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The 1990 to 2020 Technology Innovation System (Tis) Supporting Norway's Bev Revolution
(Journal article, 2022-03-19)Entrepreneurial activities, the establishment of the EV Association BEV-actor network, and incentives for BEVs, slowly formed the BEV TIS from scratch from 1990. Resources lacked from the outset, but THINK managed to ... -
20 years of competitive tendering in the Norwegian bus industry – An analysis of bidders and winning bids
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-05)Our paper investigates the developments in the Norwegian bus industry following the ramp-up of competitive tendering since the early 2000s. We analyse a complete dataset of all 232 local bus contracts awarded through ... -
A before-after study of the effects on safety of environmental speed limits in the city of Oslo, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-01-31)Starting in the winter of 2004–2005, a temporary speed limit of 60 km/h (ordinary speed limit: 80 km/h) was introduced on one of the major arterial roads in the city of Oslo, Norway as a measure to reduce air pollution, ... -
A CO2-fund for the transport industry: The case of Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-09-02)Emissions from heavy trucks constitute a large and increasing share of Norwegian CO2-emissions. The Norwegian Green Tax Commission recently presented recommendations for emission reductions, largely confined to ‘sticks’, ... -
A comparative analysis of the effects of economic policy instruments in promoting environmentally sustainable transport
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-03-25)This paper presents a comparative analysis of the effects of economic policy instruments in promoting environmentally sustainable transport. Promoting environmentally sustainable transport is defined as follows: (1) Reducing ... -
A comparison of bus passengers' and car drivers' valuation of casualty risk reductions in their routes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-22)Introduction The economic value of safety represents an important guide to transport policy, and more studies on individuals’ valuation of road safety are called for. This paper presents a stated preference study of the ... -
A comprehensive and unified framework for analysing the effects on injuries of measures influencing speed
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-04)This paper proposes a comprehensive and unified framework for analysing the impacts on traffic injury of measures influencing speed. The key tool for analysis is a specification of the speed distribution, which in most ... -
A generic discrete choice model of automobile purchase
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-03-24)Purpose The introduction of novel fuel and propulsion technologies, such as battery, (plug-in) hybrid and fuel cell electric vehicles, and the need to combat the exhaust emission of local and global pollutants from the ... -
A note on input congestion
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-06-26)The notion of effective space is introduced, and input congestion is explained by economic activities’ exhaustion of effective space. In this setting, I show that profit maximization is inconsistent with input congestion ... -
A process for designing policy packaging: Ideals and realities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-02-06)The article introduces a design process for policy packaging, combining a heuristic approach with a real world example of European policymaking. The policy packaging process is divided into six stages, starting with (1) ... -
A push for public health: the effect of e-bikes on physical activity levels
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-10-16)Background Cycling is considered to have a positive effect on public health through increased physical activity. In Norway, the e-bike is seen as a way of getting more people to cycle. However, the motorized assistance of ... -
A push to cycling - Exploring the e-bike's role in overcoming barriers to bicycle use with a survey and an intervention study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-03-13)In Norway, as in many countries, there is a political goal to increase bicycle use. The electric bicycle (e-bike) is a promising tool for achieving this goal, given the hilliness of the country. However, little is yet known ... -
A re-parameterisation of the Power Model of the relationship between the speed of traffic and the number of accidents and accident victims
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-07-26)This paper presents a re-analysis of the Power Model of the relationship between the mean speed of traffic and road safety. Past evaluations of the model, most recently in 2009, have broadly speaking supported it. However, ... -
A review of guidelines for including wider economic impacts in transport appraisal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-08-09)In this paper we examine how 23 industrialised countries treat wider economic impacts (WEIs) in transport appraisals. We identify 12 different types of impacts based on these countries’ appraisal guidelines. Agglomeration ... -
A Review of Research on Driving Styles and Road Safety
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-30)Objective: The aim of this study was to outline a conceptual framework for understanding driving style and, on this basis, review the state-of-the-art research on driving styles in relation to road safety. Background: ... -
A Socio-economic Analysis of Harmonizing the Dimensions of Lorries and Loading Docks in Norwegian Cities – Costs, BenefIts and Logistic Efficiency
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-12-03)In several Norwegian cities there exists the potential for increasing the efficiency of cargo deliveries by reducing the time spent on loading and unloading for each delivery. As Norway lacks regulations harmonizing the ... -
A statistical law in the perception of risks and physical quantities in traffic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05-28)This paper suggests that a universal psychophysical law influences the perception of risks and physical quantities in traffic. This law states that there will be a tendency to overestimate low probabilities or small ... -
A stock-flow cohort model of the national car fleet
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-08-10)Purpose Various regulatory and fiscal policy instruments are in force to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases and local pollutants emitted by private cars. The incentives operate primarily—or exclusively—on the newest ... -
A survey of vehicle fires in Norwegian road tunnels 2008-2011
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-12-31)Norway is one of the countries that constructs most road tunnels, and there are well over 1000 in the country today. The aim of this study is to map the prevalence and describe the characteristics of vehicle fires in ... -
A synthesis of studies of access point density as a risk factor for road accidents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-25)Studies of the relationship between access point density (number of access points, or driveways, per kilometre of road) and accident frequency or rate (number of accidents per unit of exposure) have consistently found that ...