Residential areaSweden
3. Residential area
A residential area is a street or group of streets where housing and access to local properties are the main functions. Drivers should expect pedestrians, cyclists, children, parked vehicles and vehicles entering or leaving driveways.
Some countries identify particular residential areas with traffic signs and apply special low-speed and residential-area rules. The speed limit, pedestrian rights, parking rules and permitted road users therefore depend on local signs and regulations.
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How do people refer to a residential area in Sweden?
The Swedish term is gångfartsområde. It identifies a signed category where vehicles travel at walking pace. A normal 30 km/h residential street is different.
🔗 riksdagen.se • Sweden: Road Signs Ordinance 2007:90
Start of a residential area.
English • Traffic sign E9 • Residential area at walking speed. Chapter 8, section 1, first paragraph of the Traffic Ordinance applies.
Svenska • Vägmärke E9 • Gångfartsområde. Märket anger att bestämmelserna i 8 kap. 1 § första stycket trafikförordningen är tillämpliga.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Transportstyrelsen.se • Transportstyrelsen • E9 (SV)
SVG source: Transportstyrelsen • Public domain • Original revision 2014-04-26. Wikimedia original unmodified.
End of the residential area.
English • Traffic sign E10 • End of residential area at walking speed. Need not be placed where the end is otherwise clear.
Svenska • Vägmärke E10 • Gångfartsområde upphör. Märket behöver inte vara uppsatt om det ändå tydligt framgår att gångfartsområdet upphör.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Transportstyrelsen.se • Transportstyrelsen • E10 (SV)
SVG source: Transportstyrelsen • Public domain • Original revision 2014-04-26. Wikimedia original unmodified.
What speed limit applies in a residential area in Sweden?
In the specially signposted category, vehicles must travel at walking pace. The rule is not a fixed national 20 or 30 km/h limit.
What rights do pedestrians have in a signposted residential area in Sweden?
Drivers must give way to pedestrians in this category. When leaving it for another road, the exit rule requires you to give way to traffic on that road.
Where may I park in a residential area in Sweden?
The ordinary rule prohibits parking in this category. Park only where a specific local parking permission applies; do not treat an unmarked part of the street as a parking place.

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