Sundsvall Peer review documents Final presentation from Sundsvall Peer review Sustainable Urban Transport Plan - Sundsvall (SVE) Pilot Action Pilot action evaluation report - Park & Ride (ENG) Park & Ride The possibilities for travel and transport in the municipality are very important for its development . Another important fact is the integration of different modes of transport.Parking places at bus stops and railway stations are important for increasing the possibilities of mobility to the working places fast and in environmental friendly way. In strategic places at cross roads and junctions parking places for park & ride are needed. More than 70% of all trips in Sundsvall are made by car. This is more than in the other Swedish cities that have comparable size. Many people in the suburban areas go to the centre by car instead of using public transport. In the suburban areas people’s access to public transport services is limited. If we could arrange parking-places in the suburban centres, their trip with the car could be shorter and the problem in the centre of Sundsvall, with congestion, bad air quality and so on would decrease. Furthermore it can provide a possibility to reduce transport costs which is rather high for people who need the car to get to their work. In many families they must have two cars. The aim of the pilot project is to change the fuel in the buses from ordinary diesel to synthetic diesel. The synthetic diesel is cleaner than diesel with 8% reduction of NOx, 30% reduction of particles and 90% reduction of harmful substances. It's fully mixable with ordinary diesel. It works in ordinary diesel vehicles with the same, or less, consumption. The expected outcome will be a cleaner environment. We will have a reduction of air pollution in the centre of Sundsvall and the bus will be a environmental-friendly alternative to the private car.
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