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A transition to battery electric vehicles without V2G: an outcome explained by a strong electricity regime and a weak automobility regime?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-08-15)Background A sustainability transition in mobility is dependent on a transition away from a fossil fuel-based automobility regime. Smart charging, in the form of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) has been presented as one—or even ... -
Transport Effects and Environmental Consequences of Central Workplace Location
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-12-25)This paper presents results from a study of traffic effects and environmental consequences of locating 12 500 new workplaces in the development area Bjørvika, close to Oslo central station, rather than locating them as the ... -
Transport modelling in the context of the 'predict and provide' paradigm
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-12)The central concern of this paper is why the traffic-increasing effect of road capacity expansion (induced traffic) is still frequently ignored when preparing decision-support material for proposed infrastructure investments. ... -
Travel discontinuities, enforced holidaying-at-home and alternative leisure travel futures after COVID-19
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-14)The paralysis of global tourism caused by COVID-19 made it possible to conduct a unique and nearly real-time online survey to investigate adaptations and reactions to sudden severe leisure travel restrictions among residents ... -
Triggers of Urban Passenger Mode Shift – State of the Art and Model Evidence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-14)Mode shift is at the core of sustainable transport in all world cities; yet we know comparatively little about it. While there is ample evidence of within-mode demand effects, we know in general very little about what mode ... -
Troublesome trade-offs: balancing urban activities and values when securing a city-centre governmental quarter.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-18)Background Homeland security measures increasingly affect urban life and activities. Standoff distance, which prevents unscreened vehicles from approaching within a certain distance of a building, is a widely applied measure ... -
Trust and Sharing in Online Environments. A Comparative Study of Different Groups of Norwegian Car Sharers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-08)Though multiple studies have explored the phenomenon of car sharing, very few have indulged into exploring how different forms of trust varies between users of different business models. We address this research gap through ... -
Under-reporting bicycle accidents to police in the COST TU1101 international survey: Cross-country comparisons and associated factors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10-26)Police crash reports are often the main source for official data in many countries. However, with the exception of fatal crashes, crashes are often underreported in a biased manner. Consequently, the countermeasures adopted ... -
Understanding the Geographies of Transport and Cultural Heritage: Comparing Two Urban Development Programs in Oslo
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-05-26)This paper elaborates on how policies and strategies for sustainable urban development can be understood and shows how development programs can be strategically important and flexible tools in the creation of the modern ... -
Unfavorable transit planning: Lack of knowledge, lack of collaboration, or political conflicts? A case study of two Norwegian cities aiming to increase transit competitiveness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-11)The purpose of this paper is to reveal possible reasons for unfavorable decisions in transit planning that weaken the possibility of increasing u-ansit competitiveness versus the plivate car. The paper is based upon a ... -
Universal Design as a Way of Thinking About Mobility
(Chapter, 2018-09-19)The concept of universal design in reference to a strategy to counter social exclusion was first coined by the architect Ronald Mace. He defined Universal design (UD) as “the design of products and environments to be usable ... -
Universal design for people with psychosocial disabilities – The effect of COVID-19
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-03)We have examined how COVID-19 impacted travel behaviour for people with psychosocial disabilities, identified key barriers when using public transport, and examined how a broad understanding of universal design can be used ... -
Universell utforming i kollektivtransporten
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Updated estimates of the relationship between speed and road safety at the aggregate and individual levels
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-23)Recent studies of the relationship between the speed of traffic and road safety, stated as the number of fatalities and the number of injury accidents, are reviewed and their results synthesised by means of meta-analysis. ... -
Urban commuting – A threat to the work-family balance?
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Urban contractual agreements as an adaptive governance strategy: under what conditions do they work in multi-level cooperation?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06-22)The Norwegian urban growth agreement (UGA) is a governance platform combining transport-infrastructure development with land-use and transport policy. It is a policy package of measures involving network cooperation between ... -
Urban main road capacity reduction: Adaptations, effects and consequences
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-06)To support sustainable urban mobility strategies, reallocating road space from private vehicles to other uses may be a relevant intervention. Novel empirical knowledge could reduce barriers for implementing such interventions. ... -
Urban structure and sustainable modes’ competitiveness in small and medium-sized Norwegian cities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-02)This paper contributes novel empirical and theoretical knowledge on how built environment characteristics affect travel behaviour in small and medium-sized cities and how this differs from larger cities. The competitiveness ... -
Use of GPS-data to improve transport solutions in a cost and environmental perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-11)In this paper we have utilised GPS data as a base to track truck movements and analyse transport activities. Combined with a Decision Support Tool we have investigated how different transport solutions affect the transport ... -
The use of low-level theory to guide the interpretation of road safety evaluation studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-15)There are two main interpretations of empirical research: methodological and substantive. A methodological interpretation usually rejects a study by arguing that it is based on poor data or methods. A substantive interpretation ...