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Decomposing growth in Norwegian seaport container throughput and associated air pollution
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06-19)While policy makers worldwide view maritime transport as a sustainable alternative to road freight transport, increased cargo volumes by sea inevitably boost activities in ports that are in the proximity of where people ... -
Decreasing popularity of the car? Changes in driving licence and access to a car among young adults over a 25-year period in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-09)The general impression that car-use has reached a peak or the orientation to have a car has stagnated in several Western countries has been associated with young people being less interested in obtaining a driving licence ... -
The demand for automated vehicles: A synthesis of willingness-to-pay surveys
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-30)This paper synthesises the findings of surveys of consumer willingness-to-pay for vehicle automation. Some studies report only mean or median estimates of willingness-to-pay for vehicle automation. Other studies provide ... -
Developing a tool for assessing park-and-ride facilities in a sustainable mobility perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-26)This article presents results from context-related empirical case-studies of the traffic-reducing effects of 12 existing Norwegian park-and-ride facilities (P&R), in a sustainable mobility perspective. It further presents ... -
Different Pathways for Achieving Cleaner Urban Areas: A Roadmap towards the White Paper Goal for Urban Transport
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-06-27)The 2011 White Paper on Transport of the European Commission spells out a series of targets for 2030 and 2050. One of the 10 targets is explicitly related to urban transport and stipulates: “Halve the use of ‘conventionally ... -
Different types of out-of-home activities and well-being amongst urban residing old persons with mobility impediments
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-12-17)Independent mobility has been proposed to be a precondition for leading an independent, non-institutionalized life. Supporting independent mobility for the growing senior segment thus has societal importance. The question ... -
Do people who buy e-bikes cycle more?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-15)Previous research shows that e-bike owners use private cars less than other transport user groups, and also report to have changed from motorised to non-motorised transport. A challenge with many studies is that they are ... -
Do visitors gaze and reproduce what destination managers wish to commercialise? Perceived and projected image in the UNESCO World Heritage area ‘West Norwegian Fjords’
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-01)Destination image plays a key role in helping people decide where to travel and affects satisfaction, likelihood of return visits and word of mouth. While photography is not the only way of projecting and perceiving an ... -
Does a tow-bar increase the risk of neck injury in rear-end collisions?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-09)Does a tow-bar increase the risk of neck injury in the struck car in a rear-end collision? The rear part of a modern car has collision zones that are rendered nonoperational when the car is equipped with a tow-bar. Past ... -
Does Regular School Transport Influence the Provision of Public Transport Services? Evidence From Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-13)Basic education and public transport services are often provided by local or regional governments. In Norway, they fall within the remit of two different tiers of government, with public transport being the responsibility ... -
Does the influence of risk factors on accident occurrence change over time?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-11)A large number of studies have been made to assess the relationship between risk factors and accident occurrence. A risk factor is any factor that makes an accident more likely to occur. Very many risk factors have been ... -
Does valuation research provide a credible basis for cost-benefit analysis of safety measures?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-14)Many studies have been made to obtain a monetary valuation of reduced risk of death, usually given as the value of a statistical life (VSL), which is a reduction in risk corresponding to the prevention of one fatality. ... -
Driving forces of road freight CO2 in 2030
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-07)Purpose – Road freight carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are determined by a complex interaction between shippers and hauliers within the boundaries set by regulations and economic factors. It is necessary to gain understanding ... -
E-bikes - good for public health?
(Chapter, 2020-04-10)It is well established that physical activity (PA) is health enhancing, and that active travel can increase total PA. The e-bike demands lower levels of intensity for the same pace and distance as a conventional bicycle, ... -
Economic Analysis and Investment Priorities in Sweden’s Transport Sector
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-22)Beginning as a planning tool within Sweden’s national road administration some 50 years ago, benefit-cost analysis (BCA) has come to be a pillar of the national transport policy because of subsequent strategic choices made ... -
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 ... -
Effects of a penalty point system on traffic violations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-06)We analysed data from the Norwegian driver’s licence penalty point register over a three-year period, in order to investigate whether the number of incurred penalty points in a given time period can predict the probability ... -
Effects of e-bikes on bicycle use and mode share
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-03-07)In Norway, as in many countries, a political goal is to increase bicycle use, and the e-bike is promising in this respect. However, concerns have been raised about mode-share effects. It has been argued that if the e-bike’s ... -
Effects of roadwork characteristics and drivers? individual differences on speed preferences in a rural work zone
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-14)Work zone safety from a psychological perspective has received little attention in scientific literature. Therefore, the present study aims to explore the influence of roadwork characteristics and drivers’ individual ... -
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 ...