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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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Unlocking the potential: How can parcel lockers drive efficiency and environmental friendliness in E-commerce?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-04-06)This paper analyses the efficiency and carbon footprint of different last-mile delivery solutions, including parcel lockers, pick-up points, and home deliveries. A Decision Support Tool (DST) is developed, utilizing real ... -
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 ... -
Use of public information for road-capacity reductions: a study of mediating strategies during tunnel rehabilitations in Oslo
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07-22)In this paper, two public information campaigns were analysed. These were related to capacity reductions, caused by maintenance work, in two main road tunnels—at Smestad and Bryn in Oslo. The paper analyses the campaigns’ ... -
Using Behavioral Insights to Incentivize Cycling: Results from a Field Experiment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-01)Motivating active transport is a health and environmental policy priority, and plays an important role in achieving the necessary shift toward a sustainable transport system. Financial incentives to promote cycling are ... -
Using elemental analyses and multivariate statistics to identify the off-site dispersion from informal e-waste processing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-29)Electronic waste (e-waste) is informally processed and recycled in Agbogbloshie in Accra (Ghana), which may be the largest such site in West Africa. This industry can lead to significant environmental contamination. In ... -
Using the future wheel methodology to assess the impact of open science in the transport sector
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-12)Open Science enhances information sharing and makes scientific results of transport research more transparent and accessible at all levels and to everyone allowing integrity and reproducibility. However, what future impacts ... -
Using the Triangle of Human Ecology for understanding self-rated depression: A quantitative study based on the HUNT 3 cohort
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-25)Aims: To test the Triangle of Human Ecology by examining associations between unipolar depression and different measures of human biological factors, health behaviour, and the physical environment. Methods: Data originate ... -
Utslippsfri byggeprosess i Oslo. Konsekvensutredning
(SINTEF Fag, Research report, 2022)