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Shared road is double happiness: Evaluation of a “Share the road” sign
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-02)A road sign with the text «Share the road» and a picture of a smiling cyclist and a passing car was evaluated in a before–after study with surveys among cyclists and car drivers. The sign was set up at two sites on a test ... -
Silos as barriers to public sector climate adaptation and preparedness: insights from road closures in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-08)Organisational perspectives propose that structural arrangements affect policy outcomes. Drawing on these perspectives, it is worthwhile to find out whether and how disagreements among public authorities create barriers ... -
Smartphones, travel time-use, and attitudes to public transport services. Insights from an explorative study of urban dwellers in two Norwegian cities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02-08)The uptake of mobile media with internet connection has increased rapidly in almost every part of the world, and this has significantly changed how public transport passengers use their travel time. Studies have documented ... -
Some implications of an event-based definition of exposure to the risk of road accident
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-02)This paper proposes a new definition of exposure to the risk of road accident as any event, limited in space and time, representing a potential for an accident to occur by bringing road users close to each other in time ... -
Speed enforcement in Norway: Testing a game-theoretic model of the interaction between drivers and the police
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-03)This paper probes the relationship between changes in the risk of apprehension for speeding in Norway and changes in the amount of speeding. The paper is based on a game-theoretic model of how the rate of violations and ... -
Speed preferences in work zones: the combined effect of visible roadwork activity, personality traits, attitudes, risk perception and driving style
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Speeding and impaired driving in fatal crashes—Results from in-depth investigations
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Taxi: Different Solutions in Different Segments
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-05)Taxis are solving a niche in public transport. They provide a door- to- door service, flexible and available to the general public. But in contrast to most public transport they are not subsidized. Even though the service ... -
Taxis and crowd-taxis: sharing as a private activity and public concern
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-06-30)Taxis and crowd-taxis: sharing as a private activity and public concern -
Technopolis, shared resources or controlled mobility? A net-based Delphi-study to explore visions of future urban daily mobility in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-13)It is widely recognized that transformation of urban areas are urgent to meet the demands for more efficient and environmental friendly transportation in the future. Although there are general agreements on the need for ... -
The climate, economic and equity effects of fuel tax, road toll and commuter tax credit
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-24)State-of-the-art travel demand models for Norway have been run with the aim of revealing the equity effects of selected policy measures for greenhouse gas abatement. The Oslo Intercity Regional Model, comprising roughly ... -
The effects of transportation priority congruence for political legitimacy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-18)Congruence, defined as how closely the opinions of politicians match the policy preferences of voters, is a crucial aspect with respect to political legitimacy since a fundamental objective of democracy is to provide ... -
The Impact of Changed Structural Conditions on Regional Sustainable Mobility Planning in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-07)A primary impediment in achieving sustainable mobility objectives is the multi-level and cross-sectoral nature of land-use and transport planning. This paper investigates whether changes in structural conditions have ... -
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 ... -
The safety ladder: developing an evidence-based safety management strategy for small road transport companies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-08)Traffic accidents account for between 20% and 40% of work-related accidents in industrial countries, and research indicates that road transport companies often have little focus on organisational safety management (OSM). ... -
The turning point in the number of traffic fatalities: Two hypotheses about changes in underlying trends
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-10-23)The number of traffic fatalities reached a peak in many highly motorised countries around 1970. Some previous studies have suggested that the turning point in the number of traffic fatalities was inevitable and did not ... -
The vehicle purchase tax as a climate policy instrument
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-09)Since 2007, the Norwegian vehicle purchase tax includes a large CO2 emission component. At the same time, generous tax exemptions and privileges are granted to battery electric vehicles. Continued application of the purchase ... -
Three performativities of innovation in public transport planning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-06-24)The article scrutinizes planners’ stories of innovation in contemporary public transport planning in three Scandinavian contexts (Denmark, Sweden and Norway). This analysis is accomplished by adapting Judith Butler’s ... -
Traffic accidents triggered by drivers at work - A survey and analysis of contributing factors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-26)This report outlines the results of a study of severe road traffic accidents in Norway, triggered by drivers at work. The aim has been to examine whether and to what extent risk factors of these triggering drivers and their ... -
Traffic safety culture among bicyclists - Results from a Norwegian study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-05-29)This paper reports results from a study of traffic safety culture (TSC) among bicyclists (N = 231) in Oslo, Norway. The aims of the study are to examine whether respondents’ TSC in relation to bicycling is related to the ...