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Household parking facilities: relationship to travel behaviour and car ownership
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-08)Few studies have investigated how parking requirements (norms) for households and home parking availability influence car ownership and car-use. The common practice of local authorities is to use minimum parking norms for ... -
How and why does intra-metropolitan workplace location affect car commuting?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-24)This paper illuminates important causal processes that can explain differences between central, semi-central and suburban workplaces in commuting distances and modes. Its empirical base is qualitative interview material ... -
How can cyclist injuries be included in health impact economic assessments?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-25)This paper discusses how injuries sustained while cycling can be included as a component of health impact economic assessment of increased cycling. To include injuries as a component of a health impact assessment, their ... -
How can the notion of optimal speed limits best be applied in urban areas?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-26)This paper reviews estimates of optimal speed limits made in the past 30 years. A tendency is seen for optimal speed limits to become higher. In the most recent estimates made for Norway, the optimal speed limit was in no ... -
How can we explain improvements in organizational information security culture in an organization providing critical infrastructure?
(Chapter, 2018-06-15)The aims of the present study are to 1) Compare results from a study conducted before and a study conducted after efforts to improve organizational information security culture in an organization providing critical ... -
How did the economic recession (2008–2010) influence traffic fatalities in OECD-countries?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-14)This paper presents analyses of how the economic recession that started in 2008 has influenced the number of traffic fatalities in OECD countries. Previous studies of the relationship between economic recessions and changes ... -
How do economies of density in container handling operations affect ships’ time and emissions in port? Evidence from Norwegian container terminals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-20)Efficient port services are prerequisites for competitive and sustainable maritime transports. This paper makes advances in studying the determinants of the time that ships spend in port and the associated emissions to ... -
How planners' use and non-use of expert knowledge affect the goal achievement potential of plans : Experiences from strategic land-use and transport planning processes in three Scandinavian cities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-20)This article addresses the question of how planners’ use and non-use of expert knowledge affect the content and goal achievement potential of plans, and discusses how changes in planners’ and researchers’ practices can ... -
How Regional Authorities Act Under Restricted Decentralization: Evidence from the Norwegian Transport Sector
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-13)The literature on decentralization points out that there is a tendency to limit discretion at the local level by, for example, imposing national standards. It is therefore of interest to understand how sub-national authorities ... -
How to keep drivers engaged while supervising driving automation? A literature survey and categorization of six solution areas
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-29)This work aimed to organise recommendations for keeping people engaged during human supervision of driving automation, encouraging a safe and acceptable introduction of automated driving systems. First, heuristic knowledge ... -
How to road price in a world with electric vehicles and government budget constraints
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-13)In this paper we examine what characterizes second-best road prices targeting external costs from driving electric (EV) and conventional (ICEV) vehicles when there are distortionary labor taxes and binding government budget ... -
How to trade safety against cost, time and other impacts of road safety measures
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-14)Public policy, including road safety policy, involves balancing competing values against each other. Several techniques of policy analysis, most prominently cost-benefit analysis, have been developed to help policy makers ... -
How would increasing seat belt use affect the number of killed or seriously injured light vehicle occupants?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-12)The expected effects of increasing seat belt use on the number of killed or seriously injured (KSI) light vehicle occupants have been estimated for three scenarios of increased seat belt use in Norway, taking into account ... -
Impeding lone-wolf attacks: lessons derived from the 2011 Norway attacks
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-12-01)Lone-wolf terrorism is often more difficult to detect through intelligence due to limited communication between plotters. This study addresses this problem by spelling out an alternative method for impeding such attacks. ... -
Implications of ride-sourcing and self-driving vehicles on the need for regulation in unscheduled passenger transport
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-30)The recent emergence of large-scale ride-sourcing services, such as Uber and Lyft, is a major development in passenger transport. By utilizing fleets of private cars and app technology, these services call into question ... -
Improving walking conditions for older adults. A three-step method investigation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-02-27)The benefits of walking are widely recognized. In this regard, the Norwegian government has urged local authorities to develop walking strategies. The aim of such strategies is to influence a local walking culture and ... -
In search of the severity dimension of traffic events: Extended Delta-V as a traffic conflict indicator
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-09-28)Most existing traffic conflict indicators do not sufficiently take into account the severity of the injuries resulting from a collision had it occurred. Thus far, most of the indicators that have been developed express the ... -
Inattention and distraction in fatal road crashes - Results from in-depth crash investigations in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-11)Distraction and inattention pose a considerable threat to road safety, not only for car drivers, but also for vulnerable road users. Previous studies show that inattention and distraction are more often contributing factors ... -
Increasing the competitiveness of e-vehicles in Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-20)Introduction This paper is concerned with incentives for the take-up and use of e-vehicles that are in place in different European countries. Especially, it analyses Norway and Austria, in order to establish and understand ... -
The influence of residential wood combustion on the concentrations of PM2.5 in four Nordic cities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04-15)Residential wood combustion (RWC) is an important contributor to air quality in numerous regions worldwide. This study is the first extensive evaluation of the influence of RWC on ambient air quality in several Nordic ...