Targets for cycling

The plan wants urban planning that avoids car dependency and expanded, cheaper and more accessible sustainable mobility throughout the country, which aligns with an ambitious national cycling target. The plan also requires that climate targets are tied to concrete, quantified commitments. Cycling is not mentioned explicitly, but the targets' direction follows from these commitments.

• avoid car dependencydecisive»Vi vill se en samhällsplanering som så långt som möjligt undviker« (party programme ↗)“We want to see urban planning that as far as possible avoids”
• expanded sustainable mobility»För att såväl öka alla människors rörelsefrihet som för att minska utsläppen av växthusgaser så behöver även kollektivtrafiken byggas ut och göras billigare och mer tillgänglig i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In order to both increase all people's freedom of movement and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, public transport must also be expanded and made cheaper and more accessible throughout the country.”
• quantified climate targets»Vi vill att regeringen arbetar med en utsläppsbudget som knyter ihop« (party programme ↗)“We want the government to work with an emissions budget that ties together”
• transition immediately»Omställningen behöver ske omgående och alla politiska beslut behöver ta hänsyn till den akuta kris som vi befinner oss i.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The transition needs to happen immediately and all political decisions need to take into account the acute crisis we are facing.”

The plan commits the party to transform transport systems towards more walking, cycling and public transport and to make it possible to live and travel climate-friendly. An ambitious national cycling target, with safety, capacity and regional cycling commuting, is a means for precisely that transformation. The plan, however, sets no cycling target of its own, so the position is derived.

• transformation towards cyclingdecisive»Transportsystemen ska läggas om för mer gång-, cykel- och kollektivtrafik« (party programme ↗)“Transport systems shall be transformed for more walking, cycling and public transport”
• climate-friendly travel»Gör det möjligt att leva och resa klimatvänligt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it possible to live and travel climate-friendly.”
• fixed climate framework»Det klimatpolitiska ramverket ska ligga fast.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The climate policy framework shall remain in place.”
• transport-efficient living environments»framtidsinriktat stadsbyggande som skapar integrerade, variationsrika och transportsnåla« (party programme ↗)“future-oriented urban development that creates integrated, varied and transport-efficient”

The election manifesto promises to reduce car driving in major cities and promote walking, cycling and public transport and more and better cycle paths. The party programme wants the society to prioritise pedestrian and cycle traffic in urban environments and adapt the regulatory frameworks to these traffic modes. An ambitious national goal for increased cycling, with safety and regional commute planning, is thus in line with the plan's commitments.

• promote cycling before carsdecisive»minska bilåkandet i storstäderna och främja gång-, cykel- och kollektivtrafik.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“reduce car driving in major cities and promote walking, cycling and public transport.”
• prioritised cycle traffic in urban areas»När det gäller persontransporter i stads- och tätortsmiljö vill vi att samhället ska prioritera en väl utbyggd kollektivtrafik och gång- och cykeltrafik.« (party programme ↗)“When it comes to person transport in urban and built-up environments we want society to prioritise a well-built-out public transport system and pedestrian and cycle traffic.”
• more and better cycle paths»Med utbyggd tåg- och kollektivtrafik, bättre tågförbindelser till Europa, fler och bättre cykelvägar och billigare elbilar, kommer du både kunna pendla och upptäcka världen med omsorg om vår planet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“With built-out rail and public transport, better rail connections to Europe, more and better cycle paths and cheaper electric cars, you will both be able to commute and discover the world with care for our planet.”
• transport emissions must reduce»Transporterna står idag för en tredjedel av Sveriges klimatutsläpp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Transport today accounts for a third of Sweden's climate emissions.”

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The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The election manifesto promises better access to cycle paths throughout the country and that it shall be simple to choose away the car in favour of cycle, at the same time as transport emissions shall be gone. An ambitious national cycling goal with regard to safety, capacity and regional planning lies in line with these commitments. The plan does however not speak about the form of goal steering, therefore the support is derived rather than explicit.

• better cycle paths throughout the countrydecisive»Landsbygden behöver bättre vägar och bättre tillgång till cykelvägar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The countryside needs better roads and better access to cycle paths.”
• facilitate car-free travel choices»Det ska dessutom vara smidigt att välja bort bilen till förmån för tåg, buss, båt och cykel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall moreover be simple to choose away the car in favour of train, bus, boat and cycle.”
• more attractive cycling in cities»Utsläppsfria transporter, cyklar, elbilar och kollektivtrafik ska bli smidigare och attraktivare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Emission-free transport, cycles, electric cars and public transport shall become simpler and more attractive.”
• emission-free transport»Transporternas utsläpp ska bort och ny utsläppsfri infrastruktur ska komma på plats.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Transport emissions shall be gone and new emission-free infrastructure shall come into place.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that cycling is an efficient and environmentally friendly transport mode and that expansion of coherent cycle routes shall be facilitated, while fossil emissions from the transport sector must go. This supports the counter-proposal's requirement for an ambitious national cycling goal with safety, capacity and regional planning perspective. The plan is however skeptical of measures that stop at symbolic politics without emission effect.

• cycling shall be promoteddecisive»Cykling är ett effektivt och miljövänligt transportslag för främst kortare resor.« (party programme ↗)“Cycling is an efficient and environmentally friendly transport mode for primarily shorter trips.”
• emission-free transport»Fossilutsläppen från transportsektorn ska bort.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Fossil emissions from the transport sector must go.”
• less private car use in cities»I städer med trängsel- eller miljöproblem bör nyttotrafik och kollektivtrafik ges större utrymme« (party programme ↗)“In cities with congestion or environmental problems, commercial traffic and public transport should be given more space”
• effect before symbolic politics»ny teknik och tillväxt i stället för plakatpolitik och nya symbolskatter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“new technology and growth instead of poster politics and new symbolic taxes”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme emphasizes the bicycle as an important daily transport mode and that bicycle-promoting infrastructure has several advantages, and that alternatives to road transport should be developed. An ambitious national target for increased cycling follows from these commitments and from the fact that environmental considerations shall permeate all policy areas. However, the plan does not mention national cycling goals as such, and the election manifesto prioritizes roads and car dependency outside the major cities, which makes the support weak.

• bicycle-promoting infrastructuredecisive»Fördelarna med en cykelfrämjande infrastruktur är flera« (party programme ↗)“The advantages of bicycle-promoting infrastructure are several”
• develop alternatives to road transport»Alternativen till vägtransporter ska utvecklas« (party programme ↗)“Alternatives to road transport shall be developed”
• environmental consideration in all policy»Hållbar utveckling förutsätter att ekologi, ekonomi och sociala hänsyn integreras.« (party programme ↗)“Sustainable development requires that ecology, economy and social considerations are integrated.”
• car dependency outside major cities»Vi ser den som bor utanför storstäderna och är beroende av sin bil.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We see those who live outside major cities and are dependent on their car.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's transport policy is built on electrification, upgraded railways and passable roads, not on new national targets for individual modes of transport. Cycling is not mentioned in any commitment, and the plan explicitly warns against climate policy that stops at symbolic acts. A new ambitious national cycling target therefore lies outside the line the plan stakes out.

• electrification of transportdecisive»Vår politik syftar därför till att ställa om transportsektorn genom elektrifiering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our policy therefore aims to transform the transport sector through electrification.”
• no to symbolic politics»Klimatpolitiken får aldrig reduceras till dyrbar symbolpolitik eller snäv klimatnationalism.« (party programme ↗)“Climate policy must never be reduced to expensive symbolic politics or narrow climate nationalism.”
• prioritize existing infrastructure»Rusta upp dagens järnväg i stället för att satsa på höghastighetståg som riskerar att vara omoderna redan innan de är klara« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Upgrade today's railways instead of investing in high-speed trains that risk becoming outdated before they are even finished”
• upgraded roads»Laga Sveriges vägar så att du kan komma fram säkert och i tid« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Fix Sweden's roads so you can get there safely and on time”

The election manifesto's transport policy is based on infrastructure policy being built around ordinary people's everyday life and funds being directed to upgrading existing roads and railways across all transport modes. The counter-proposal's climate motives are met in the plan by the requirement for cost-effective climate policy with global perspective, not by new national sub-targets. A particularly ambitious national cycling target thus has no support in the plan and lies close to the urban-focused symbolic politics the plan distances itself from.

• everyday infrastructure policydecisive»infrastrukturpolitiken i högre grad bör utgå från vanliga människors behov och vardag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“infrastructure policy should to a greater extent be based on ordinary people's needs and everyday life”
• upgrades before new projects»Sverigedemokraterna vill rikta om prestigesatsningar på höghastighetståg till snabbare och mer trängande behov av att rusta upp transportinfrastrukturen inom alla trafikslag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats wish to redirect prestige investments in high-speed rail to faster and more pressing transport infrastructure needs across all transport modes.”
• cost-effective climate policy»Bedriva en effektiv klimatpolitik med ett tydligt globalt perspektiv« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct efficient climate policy with a clear global perspective”
• rejects urban symbolic politics»en aggressiv och storstadsfokuserad symbolpolitik« (2022 manifesto ↗)“an aggressive and urban-focused symbolic politics”