In this master thesis an availability analysis from a genderperspective of the public transport net in Uppsala, Sweden, has beencarried out. The current public transport net as well as plannedadditions, including tram and commuter train, have been subject tothe analysis. The overall aim of the thesis was to examine how theplanned tram and commuter train would affect equality, and morespecifically the even distribution of the unpaid care and house work.This was simplified to imply at least equal availability to units ofreproduction, which were represented by preschools, elementaryschools, grocery stores, health centers and hospitals, compared tounits of production, which were represented by companies with morethan 100 employees. Average travel times from different residential areas in the city ofUppsala to units of production were computed, and compared withaverage travel times to units of reproduction. Moreover, theproportion of units of production and reproduction within ten minutesdistance of the tram and commuter train stops respectively, wascalculated and compared. The analysis was carried out with theNetwork Analyst extension of the geographical information systemsprogram ArcGIS. The results show that the average travel times were 0.20 minutesshorter in favor of the units of production before the implementationof the tram and commuter train, whereas the average travel times were0.57 minutes shorter in favor of the units of reproductionafterwards. The proportion of units of production within ten minutesdistance of the tram and commuter train stops was 20%, whereas theproportion of units of reproduction was 30%. Hence, the availability increases more for units of reproduction thanfor units of production. Based on the results of this study as wellas gender research on mobility, the planned infrastructure projectwould be beneficial from an equality point of view, regarding theeven distribution of the unpaid care and house work.

There are many barriers and obstacles that need to be removed to make the urban environment more accessible for people with disabilities. There are currently no adequate tools for urban planners to assess and address these obstacles. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) provide powerful methods for the visualization and analysis of spatial data, including the kind of data important in studies of accessibility. This study suggests a method urban planners can use to identify accessibility obstacles and to propose future actions to fix them. A literature review was conducted to find out what has been done and what is new regarding the accessibility issues. Different methods were evaluated which in turn led to the construction of a multi-step analytical strategy. The proposed method identifies how urban planners can best work with accessibility issues given existing tools and where there is potential for even further improvement in areas such as data collection. Data only has value when it is used and if it is kept up-to-date. Web services or mobile applications would help municipalities receive and share information about obstacles with local residents, especially the disabled. / Stadsmiljön är i dagsläget inte anpassad för alla individer och innehåller många hinder. En del av dessa hinder räknas som så kallade enkelt avhjälpta hinder (EAH) och ska enligt regeringsbeslut åtgärdas. Det saknas ett verktyg för kommunala planerare att arbeta med tillgänglighetsanpassning där hindren visas på ett tydligt sätt. Geografiska informationssystem (GIS) är ett kraftfullt verktyg för visualisering och analysering och kan användas för att göra analyser av tillgängligheten. Syftet med examensarbetet är att föreslå ett arbetssätt som kommunala samhällsplanerare kan använda i arbetet med att identifiera EAH och planera åtgärder. En litteraturstudie gjordes för att ta reda på vad som redan har gjorts och om det finns pågående arbete inom tillgänglighetsområdet. Existerande metoder utvärderades och en strategi som är uppbyggd av flera steg utarbetades. Arbetssättet är ett förslag på hur kommunala samhällsplanerare kan arbeta med tillgänglighetsfrågor och metoden har potential att utvecklas ytterligare. Det är av yttersta vikt att informationen om hinder används efter att den hämtats in och informationen måste ständigt hållas uppdaterad. Genom att utveckla en webbtjänst eller mobilapplikation skulle kommunen kunna få hjälp att samla in information om hinder av kommuninvånarna, inklusive de hindrade.