirements of the new EU legislation.
The project addresses the following five research questions:
1. What are the organisational conditions, and what promotes or hinders the integration of transport and land use planning between municipalities and regions in functionally cohesive urban and regional areas?
2. How can governance principles and administrative structures be designed to support the integration of transport and land use in functionally cohesive urban and regional areas?
3. What lessons can be drawn from international examples of integrated transport and land use planning in polycentric regions?
4. What support mechanisms are needed from the Swedish Transport Administration within the framework of SUMP work?
5. How can authorities meet the EU’s legal requirement to collect indicators for urban mobility within functional urban areas?