passagebehov
Passagebehov is a planning concept used in Swedish land- and transport planning to denote the need for passage or access through a given area. It concerns the movement of people and goods and the associated requirements for routes, corridors, and crossing points that enable safe, efficient, and equitable mobility. The concept is applied early in the planning process to ensure that future developments maintain or improve connectivity between residential areas, workplaces, services, and recreational destinations, as well as to secure the viability of transit and freight movement.
How passagebehov is determined varies by context but typically relies on travel demand analysis, origin–destination data,
Application of passagebehov informs decisions on where to allocate space for roads, pedestrian and cycling networks,
See also: urban planning, transportation planning, mobility, accessibility.