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Speed preferences in work zones: the combined effect of visible roadwork activity, personality traits, attitudes, risk perception and driving style
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Train Unreliability and Demand for Rail Freight Transport in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-01)We use a rich data set on long-distance freight trains in Norway to estimate the effect of variation in train unreliability over time on transport demand within a fixed-effect framework. The train services that we study ... -
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 ... -
Overtourism, optimisation, and destination performance indicators: a case study of activities in Fjord Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-23)Many global tourist destinations have experienced growth in arrivals. This has triggered various conflicts in destinations and sparked debates as to how to deal with what is increasingly referred to as ‘overtourism’. Most ... -
The role of life events and context in type of car share uptake: Comparing users of peer-to-peer and cooperative programs in Oslo, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-25)This paper builds on a survey of existing users of two car sharing schemes in Oslo, namely Nabobil (peer-to-peer scheme P2P) and Bilkollektivet (cooperative scheme Coop), to understand how the following factors lead to ... -
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 ... -
A comprehensive and unified framework for analysing the effects on injuries of measures influencing speed
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-04)This paper proposes a comprehensive and unified framework for analysing the impacts on traffic injury of measures influencing speed. The key tool for analysis is a specification of the speed distribution, which in most ... -
Combining roadside interviews and on-road observation for assessing prevalence of driver inattention
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-05)Inattention among car drivers on a motorway section with two lanes in each direction was investigated by a combination of two different methodological approaches. First, an observer in a driving car in the non-passing ... -
Self-reported deterrence effects of the Norwegian driver's licence penalty point system
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-05)Norway’s penalty point system implies that traffic infractions are penalised with two or three points for full-licence drivers and four or six points for probationary-licence drivers, and when a total of eight points is ... -
Effects of urban road capacity expansions – Experiences from two Norwegian cases
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-05)This article presents nuanced and context-related empirical research on the traffic-inducing effects of urban road capacity expansion two Norwegian cities. It focusses on the indirect and longterm land-use effects and on ... -
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 ... -
Citizenship in collision: Notions of agency in road safety work
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02-15)In 2004, the Norwegian Accident Investigation Board (AIBN), previously restricted to civil aviation, was expanded to include a new section for road traffic, which was to investigate individual road accidents. The overall ... -
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 ... -
Revealed and stated preferences for reliable commuter rail in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03-04)We study the effect of travel time reliability on passenger demand using a rich data set on period tickets and train delays over time for commuter trips in the Oslo capital region in Norway. We estimate the relationship ... -
Comparison of regulated emission factors of Euro 6 LDV in Nordic temperatures and cold start conditions: Diesel- and gasoline direct-injection
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03-05)Local air pollution in Norwegian wintertime is characterized by an increase in NO2 concentrations, due to poor dispersion and increased vehicle emissions. The focus of this study is therefore the characterisation of exhaust ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
An analysis of factors influencing accidents on road bridges in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-09)Factors explaining systematic variation in the number of injury accidents on road bridges in Norway during 2010–2016 have been identified by means of negative binomial regression models. A total of 6824 bridges recording ... -
Environmental efficiency measurement with heterogeneous input quality: A nonparametric analysis of U.S. power plants
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-11)While there is an abundant theoretical and empirical literature on environmental efficiency measurement, the impacts of heterogeneous input quality on environmental efficiency remain unexplored. Failing to control for this ...