Browsing Transportøkonomisk institutt by Document Types "Peer reviewed"
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Port efficiency and emissions from ships at berth: application to the Norwegian port sector
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-03)This paper explores how port efficiency affects the time that ships spend in port and therefore their atmospheric emissions whilst berthed. While the literature on port productivity and efficiency measurement largely ignores ... -
Potential safety outcomes of communication difficulties in mixed nationality crews: A study of Greek and Norwegian vessels
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-13)The study examines potential safety outcomes of communication difficulties in mixed nationality crews on Greek and Norwegian cargo and passenger vessels. The aims are to examine the prevalence of unsafe situations due to ... -
Practices in-between: Norwegian long-term visitors in Mediterranean Spain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-19)During initial ethnographic fieldwork among Norwegian long-term visitors in the province of Alicante in Spain, these visitors expressed concern about the manner in which they were portrayed in the Norwegian news media, in ... -
Predicting market allocations, user benefits and wider economic impacts of large infrastructure investments for freight transportation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-23)Conventional cost-benefit analyses of infrastructure projects are often partial analyses in which only the transport market is assessed while adjacent markets are neglected. For large infrastructure investments, however, ... -
Present and future changes in winter climate indices relevant for access disruptions in Troms, northern Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06-30)A number of seaside communities in Troms, northern Norway, are vulnerable to sudden weather-induced access disruptions due to high-impact weather and dependency on one or few roads. In this paper we study changes in winter ... -
Price and competition in emerging shared e-scooter markets
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-07)The rapid deployment of shared dockless electric scooters (e-scooters) has resulted in attention from the public and regulators. Recurring issues include fleet size and the number of operators in the market. In this paper ... -
Private public collaboration on logistics in Norwegian cities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-23)This paper presents conclusions from a survey among urban freight actors in the four biggest cities in Norway (Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger and Trondheim). The survey focus on logistic operations and transport decisions affecting ... -
Problems in determining the optimal use of road safety measures
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-10-18)This paper discusses some problems in determining the optimal use of road safety measures. The first of these problems is how best to define the baseline option, i.e. what will happen if no new safety measures are introduced. ... -
Procedure Negligence in Coastal Cargo: What Can Be Done to Reduce the Gap between Formal and Informal Aspects of Safety?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-14)Previous studies from the coastal cargo sector report of a considerable gap between formal and informal aspects of safety. Several maritime accident investigations point to this gap as an important contributory cause, ... -
Productivity growth in urban freight transport: An index number approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-03-18)Improvement of operational efficiency is a common goal of most governmental freight transport policies. Productivity and efficiency analysis consequently provides a sound knowledge base. This paper illustrates how axiomatic ... -
Productivity impulses from regional integration: lessons from road openings
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-07)In recent years, assessment of wider economic impacts has become an integrated part of transportation appraisal in many developed countries. The practices have also spread to sparsely populated countries, for which the ... -
Project selection with sets of mutually exclusive alternatives
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-06-24)We study the problem to maximise the net economic benefit of an investment plan by selecting from a portfolio of candidate projects within a given budget constraint. As is well known, with independent projects the economic ... -
Promoting cycling through urban planning and development: a qualitative assessment of bikeability
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-23)To increase cycling shares through urban planning and development, planners need sound tools to assess the built environment. This article presents a methodology to qualitatively determine bikeability, the extent to which ... -
Proposing a tool for assessing the level of maturity for the engagement of urban freight transport stakeholders: A comparison between Brazil, Norway, and Poland
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-31)Sustainable growth is a solution to reduce the negative effects of transport systems functioning in cities. It deals mainly with analysing the reasons for excessive exploitation and deterioration of the environment and ... -
Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries for Stationary Energy Storage
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-16)The lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery represents a promising next-generation battery technology because it can reach high energy densities without containing any rare metals besides lithium. These aspects could give Li-S ... -
Public support of transport policy instruments, perceived transport quality and satisfaction with democracy. What is the relationship?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-20)Lack of public support is regarded as a major barrier for implementing restrictive transport policy instruments. Recent studies have therefore analyzed factors explaining variations in public support and examined strategies ... -
Public transport and people with impairments – exploring non-use of public transport through the case of Oslo, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-11)Despite the attention given to universal design in recent years, many people with impairments still refrain from travelling on public transport. This explorative case study, conducted in the greater Oslo region in Norway, ... -
Public transport competitiveness vs. the car: Impact of relative journey time and service attributes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-10)In order to give empirically based policy advice on public transport (PT) competitiveness, we have studied revealed mode choice for commuting trips. This has been done by combining data on mode choice from the Norwegian ... -
Public Transport Use on Trip Chains: Exploring Various Mode Choice Determinants
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-06)The purpose of the study is to explore the relative influence of different measures of accessibility, public transport quality and local density on trip chain mode choice. This study uses data from the National Travel ... -
Quantification of temperature dependence of NOx emissions from road traffic in Norway using air quality modelling and monitoring data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-05)Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from road traffic are dependent on a range of factors including vehicle type, speed, driving patterns and engine temperature. Recently a number of studies have indicated that ambient air ...