Shopping Centres, Cycling Accessibility and Planning—The Case of Nova Lund in Sweden
This paper evaluates the history and cycling accessibility of Nova, a shopping centre established in Lund, Sweden, in 2002. The current situation was also analysed through observation and a literature review. Moreover, the study conducted a closer analysis of the history and role of the municipality...
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| description | This paper evaluates the history and cycling accessibility of Nova, a shopping centre established in Lund, Sweden, in 2002. The current situation was also analysed through observation and a literature review. Moreover, the study conducted a closer analysis of the history and role of the municipality based on further literature study and interviews with officials. The conclusion of the analysis indicates poor and unsafe bikeways caused by conflicts of interest between politicians, officials, landowners and the general public. It also depicts a situation in which the municipality’s master plan has been ignored, and, in contrast to the local goals, cycling accessibility at Nova has seen no significant improvement since the shopping centre was first established. The reasons for this, arguably, are a relatively low budget for bikeway improvements in the municipality, as well as a situation in which decision-makers have stopped approaching the subject, as a result of the long and often boisterous conflicts it has created in the past. Lastly, it must be noted that it is easy to regard the whole process of Nova, from its establishment to the current situation, as being symptomatic of the power structures between drivers and cyclists that still affect decision-makers at all levels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b9768d79c7d4fb7af7a4b8eac0c6de02023-11-20T23:30:21ZengMDPI AGUrban Science2413-88512020-12-01447010.3390/urbansci4040070Shopping Centres, Cycling Accessibility and Planning—The Case of Nova Lund in SwedenTill Koglin0Lucas Glasare1Department of Technology and Society, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, SwedenDepartment of Traffic Planning, Ramböll, 104 62 Stockholm, SwedenThis paper evaluates the history and cycling accessibility of Nova, a shopping centre established in Lund, Sweden, in 2002. The current situation was also analysed through observation and a literature review. Moreover, the study conducted a closer analysis of the history and role of the municipality based on further literature study and interviews with officials. The conclusion of the analysis indicates poor and unsafe bikeways caused by conflicts of interest between politicians, officials, landowners and the general public. It also depicts a situation in which the municipality’s master plan has been ignored, and, in contrast to the local goals, cycling accessibility at Nova has seen no significant improvement since the shopping centre was first established. The reasons for this, arguably, are a relatively low budget for bikeway improvements in the municipality, as well as a situation in which decision-makers have stopped approaching the subject, as a result of the long and often boisterous conflicts it has created in the past. Lastly, it must be noted that it is easy to regard the whole process of Nova, from its establishment to the current situation, as being symptomatic of the power structures between drivers and cyclists that still affect decision-makers at all levels.https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/4/4/70cycling accessibilitycycling infrastructureplanningcycling mobility |
| spellingShingle | Till Koglin Lucas Glasare Shopping Centres, Cycling Accessibility and Planning—The Case of Nova Lund in Sweden Urban Science cycling accessibility cycling infrastructure planning cycling mobility |
| title | Shopping Centres, Cycling Accessibility and Planning—The Case of Nova Lund in Sweden |
| title_full | Shopping Centres, Cycling Accessibility and Planning—The Case of Nova Lund in Sweden |
| title_fullStr | Shopping Centres, Cycling Accessibility and Planning—The Case of Nova Lund in Sweden |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shopping Centres, Cycling Accessibility and Planning—The Case of Nova Lund in Sweden |
| title_short | Shopping Centres, Cycling Accessibility and Planning—The Case of Nova Lund in Sweden |
| title_sort | shopping centres cycling accessibility and planning the case of nova lund in sweden |
| topic | cycling accessibility cycling infrastructure planning cycling mobility |
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