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Infrastructure investments to promote sustainable regions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-14)Transport infrastructure is often used as an instrument to reach political objectives. One such objective is to promote robust and sustainable regions. A sustainable region is often defined as a region with positive ... -
Innovation and long-term planning in public policy: the case of national road safety plans in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-16)Vision Zero was adopted as the long-term ideal for transport safety in Norway in 2001.Starting in 2002, national road safety action plans covering a period of four years have been developed.This paper identifies innovative ... -
Integrated weather effects on e-cycling in daily commuting: A longitudinal evaluation of weather effects on e-cycling in the Netherlands
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-20)While in many regions the conventional bicycle has already been regarded as an environmentally friendly and healthy alternative to the car for daily commuting, societal and policy agendas are also increasingly promoting ... -
The integration of active travel and public transport in Norwegian policy packages: A study on ‘access, egress and transfer’ and their positioning in two multilevel contractual agreements
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-11)Multi-modality has become a key mantra of transport planning and yet, how people access, egress and transfer (hereafter AET) remains under-investigated. We argue that integrating active travel and public transport is an ... -
Integrative climate leadership in multi-level policy packages for urban mobility - A study of governance systems in two Nordic urban regions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-14)This paper involves a comparative study of policymaking related to urban transport in the Gothenburg and Oslo regions. It sets out to show how strong climate leadership relates to the integration of policy measures and ... -
Interact or counteract? Behavioural observation of interactions between vulnerable road users and autonomous shuttles in Oslo, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-03)The current paper presents the results of behavioural observations in a field experiment with automated shuttles in Oslo, Norway. Video observations were conducted at five fixed locations along a challenging 1.2 km automated ... -
Interest-adoption discrepancies, mechanisms of mediation and socio-spatial inclusiveness in bike-sharing: The case of nine urban regions in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-09-10)Bike sharing systems are increasingly promoted as a quick, accessible, affordable, and healthy transport alternative in a less car-dependent urban mobility system. The objective of this article is to elucidate the social ... -
International transferability of accident modification functions for horizontal curves
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-07-18)Studies of the relationship between characteristics of horizontal curves and accident rate have been reported in several countries. The characteristic most often studied is the radius of a horizontal curve. Functions ... -
Internationalisation in Road Transport of Goods in Norway: Safety Outcomes, Risk Factors and Policy Implications
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Interpreting interaction effects in estimates of the risk of traffic injury associated with the use of illicit drugs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-08)Interactions characterise the relationship between use of amphetamines, cannabis and opiates as a driver and the risk of traffic injury associated with the use of these drugs. Inverse risk curves have been found for these ... -
Investigating observed and unobserved variation in the probability of ‘not travel’ as a behavioural response to restrictive policies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-01)Besides technological improvements, restrictive car policies are likely to be the most effective measures for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from local passenger transport. Restrictive policies may lead some individuals ... -
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 ... -
Is law enforcement of drug-impaired driving cost-efficient? An explorative study of a methodology for cost-benefit analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-11-02)Background Road users driving under the influence of psychoactive substances may be at much higher relative risk (RR) in road traffic than the average driver. Legislation banning blood alcohol concentrations above certain ... -
Is Red the New Black? A Quasi-Experimental Study Comparing Perceptions of Differently Coloured Cycle Lanes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12-04)Cities and road authorities in many countries have started colouring their cycle lanes. Some road authorities choose red, some blue, and some green. The reasoning behind this choice is not clear, and it is uncertain whether ... -
Is there enough trust for the smart city? exploring acceptance for use of mobile phone data in oslo and tallinn
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-09-19)There are high hopes that a development towards smarter urban environments, backed up by various big data sources, can help solve many of the challenges facing today's large cities related to providing security, mitigating ... -
Kan regional utdanning hjelpe mot sentralisering?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-19)Halvparten av befolkningsveksten de siste 25 årene har skjedd i Oslo og Viken. Det er neppe en politisk ønsket utvikling. For å motvirke utviklingen har flere offentlige ekspertutvalg foreslått å desentralisere høyere ... -
Karbonpriser til bruk i nyttekostnadsanalyser i Norge
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-31)I samfunnsøkonomiske analyser er det ofte behov for å sette en pris på klimagassutslipp, en såkalt karbonpris. Karbonprisens utvikling over tid kalles en karbonprisbane. I denne analysen diskuterer vi hvor høy karbonprisbanen ... -
Knowledge and technology transfer as driving force for social innovations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-29)Knowledge and technology transfer are defined as driving force for new business models, innovations and economic development. The aim of the paper is to carry out detailed literature analysis in order to create new framework ... -
Knowledge-based land use and transport planning? Consistency and gap between ‘state-of-the-art’ knowledge and knowledge claims in planning documents in three Scandinavian city regions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-10-29)The central concern of this paper is the relationship between research-driven “state-of-the-art” knowledge, and knowledge claims made in practice, in planning for sustainability. The paper approaches this topic from a ... -
Latent split of aggregate counts: revealing home deliveries per commodity types and potential freight trip implications
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-04)This paper suggests a joint econometric model that allows estimating latent marginal counts when only total counts and types of commodities purchased are available. The basis for this model is the Negative binomial hurdle ...