The Zero Vision

The plan requires that all political decisions take account of the climate crisis and lifts cleaner city air as a goal in itself. The counter-proposal's requirement that the traffic safety goal also contributes to environmental and health goals follows from that stance, as does the plan's view of healthcare as part of broader public health work. The plan also wants to expand public transport to reduce emissions.

• climate consideration in all decisionsdecisive»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 account of the acute crisis we find ourselves in.”
• cleaner city air»Renare storstadsluft, billig och fungerande tåg- och kollektivtrafik.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Cleaner city air, cheap and working train and public transport.”
• broad public health perspective»Vården behöver ses som en del i det bredare arbetet med folkhälsa.« (party programme ↗)“Healthcare needs to be seen as part of the broader work on public health.”
• expanded public transport»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 ↗)“To both increase all people's freedom of movement and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, public transport also needs to be expanded and made cheaper and more accessible across the country.”

The party programme demands a climate perspective at all levels of decision-making and decision-taking as well as a toxic-free environment with clean air throughout Sweden. The counter-proposal's demand that traffic's goals should also include particles, noise and emissions follows directly from that line, since these damages affect public health. The plan's goal of equitable public health reinforces the conclusion.

• climate perspective in all decisionsdecisive»Klimatperspektiv på alla nivåer av beslut och beslutsfattande.« (party programme ↗)“A climate perspective at all levels of decision-making and decision-taking.”
• clean air and toxic-free environment»Giftfri miljö med ren luft och rent vatten i hela Sverige.« (party programme ↗)“Toxic-free environment with clean air and clean water throughout Sweden.”
• public health as a political goal»Jämlik och jämställd folkhälsa.« (party programme ↗)“Equitable and equal public health.”

The plan explicitly establishes that air pollution and particulates from traffic are a serious health threat and that national targets need to meet WHO guidelines. Thus, it sees traffic's health effects as a goal and governance problem, not as something already adequately handled elsewhere. Broadening traffic policy's goals to include environmental and health effects follows directly from this.

• stricter national air targetsdecisive»nationella mål behöver nå upp till Världshälsoorganisationens riktlinjer« (party programme ↗)“national targets need to meet World Health Organization guidelines”
• particulates threaten health»Luftföroreningar och farliga partiklar är ett allvarligt hot mot människors hälsa« (party programme ↗)“Air pollution and dangerous particulates are a serious threat to people's health”
• car-centredness causes poor health»Hittills har samhällsplaneringen ofta varit bilcentrerad, vilket skapar utsläpp, trängsel« (party programme ↗)“So far, urban planning has often been car-centred, which creates emissions, congestion”
• reduce traffic emissions»Trafikens utsläpp måste minska om vi ska ha en chans att klara klimatmålen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Traffic emissions must decrease if we are to have a chance of meeting climate targets.”

The counter-proposal wants transport policy's goals also to bear environmental and health considerations like particles, noise and emissions. The election manifesto makes exactly this a core issue: transport emissions shall be eliminated and cities' transport shall become emissions-free. The party programme makes clean air and poison-free environment a fundamental right, which supports including health effects of traffic in the goal.

• eliminate transport emissionsdecisive»Transporternas utsläpp ska bort och ny utsläppsfri infrastruktur ska komma på plats.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Transport emissions shall be eliminated and new emissions-free infrastructure put in place.”
• clean air as a right»Tillgång till rent vatten, ren luft och giftfri miljö är en fundamental rätt för alla människor« (party programme ↗)“Access to clean water, clean air and a poison-free environment is a fundamental right for all people”
• emissions-free city transport»Sveriges städer ska bli grönare. Utsläppsfria transporter, cyklar, elbilar och kollektivtrafik ska bli smidigare och attraktivare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden's cities shall become greener. Emissions-free transport, bicycles, electric cars and public transport shall become easier and more attractive.”
• traffic safety for all road users»göra dem mer trafiksäkra för alla trafikanter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“make them safer for all road users”

The plan states that dependence on fossil fuels must be broken and that all transport modes shall bear their climate costs, and that utility traffic and public transport in cities with environmental problems shall be given greater scope at the expense of private motoring. Transport's health and environmental damage is thus an stated part of the party's transport policy. This speaks in favour of the counter-proposal's requirement that the goal shall also contribute to environmental and health goals.

• environmental consideration in urban trafficdecisive»I städer med trängsel- eller miljöproblem bör nyttotrafik och kollektivtrafik ges större utrymme på bekostnad av privatbilism.« (party programme ↗)“In cities with congestion or environmental problems, utility traffic and public transport should be given greater scope at the expense of private motoring.”
• transport bears its environmental costs»Beroendet av fossila bränslen måste brytas och alla transportslag måste stå för sina klimatkostnader.« (party programme ↗)“Dependence on fossil fuels must be broken and all transport modes must bear their climate costs.”
• eliminate transport emissions»Fossilutsläppen från transportsektorn ska bort.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Transport emissions must be eliminated.”
• environmental fees in traffic»Detta görs genom god stadsplanering och miljöavgifter, t.ex. trängselavgifter, som ska beslutas på lokal eller regional nivå och vars avgifter ska stanna på regional nivå.« (party programme ↗)“This is done through good urban planning and environmental fees, such as congestion charges, which shall be decided at local or regional level and whose fees shall remain at regional level.”

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 states that transport burdens the human living environment through health-harmful emissions, intrusion into nature and noise, and that these negative impact factors must decrease. According to the plan, policy should lay the foundation for both safe and environmentally friendly communications, which is close to the counter-proposal's broader vision. At the same time, the plan adheres to a zero vision especially for deaths and serious injuries, which makes the support cautious.

• transport's health and environmental burdendecisive»Trafiken utgör också en belastning för människans livsmiljö genom hälsovådliga utsläpp, intrång i naturmiljön, buller samt olyckor.« (party programme ↗)“Transport also burdens the human living environment through health-harmful emissions, intrusion into nature, noise and accidents.”
• reduce transport's negative impact»Dessa negativa påverkansfaktorer måste minska för att inte lägga hinder i vägen för planeringen av infrastruktur, bostadsbyggande och annan stadsutveckling.« (party programme ↗)“These negative impact factors must decrease in order not to hinder the planning of infrastructure, housing construction and other urban development.”
• safe and environmentally friendly communications»Politiken ska lägga grunden för effektiva, säkra och miljövänliga kommunikationer« (party programme ↗)“Policy shall lay the foundation for effective, safe and environmentally friendly communications”
• zero vision for deaths and serious injuries»Det är viktigt med en nollvision för dödsfall och svåra skador i trafiken.« (party programme ↗)“A zero vision for deaths and serious injuries in transport is important.”

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 requires that environmental and climate policy be clear, effective and marked by precision, and warns against policy that becomes symbolic. To broaden the traffic safety goal to also encompass noise, particles and emissions makes the goal less precise without in itself reducing either emissions or deaths. The plan's transport policy commitment is that roads shall be passable and safe, while emissions shall be reduced through electrification.

• clear and effective climate policydecisive»Klimatpolitiken ska vara tydlig och effektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Climate policy shall be clear and effective.”
• no 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.”
• safe roads»Laga Sveriges vägar så att du kan komma fram säkert och i tid« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Fix Sweden's roads so you can get forward safely and on time”
• electrification reduces emissions»Vår politik syftar därför till att ställa om transportsektorn genom elektrifiering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our policy therefore aims to restructure the transport sector through electrification.”

The counter-proposal wants to broaden the traffic safety goal to also include environmental and health targets such as particulates, noise and emissions. The plan's key commitment on transport is opposite: symbol politics that comes at the expense of business and mobility shall be stopped, all modes of transport including cars are needed, and it is wrong to tax certain modes of transport heavily when no alternatives exist. Broadening the goal gives precisely such environmental reasons greater weight against road traffic. Therefore the plan speaks against the counter-proposal's demands.

• stop symbol politicsdecisive»Stoppa symbolpolitik som går ut över möjligheten att bedriva industri och näring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop symbol politics that comes at the expense of the possibility to conduct industry and commerce.”
• all transport modes needed»Sverigedemokraterna anser att samtliga transportslag, inklusive bil och flyg, är viktiga för att samhället ska fungera.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats believe that all modes of transport, including cars and aviation, are important for society to function.”
• don't punish car dependence»Att ensidigt beskatta vissa trafikslag extremt hårt slår mot dem som saknar alternativ till bilen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To unilaterally tax certain modes of transport extremely heavily strikes at those who lack alternatives to the car.”
• fact-based environmental policy»Miljöpolitiken måste alltid stämmas av mot nya rön i forskningen och baseras på fakta framför känslor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Environmental policy must always be attuned to new findings in research and be based on facts ahead of feelings.”