The Morphological Effect of Public Transportation Systems on Cities: Urban Analysis of Transit-Oriented Developments (TOD) in Swedish Cities

The architecture and urban design generate, hinder and facilitate urban flows; produce frontages, exit and entrance in urban environments; create and stockpile network and spatial capital. The morphological effect on cities is analyzed though historical changes in the physical form of cities caused by public transportation systems. The European cities historically unfolded around public transportation stops and stations during the industrialization. Urban cores or corridors created then stayed until today as relics of that age. These artifacts are explored in Swedish cities to understand how public transportation shapes cities. These consistencies in urban design and form can be crucial for implementing policies of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in Europe and around the world.