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Headings denoted with an asterisk ( * ) is retrieved from the course syllabus version Spring 2023
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
The course focuses on planning for cycling and how preconditions for cycling can be promoted through different efforts connected to e.g. planning, better coordination or strengthened incentives.
On basis of knowledge from theory and practice, the potential for an increased role of cycling in travelling are discussed as well as the promotion of cycling among underrepresented target groups.
The first session in the course consists of lectures, literature seminars and practical examples, and takes place in June. In this session, the course participants prepare a plan for the project work that is carried out during the summer and be presented in the second half of August.
Occasions for supervision of the project work are offered at designated occasions during the summer semester.
Intended learning outcomes
After passing the course, the participant should be able to:
Discuss cycling from a mobility perspective and reflect on how gender, socio-cultural, economic factors influence individuals' and social groups' preconditions to use the bike to meet mobility needs.
Analyse the transport system and its infrastructure, and discuss based on the analysis how the planning of the built environment can be adjusted to create better conditions for cycling.
Analyse decision-making at different levels that applies to cycling and discuss the potential to improve cooperation between different actors and functions in order to promotecycling among different social groups and in different places.
Develop a plan to promote the role of cycling in local and regional travels that takes into consideration local preconditions and different target groups' needs and premises.
Learning activities
The course explores cycling promotion strategies and measures through long-term planning and how these can contribute to increased cycling cities. As part of this, the conditions for cycling in general and the planned work to strengthen the role of cycling for local and regional travel are studied. Following learning activities are included in the course:
Lectures from practitioners and researchers that address contemporary practices for enhancing cycling in various settings and highlight perspectives on different focus groups and needs.
Field exercises to investigate qualities and challenges related to the design and use of existing infrastructure
Literature seminar that deepens the understanding of obstacles and opportunities for promoting cycling from an international perspective.
Individual essay that elabortate on a specific theme using the course literature.
Project assignment in which students will conduct an own study, either individually or in pairs, using the knowledge and skills from the course.
Detailed plan
The course is offered in English, but depending on the language skills among students, we will switch to Swedish. However, some of the lectures will be in Swedish. The preliminary schedule for the lecture series, exercises and literature is presented below. During the summer, students will work on the project assignment and the individual written assignment. Submission for both assignments is 18 August 6 pm. For the presentation of the project assignment students have to sign up for a slot on 21-23 August.
The venue of the course will be the Lounge, Teknikringen 10B at the main KTH campus. If case of valid reasons, we can arrange participation through zoom (except study visits).
For admitted students, all information about the course is available on KTH's course platform Canvas.
Date
Time
Topic
Lecturer
Mon 12 June
10.00 - 10.30
Course introduction
Peter Brokking - KTH
10.45 - 12.00
Biking cities development
Martin Emanuel - KTH
13.15 - 14.00
Municipal strategies
Henrik Söderström - City of Stockholm
14.15 - ca 17
Field study primary cycling corridors in the city of Stockholm
Tue 13 June
9.15 - 12.00
Planning local and regional cycling infrastructure
Björn Sax Kaijser, Joel Kyläkorpi and Aleksi Kinnunen - Sweco
13.15 - 15.00
Commuting to work
Peter Schantz - Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences
Wed 14 June
10.15 - 12.00
Street experiment - examples of experiments
Towards transition
Practical example: cycling street
Practical example: Norrtullsgatan
Martin Emanuel and Nima Karimzadeh - KTH Henrik Söderström - City of Stockholm
13.15 - 15.00
Street experiment - methods
Traffic - flows and velocity
Visit - Urban life analysis
Experience - Ethnografic study / Bikealong
Interaction - Ethno-methodology
Martin Emanuel, Nima Karimzadeh and Jenny Lindblad - KTH Theo Bratt - City of Stockholm Daniel Nordmark - Uppsala University
15.15 - 17.00
Street experiment - preparation of field visit and supervision
Thu 15 June
9-12
Individual reading for literature seminar
13.00 - 17.00
Street experiment - field study
Fri 16 June
9.15 - 12.00
Street experiment - compiling results
13.15-16.00
Literature seminar
Peter Brokking - KTH
Mon 19 June
9.15 -12.00
Street experiment - presentations and discussion
13.15 - 14.30
TBC
Fariya Sharmeen - KTH
14.45-16.00
Governing urban transformations: Cycling in the cities of the future
Daniel Valentini - SLU
Tue 20 June
9.15 - 10.45
Biking for all – how to reach underrepresented groups
Mats Järnhammar - People and Planet
11.00 - 12.00
Cycling from a sustainability perspective
Lena Levin - VTI
13.15 - 14.30
TBD
TBC
Wed 21 June
9.15 - 17.00
Individual project assignment - supervision
Martin Emanuel and Peter Brokking - KTH
Preparations before course start
Literature
The main course book is: Heinen, E., & Gotschi, T. (2022). Cycling (E. Heinen & T. Gotschi, Eds.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Academic Press (available as E-book through KTH Library).
Additional readings will be posted on Canvas.
Support for students with disabilities
Students at KTH with a permanent disability can get support during studies from Funka:
SEM1 - Seminar, 3.0 credits, Grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
The section below is not retrieved from the course syllabus:
To receive a passing grade, students need fulfil the following requirements:
Attend the literature seminar and submit an individual essay that elaborate on a theme using the course literature (SEM1 - Seminar, 3.0 credits)
Conduct a project assignment, either individually or in pairs, submit a report and present the study at the seminar at the end of the course (PRO1 - Project, 3.0 credits)
Other requirements for final grade
To pass the course, 75% attendance at all scheduled activities is required.
Ethical approach
All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
