Import fra Cristin: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
A push to cycling - Exploring the e-bike's role in overcoming barriers to bicycle use with a survey and an intervention study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-03-13)In Norway, as in many countries, there is a political goal to increase bicycle use. The electric bicycle (e-bike) is a promising tool for achieving this goal, given the hilliness of the country. However, little is yet known ... -
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 ... -
Exploring ways of measuring walkability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-28)This article describes and evaluates a three-step methodology for measuring walkability at neighbourhood-scale, aimed at also being usable for planning practitioners. The methodology was developed as part of a larger study ... -
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 -
Common patterns in aggregated accident analysis charts from human fatigue-related groundings and collisions at sea
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-07)Research has shown that there are potentially disastrous outcomes of human fatigue at sea. The conditions in which the seafarers have to operate are becoming more and more demanding. The study in this article attempts to ... -
A Transport Policy Whose Injury Impacts May Go Unnoticed: More Walking, Cycling and Use of Public Transport
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-29)It is an objective of transport policy in many countries and cities to promote walking, cycling and the use of public transport. This policy seeks to improve public health and reduce emissions contributing to global warming. ... -
How and why does intra-metropolitan workplace location affect car commuting?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-24)This paper illuminates important causal processes that can explain differences between central, semi-central and suburban workplaces in commuting distances and modes. Its empirical base is qualitative interview material ... -
Raising children in the inner city: still a mismatch between housing and households?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-07)Recent research suggests that inner-city parents have become more loyal to urban living. If this is true, it is certainly good news for compact-city policies, which incorporate residential stability as part of the package. ... -
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 ... -
Parking facilities and the built environment: Impacts on travel behaviour
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-25)Car ownership and car use depend on numerous factors, among which are parking availability at destination and at home. While the former has attracted considerable research efforts for decades the latter, home parking, has ... -
Reducing the probability of ship grounding: Which measure to undertake?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-09-10)The analytic hierarchy process has been used to elicit the knowledge of maritime transport stakeholders, such as seafarers, authorities, insurers and academics, regarding human factors and risk-reducing measures for ship ... -
Safety in numbers for cyclists – conclusions from a multidisciplinary study of seasonal change in interplay and conflicts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-28)In many European countries, it is a political goal that future growth in local travel should be absorbed by sustainable transport modes. Concerns that increased walking and cycling produce more accidents have been countered ... -
A generic discrete choice model of automobile purchase
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-03-24)Purpose The introduction of novel fuel and propulsion technologies, such as battery, (plug-in) hybrid and fuel cell electric vehicles, and the need to combat the exhaust emission of local and global pollutants from the ... -
ADHD and relative risk of accidents in road traffic: A meta-analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-10-25)The present meta-analysis is based on 16 studies comprising 32 results. These studies provide sufficient data to estimate relative accident risks of drivers with ADHD. The overall estimate of relative risk for drivers with ... -
Exploring how politicians reflect on counteracting measures: the case of the Trondheim package
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-22)Transitioning towards a low-emission society is a goal of numerous international and national political and administrative levels. This includes reducing impacts of road transport. While aiming for a transition towards ... -
How Regional Authorities Act Under Restricted Decentralization: Evidence from the Norwegian Transport Sector
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-13)The literature on decentralization points out that there is a tendency to limit discretion at the local level by, for example, imposing national standards. It is therefore of interest to understand how sub-national authorities ... -
Safety effects of fixed speed cameras - An empirical Bayes evaluation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-27)The safety effects of 223 fixed speed cameras that were installed between 2000 and 2010 in Norway were investigated in a before–after empirical Bayes study with control for regression to the mean (RTM). Effects of trend, ... -
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 ... -
How would increasing seat belt use affect the number of killed or seriously injured light vehicle occupants?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-12)The expected effects of increasing seat belt use on the number of killed or seriously injured (KSI) light vehicle occupants have been estimated for three scenarios of increased seat belt use in Norway, taking into account ...