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Valuation of cycling facilities with and without controlling for casualty risk
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-07-14)Barrier effects can impact cyclists’ travel time, level of comfort, and risk of accidents. When eliciting the valuation of these elements, simultaneous estimation is called for because the perceived level of comfort may ... -
Value of travel time by road type
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-03)Travel time is less costly if it is comfortable or can be used productively. One could hence argue that the value of travel time (VTT) of car travellers in economic appraisal should be differentiated by road type, reflecting ... -
Valuing casualty risk reductions from estimated baseline risk
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-01-05)Stated choice studies have been applied regularly to the valuation of time savings and other attributes of travelling as perceived by individuals. In such experiments, respondents often provide reference levels for the ... -
Vehicle choices and urban transport externalities. Are Norwegian policy makers getting it right?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-15)Norway has the world’s highest share of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in its passenger car fleet, thanks to a set of policies that has included high purchase taxes for fossil fueled cars, and no tolls, no VAT, and free ... -
Vehicle choices and urban transport externalities. Are Norwegian policy makers getting it right?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-15)Norway has the world’s highest share of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in its passenger car fleet, thanks to a set of policies that has included high purchase taxes for fossil fueled cars, and no tolls, no VAT, and free ... -
Vehicle registration year, age, and weight – Untangling the effects on crash risk
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-15)The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of passenger cars’ first year of registration, weight, and age on the number of killed or seriously injured (KSI) car drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists. Poisson ... -
Video observation of encounters between the automated shuttles and other traffic participants along an approach to right-hand priority T-intersection
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-25)Introduction Increasing numbers of deployment projects of automated shuttles have been taking place worldwide. Safety is one of the main concerns for their successful implementation. Therefore, it is vital to gain the ... -
Virkningene av endringer i bilbeskatningen
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Visitors' acceptance of negative ecological impacts in national parks: comparing the explanatory power of psychographic scales in a Norwegian mountain setting
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-11)Even in protected areas, it is inevitable that any human use will produce some impact on natural resources. This study identifies visitors’ tolerance of potential negative ecological impacts from tourism activities and ... -
Vulnerability and vulnerable groups from an intersectionality perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-06)In general, the identification and protection of vulnerable groups in the case of hazards or when a crisis unfolds is an issue that any crisis and disaster risk management should address, since people have different levels ... -
Walk further and access more! Exploring the 15-minute city concept in Oslo, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-03-27)The 15-minute city theory has recently become a popular paradigm in urban development. It claims that everyone should have access to the essential services, facilities and green spaces within a 15-minute walk. This article ... -
Walking distances to public transport in smaller and larger Norwegian cities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-11)This paper contributes to the scarce empirical knowledge concerning distances and durations of walking trips to public transport in smaller cities and in European cities. Results show that walking trips to local public ... -
Weather and daily mobility in international perspective: A cross-comparison of Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish city regions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-24)With climate change, weather has emerged as an important theme in transport research and planning. Although recent studies demonstrate profound weather effects on mobility in single case study areas, international ... -
Weight-based pay-as-you-throw pricing model: Encouraging sorting in households through waste fees
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-30)Municipal solid waste is associated with different systemic challenges, such as climate change, resource scarcity, and ocean plastic pollution. European countries are striving towards more circular material use and the ... -
What Factors Affect Cross-Modal Substitution - Evidences from the Oslo Area
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-27)The vast majority of studies on urban travel demand focus on the effect on the demand of one travel mode given a change in the characteristics of that same transport mode, for example, own-elasticities. comparatively little ... -
What would a road safety policy fully consistent with safe system principles mean for road safety?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-06)If fully implemented, the Safe System principles as formulated by the International Transport Forum would lead to a considerably safer road transport system. The aims of this paper are: (1) To define operationally what ... -
Which D’s are the important ones? The effects of built environment characteristics on driving distance in Oslo and Stavanger
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-20)Based on a study in the Greater Oslo and Greater Stavanger urban areas in Norway, this paper employs quantitative and qualitative research methods to investigate the influences of residential location and neighborhood ... -
Which is the more important for road safety— road design or driver behavioural adaptation?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-09)Studies consistently show that sharp horizontal curves increase accident rate. One would therefore expect roads with many sharp curves to have a higher accident rate than roads with few sharp curves. This is not the case. ... -
Who are most likely to adapt their travel behaviour to changes in weather conditions? A study of weather tolerance and travel behaviour in Norway
(Journal article, 2019-01-31)This study, based on two questionnaire surveys from two cities in Norway with different climate conditions, explores to which extent weather tolerance in terms of travel behaviour – here defined as using a non-motorized ... -
Who goes electric? The anatomy of electric car ownership in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-04)We describe the anatomy of electric car ownership in Norway, the country with the highest market share of low-emission vehicles, using matched administrative micro data covering the entire population of private car owners. ...