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Transit Safety for a Sustainable City: People, Paths and Places in Railway Stations
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Urban Planning and Environment, Urban and Regional Studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5302-1698
Södertörn University, Huddinge, Sweden. (STF)ORCID iD: 0009-0003-9627-1402
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Urban Planning and Environment, Urban and Regional Studies.
2025 (English)Book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This open access book paves the way for transformative strategies that increase the role of railway stations and other related transit environments in contributing to the global goals for sustainable development (the UN’s sustainability goals in Agenda 2030). Drawing on insights from a Swedish case, this book adopts a systems thinking approach to investigate how environments impact transit safety and provide strategies to address the diverse safety needs of users. The study employs a mixed-methods approach, including field inspections, analysis of official data, questionnaire surveys, and interviews. These data sources are analysed using statistical techniques, GIS mapping, and regression modelling. Building on these findings, the book also critically examines how future railway station designs are currently being planned to enhance accessibility and safety. This book answers the following questions: Why are certain station environments perceived as more unsafe than others, even though fewer crimes are committed there? Why do different groups of travelers differ about victimization and safety? From a governance perspective, what would make these places safer? What are the patterns of victimization of vulnerable groups, such as women and individuals with disabilities? The findings have international resonance as this book demonstrates the connection between safety and sustainability, offering useful insights and recommendations for researchers, practitioners and policymakers committed to shaping safer, more inclusive transit environments.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham: Springer Nature, 2025, 1. , p. 264
Series
Sustainable Development Goals Series, ISSN 2523-3084, E-ISSN 2523-3092
Keywords [en]
transit, crime, public transportation, systems thinking
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Social Sciences
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Transport Science, Transport Systems; Architecture, Urban Design; Urban and Regional Planning; Sustainability studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-376753DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-97427-4Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105020803109OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-376753DiVA, id: diva2:2038595
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Trafikverket
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Swedish Transport Administration
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Part of ISBN 978-3-031-97427-4; 978-3-031-97429-8

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Available from: 2026-02-14 Created: 2026-02-14 Last updated: 2026-02-16Bibliographically approved

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