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Balancing public goods in agriculture through safe minimum standards
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-01-22)We develop a general framework in which public goods are conflicting (complementary) if an increase in the provision of one public good raises (lowers) the marginal cost of providing another public good. The framework is ... -
Balancing tourism development and nature protection across national park borders - a case study of a coastal protected area in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-13)The study examines the relationship between nature management and land use planning in order to balance nature protection and tourism development within and outside national park borders. Applying theory about local networks ... -
Battery Electric Vehicle Fast Charging–Evidence from the Norwegian Market
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-05-08)Norway is the largest Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) market in the world per capita. The share of the passenger vehicle fleet passed 9.4% at the end of 2019, and users have access to 1500 Combined Charging System (CCS)/Chademo ... -
Behavioural Profiling of Cycling and Walking in Nine European Cities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-20)To ensure cities’ livability, a significant modal shift from car use towards more sustainable modes of transportation, such as walking and cycling, is required. To establish such a modal shift, a better understanding is ... -
Bergen light rail – Effects on travel behaviour
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Better Use of Delivery Spaces in Oslo
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-08-01)The lack of space in urban areas is an important barrier to efficient freight deliveries. Available space in urban city centres has to be shared between different activities and actors, including public transport operators, ... -
Bike sharing use in conjunction to public transport: Exploring spatiotemporal, age and gender dimensions in Oslo, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06-27)Bike sharing could provide a key role in a transition towards a less car dependent and more sustainable, healthy and socially inclusive urban transport future. This paper investigates two important prerequisites for bike ... -
Bilavgiftenes markedskorrigerende rolle
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-04-21)Bilavgiftene i statsbudsjettet for 2017 kan antas å medføre en reduksjon i de årlige C02-utslippene fra veitrafikk på minst 185 000 tonn. Utslippene blir dobbeltbeskattet gjennom så vel drivstoffavgifter som engangsavgift ... -
Bruk av alkohol, narkotika og trafikkfarlege legemiddel blant bilførarar i normal trafikk: norske og europeiske resultat frå DRUID-prosjektet
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Bundet energi og klimagassutslipp i nye boligprosjekter. En veileder til beregningsverktøyet EE Settlement
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Bus stop design and traffic safety: An explorative analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-09)One way to prioritize public transport over private vehicle mobility, is to implement curbside rather than layby bus stop designs. There is, however, uncertainty about the consequences of implementing curbside rather than ... -
Business model innovation as a process for transforming user mobility practices
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-12)The notion that business models can play a critical role in sociotechnical transitions and bring about sustainable reorientations of existing systems has received increasing attention. Changes to social practices are also ... -
Can a road safety measure be both effective and ineffective at the same time? A game-theoretic model of the effects of daytime running lights
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-07-06)Studies that have evaluated the effects on accidents of daytime running lights for cars have consistently found that cars using daytime running lights are involved in fewer multi-party accidents in daylight than cars not ... -
Can a safety-in-numbers effect and a hazard-in-numbers effect co-exist in the same data?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-08-22)Safety-in-numbers denotes a non-linear relationship between exposure (traffic volume) and the number of accidents, characterised by declining risk as traffic volume increases. There is safety-in-numbers when the number of ... -
Can active follow-ups and carrots make eco-driving stick? Findings from a controlled experiment among truck drivers in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-23)This article presents results from a randomized controlled eco-driving experiment with differential treatment between two groups of truck drivers in Norway. Using data from in-vehicle devices, we investigate whether ... -
Can battery electric light commercial vehicles work for craftsmen and service enterprises?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-17)Battery Electric Light Commercial Vehicles (BE-LCVs) can reduce the environmental impacts of Craftsmen and Service (C&S) Enterprises transportation. These Enterprises produce vital services, using diesel vehicles for ... -
Can electronic stability control replace studded tyres?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-10-02)Based on recent studies, this paper examines whether an increased use of electronic stability control can replace studded tyres. A re-analysis of a study that evaluated the effects on accidents of changes in the use of ... -
Can evolutionary theory explain the slow development of knowledge about the level of safety built into roads?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-13)In several papers, Hauer (1988, 1989, 2000a, 2000b, 2016) has argued that the level of safety built into roads is unpremeditated, i.e. not the result of decisions based on knowledge of the safety impacts of design standards. ... -
Can it be true that most drivers are safer than the average driver?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-06-27)Surveys finding that a large majority of drivers regard themselves as safer than the average driver have been ridiculed as showing that most drivers are overconfident about their safety and as showing something which is ... -
Can the use of road safety measures on national roads in Norway be interpreted as an informal application of the ALARP principle?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-24)The ALARP principle, stating that risks should be reduced to a level “As Low As Reasonably Practicable”, is widely known and discussed in risk management. The principle is flexible, as the interpretation of the key concepts ...