Browsing Publikasjoner fra TØI by Issue Date
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Natural hazard experiences and adaptations: A study of winter climate-induced road closures in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-10-06)The effects of global climate change include more extreme weather events that harm lifeline infrastructure such as road access. The questionnaire-based study takes a unique natural experiment approach to subjective personal ... -
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 -
Perspectives on Norway's supercharged electric vehicle policy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-17)Norway has achieved an unprecedented breakthrough for battery electric vehicles. The market share reached 17.1% in 2015, and the total fleet passed 2.7%, some 70000 vehicles. The multilevel perspective framework demonstrate ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Parking facilities and the built environment: Impacts on travel behaviour
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-25)Car ownership and car use depend on numerous factors, among which are parking availability at destination and at home. While the former has attracted considerable research efforts for decades the latter, home parking, has ... -
Experiences with capacity reductions on urban main roads – rethinking allocation of urban road capacity?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-12-28)This paper presents results from a study concerning effects and consequences of a temporary (one year) capacity reduction on an urban main road tunnel in Oslo, Norway. The main findings are that reduction of the road ... -
Is forest landscape restoration socially desirable? A discrete choice experiment applied to the Scandinavian transboundary Fulufjället national park area
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Using an economic valuation approach, we assessed people's stated preferences for policy aimed at enhancing restoration of functional networks of naturally dynamic boreal forest habitats as a public good. Active landscape ... -
El-varebil - økonomi, miljø eller symbolikk?
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Bergen light rail – Effects on travel behaviour
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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 ... -
The vehicle purchase tax as a climate policy instrument
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-09)Since 2007, the Norwegian vehicle purchase tax includes a large CO2 emission component. At the same time, generous tax exemptions and privileges are granted to battery electric vehicles. Continued application of the purchase ... -
Exploring factors influencing the strength of the safety-in-numbers effect
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-24)Several studies have found a so-called safety-in-numbers effect for vulnerable road users. This means that when the number of pedestrians or cyclists increases, the number of accidents involving these road users and motor ... -
Smartphones, travel time-use, and attitudes to public transport services. Insights from an explorative study of urban dwellers in two Norwegian cities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02-08)The uptake of mobile media with internet connection has increased rapidly in almost every part of the world, and this has significantly changed how public transport passengers use their travel time. Studies have documented ... -
Effect of Price Reduction and Increased Service Frequency on Public Transport Travel
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02-21)A random effects meta-analysis of the results from 15 projects involving price reduction and 9 projects involving increased service frequency showed that both price reduction and increased service frequency generated public ... -
Environmental regulations and allocative efficiency: application to coal-to-gas substitution in the U.S. electricity sector
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02-23)The environmental economics literature has for a long time been occupied with the relationships between environmental regulations, technical efficiency, and productivity growth. This paper extends this discussion by taking ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Are bilateral conservation policies for the Bialowieza forest unattainable? Analysis of stated preferences of Polish and Belarusian public
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-09)Transboundary nature protected areas constitute a considerable proportion of all the existing spatial forms of biodiversity protection. One prominent example is the Białowieża Forest, shared by Poland and Belarus. There ...