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Sustainable mobility policy on a rural-urban spectrum: exploring spatial differentiation within the Swedish context
School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (HumUS), Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (HumUS), Örebro University; Center for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund University, Örebro, Sweden.
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Regional Science (CERUM). Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7179-347X
2025 (English)In: European Planning Studies, ISSN 0965-4313, E-ISSN 1469-5944Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

The continued reliance on cars presents a challenge for sustainable mobility policy. A wide range of approaches exists to address this issue, from promoting more sustainable vehicle options to replacing cars altogether. However, national sustainable mobility policies related to car use often suffer from spatial blindness – which implies a limited contextual differentiation based on the specific characteristics of the area in which they are implemented. Enhancing policy differentiation may improve policy effectiveness. The aim of this paper is to systematically review the literature on sustainable mobility policies and explore practical approaches to achieving greater policy differentiation, using Sweden as a pilot case. Our findings suggest that existing sustainable mobility policies, typically based on a common urbanrural distinction, can be adapted to a spatially differentiated spectrum that considers variations in population density. This study contributes a practice-oriented perspective to the discussion on policy differentiation, articulated through a policy model that integrates quantitative analysis and a literature review. Additionally, it provides a review of potential sustainable mobility policy measures and examines their applicability across different spatial contexts.

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Routledge, 2025.
Keywords [en]
Sustainable mobility, personal vehicles, car use, policy differentiation, electric vehicles, Sweden
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Economic Geography Human Geography Transport Systems and Logistics
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Social and Economic Geography; sustainable development
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-241903DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2025.2525486OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-241903DiVA, id: diva2:1981223
Available from: 2025-07-03 Created: 2025-07-03 Last updated: 2025-07-04

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