TØI Vitenarkiv: Recent submissions
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Handling false information in emergency management: A cross-national comparative study of European practices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-02)During emergencies, exposure to false information can increase individual vulnerability. More research is needed on how emergency management institutions understand the effects of false information and what are the various ... -
Environmental life cycle implications of upscaling lithium-ion battery production
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-23)Purpose Life cycle assessment (LCA) literature evaluating environmental burdens from lithium-ion battery (LIB) production facilities lacks an understanding of how environmental burdens have changed over time due to a ... -
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. ... -
The sharing economy and consumer preferences for environmentally sustainable last mile deliveries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-05)This paper addresses whether consumers’ environmental attitudes and behavior are reflected in their stated preferences for last mile delivery options for clothing rentals, and whether preferences are heterogenous across ... -
The development of cycling in european countries since 1990
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-18)High pre-World-War-2 modal shares of cycling in European countries sharply decreased during the post-war decades. In the 1990s, European governments introduced policies to increase bicycle use. However, a database or ... -
Traffic safety in bus transport: An analysis of Norway’s largest transit authority’s contract requirements to bus companies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-16)The main objective of the study is to evaluate direct and indirect traffic safety consequences of the requirements that Norway’s largest transit authority (Ruter) sets in the contracts with bus companies. To assess the ... -
A minute of your time: The impact of survey recruitment method and interview location on the value of travel time
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-26)Web-based stated preference (SP) surveys are widely used to estimate values of travel time (VTT) for cost–benefit analysis, often with internet panels as the source of recruitment. The recruitment method could potentially ... -
Latent split of aggregate counts: revealing home deliveries per commodity types and potential freight trip implications
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-04)This paper suggests a joint econometric model that allows estimating latent marginal counts when only total counts and types of commodities purchased are available. The basis for this model is the Negative binomial hurdle ... -
Act locally? Are female online shoppers willing to pay to reduce the carbon footprint of last mile deliveries?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-20)E-commerce results in more last mile deliveries, increased freight traffic and potentially also higher CO2- emissions. This paper is a novel contribution to the literature in terms of investigating consumers’ willingness ... -
Agglomeration decay in rural areas
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-30)Spatial proximity to other economic activities – occasionally labeled as ‘market access’ and ‘economic density’ – is associated with good economic performance. How the impulses from economic activities diminish over space ... -
Value of travel time by road type
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-03)Travel time is less costly if it is comfortable or can be used productively. One could hence argue that the value of travel time (VTT) of car travellers in economic appraisal should be differentiated by road type, reflecting ... -
The Revealed Preference for Battery Electric Vehicle Range
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-19)Exploiting a disaggregate discrete choice model of automobile purchase, we reveal the willingness-to-pay for extended all-electric range in battery and plug-in hybrid electric cars in Norway. We find diminishing returns ... -
Safety Effects of Horizontal Curve Design and Lane and Shoulder Width on Single Motorcycle Accidents in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-22)Factors related to the road infrastructure contribute to the occurrence of motorcycle accidents. This study investigates how design parameters of the existing rural two-lane road network in Norway influence the occurrence ... -
The consequences of institutional design on collaborative arrangements’ power to influence urban freight policymaking
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-22)Collaborative governance is becoming increasingly important as a mode of urban freight policymaking. Bringing together actors from private and public sectors in forums makes it possible to move beyond general discussions ... -
Effects on accidents of police checks of drivers of heavy goods vehicles in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-22)During the period from 2007 to 2019, the number of drivers of heavy goods vehicles checked by the traffic police in Norway varied substantially. It declined during the first years of the period, then increased. This paper ... -
Walking distances to public transport in smaller and larger Norwegian cities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-11)This paper contributes to the scarce empirical knowledge concerning distances and durations of walking trips to public transport in smaller cities and in European cities. Results show that walking trips to local public ... -
Modal accessibility disparities and transport poverty in the Oslo region
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-15)Sufficient accessibility to opportunities, with different transport modes, is an important factor in order to avoid transport-related social exclusion and transport poverty. This paper investigates the social and geographical ... -
Patronage effects of changes to local public transport services in smaller cities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-23)The paper contributes to the scarce empirical knowledge concerning the effects of improving public transport services on patronage. It analyses cases in eight Norwegian cities, varying in size from 12,000 to 118,000 ... -
Retrospective Total cost of ownership analysis of battery electric vehicles in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-19)A retrospective Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) versus gasoline vehicles (ICEVs), provided insights on the TCO effects of Norway’s BEV incentives that counts the registration and ... -
Optimal policies for electromobility: Joint assessment of transport and electricity distribution costs in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-01)This paper develops a stylized economic model for passenger transport in the greater Oslo area, in which the agents' choices of car ownership, transport pattern, and electric vehicle (EV) charging are jointly determined. ...