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Raising children in the inner city: still a mismatch between housing and households?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-07)Recent research suggests that inner-city parents have become more loyal to urban living. If this is true, it is certainly good news for compact-city policies, which incorporate residential stability as part of the package. ... -
Reducing the probability of ship grounding: Which measure to undertake?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-09-10)The analytic hierarchy process has been used to elicit the knowledge of maritime transport stakeholders, such as seafarers, authorities, insurers and academics, regarding human factors and risk-reducing measures for ship ... -
Regional aviation and the PSO system : level of Service and social efficiency
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-10-10)Regional aviation and the PSO system : level of Service and social efficiency -
Residential location, commuting and non-work travel in two urban areas of different size and with different center structures
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-10-31)There is an extensive literature on relationships between the built environment and travel, but the vast majority of such studies rely solely on statistical analyses of available travel survey data, with limited possibilities ... -
Residential location, workplace location and car driving in four Norwegian cities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-02)Based on a study in four Norwegian cities (Oslo, Stavanger/Sandnes, Bergen and Trondheim) differing in size and center structure, this article illuminates how residential and workplace location, local-area density and ... -
Review and meta-analysis of inter-modal cross-elasticity evidence
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Rewarding safe and environmentally sustainable driving: Systematic review of trials
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-12-23)The paper reviews trials designed to reward safe and environmentally sustainable driving. The most common type of trial offered monetary rewards to drivers for not speeding or for reducing mileage. Seven trials were ... -
Risk and irreversibility of transport interventions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-11-09)Infrastructure decisions and transport policies are often based on the notion that all decisions are made at one single point in time, based on full information and an accurate evaluation of the benefits and costs of ... -
Risk of non-collision injuries to public transport passengers: Synthesis of evidence from eleven studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-08)Research problem This paper reviews and summarises studies of the risk of non-collision injuries to public transport passengers. Non-collision injuries include injuries when boarding or alighting and falls onboard as a ... -
Risk of pedestrian falls in Oslo, Norway: Relation to age, gender and walking surface condition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-04)The risk of pedestrian falls in Oslo, Norway, is analysed. Injury data were collected during 2016 by the municipal emergency medical clinic. A total of 6309 injured pedestrians were recorded. 6109 were injured in falls in ... -
Road safety effects of roundabouts: A meta-analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-05)This paper presents a meta-analysis of the road safety effects of converting junctions to roundabouts. 44 studies containing a total of 154 estimates of effect were included. Based on a meta-regression analysis, converting ... -
Rolling out the red (and green) carpet: supporting driver decision making in automation-to-manual transitions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-28)This paper assessed four types of human-machine interfaces (HMIs), classified according to the stages of automation proposed by Parasuraman et al. [“A model for types and levels of human interaction with automation,” IEEE ... -
Safety Culture Among Car Drivers and Motorcycle Riders in Norway and Greece: Examining the Influence of Nationality, Region, and Transport Mode
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-08)The aims of the study are to (1) compare the road safety behaviors among car drivers and motorcyclists in five different regions in Norway and Greece, (2) examine the factors influencing the road safety behaviors in these ... -
Safety Culture among Private and Professional Drivers in Norway and Greece: Examining the Influence of National Road Safety Culture
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-16)While Norway had the lowest road mortality rate in Europe in 2017, Greece had one of the worst road safety records of all EU-27 countries. The present study investigates road safety culture (RSC) as an explanation for this ... -
Safety culture in maritime transport in Norway and Greece: Exploring national, sectorial and organizational influences on unsafe behaviours and work accidents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-22)Highlights • The study compares crew members on Norwegian and Greek cargo vessels and passenger vessels. • The study examines the influence of national safety culture, sector safety focus and organizational safety culture ... -
Safety culture, working conditions and personal injuries in Norwegian maritime transport
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-14)The aim of the study is to examine the influence of safety culture and working conditions on personal injuries and risk perception on vessels sailing along the coast of Norway (mostly bulk, well and general cargo). The ... -
Safety effects of fixed speed cameras - An empirical Bayes evaluation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-27)The safety effects of 223 fixed speed cameras that were installed between 2000 and 2010 in Norway were investigated in a before–after empirical Bayes study with control for regression to the mean (RTM). Effects of trend, ... -
Safety in numbers for cyclists – conclusions from a multidisciplinary study of seasonal change in interplay and conflicts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-28)In many European countries, it is a political goal that future growth in local travel should be absorbed by sustainable transport modes. Concerns that increased walking and cycling produce more accidents have been countered ... -
Safety Inspectorates and Safety Performance: A Tentative Analysis for Aviation and Rail in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-05)Safety inspectorates have been established for all modes of transport in Norway. This paper explores whether establishing a safety inspectorate is related to safety performance. Long-term trends in safety in aviation and ... -
Safety outcomes of internationalization of domestic road haulage: a review of the literature
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-11-20)The European Union (EU) promotes gradual lifting of restrictions on foreign hauliers involved in domestic road transport of goods (cabotage), and a major deregulation was scheduled in 2014. Due to complaints from several ...