TØI Vitenarkiv: Recent submissions
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The effects of a subvention scheme for e-bikes on mode share and active mobility
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-04)Introduction Previous studies show substantial mode share effects from e-bikes. E-bike owners cycle more and drive less car than they would without access to an e-bike. Support schemes for e-bikes exist in a number of ... -
Cyclists’ handheld phone use and traffic rule knowledge
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-25)Phone use is likely to distract cyclists and possibly increase crash risk. Therefore, handheld phone use among cyclists is forbidden by law in some countries, even though cyclists use compensatory strategies to attempt to ... -
Estimating the replacement potential of Norwegian high-speed passenger vessels with zero-emission solutions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-06)High-speed passenger vessels have high greenhouse gas emissions per passenger kilometre travelled and require optimizations to provide a role in a low carbon society. This article works towards this goal as a study of the ... -
Integrative climate leadership in multi-level policy packages for urban mobility - A study of governance systems in two Nordic urban regions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-14)This paper involves a comparative study of policymaking related to urban transport in the Gothenburg and Oslo regions. It sets out to show how strong climate leadership relates to the integration of policy measures and ... -
Optimal Entry and Exit Decisions Under Uncertainty and the Impact of Mean Reversion
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-21)This paper derives an entrepreneur’s optimal switching between an idle and an active state under stochastic mean reverting output prices. The paper suggests a new categorisation of the effects of mean reversion. Mean ... -
Which is the more important for road safety— road design or driver behavioural adaptation?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-09)Studies consistently show that sharp horizontal curves increase accident rate. One would therefore expect roads with many sharp curves to have a higher accident rate than roads with few sharp curves. This is not the case. ... -
Descriptive analysis of reports on autonomous vehicle collisions in California: January 2021–June 2022
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-28)The characteristics of autonomous vehicles’ collisions from 2021 and the first half of 2022 in California confirm trends reported in previous years. Driving in autonomous mode was associated with fewer instances in which ... -
Eco driving as a road safety measure: Before and after study of three companies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-14)This study reports the results of a natural before and after study of economic driving and use of fleet management system recording driving style as a road safety measure. The study includes three companies studied on three ... -
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 ... -
Empirical Analysis of the User Needs and the Business Models in the Norwegian Charging Infrastructure Ecosystem
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-03)The Norwegian charging infrastructure ecosystem was investigated from a user perspective by (1) developing knowledge of end-user experiences with public charging, (2) mapping BEV owners and future owner’s user-friendliness ... -
Changes in Travel Behaviour During the Pandemic: Exploring Why Public Transport is Not Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-10)This study explores why shares using public transport in autumn 2021 remained well below 2019 pre-pandemic levels, even after most COVID-19 restrictions had been lifted. Based on an interview survey of 1145 workers in the ... -
Self-imposed social isolation among clients of social care organisations in the COVID-19 pandemic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-11)Although self-imposed social isolation is an important way of reducing the risk of COVID-19 infection, previous research indicates that this behaviour varies substantially between different groups and individuals. Socially ... -
Sensors securing sustainable digital urban logistics—A practitioner’s perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-04)The transport of goods, equipment and waste to, from, in and through urban areas (urban logistics) are essential for the economic vitality of the city but at the same time make urban environmental and social targets more ... -
Distracting or informative? Examining signage for cyclists using eye-tracking
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-30)There is great political motivation to improve conditions for cyclists to help solving the transport needs of the future. We used eye-tracking to collect data and analysed it using a novel machine learning approach. 40 ... -
The three A's of social capital in crises: Challenges with the availability, accessibility and activatability of social support
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-28)Social capital has become a major factor for analysing vulnerabilities and resilience in the context of disaster studies in recent years. Usually, it is studied along its three forms of bonding, bridging, and linking social ... -
Impacts from transportation measures in national appraisal guidelines: coverage and practices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-30)Transportation appraisal has a potential important role in prioritization of transportation investment projects and other transportation measures. Appraisal practices vary much over countries and time, but these differences ... -
The engagement of informal volunteers in disaster management in Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-04)Informal volunteering is increasingly important in disaster management, but authorities remain cautious about collaborating with informal volunteers. Relatively little is known about the extent to which informal volunteers ... -
Cost-effective planning and abatement costs of battery electric passenger vessel services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-02)This paper analyzes the energy replacement potential for high-speed passenger vessels. Emphasis is on whether better planning of services can mitigate technical and economic barriers to zero emission transport. A novel ... -
How Can Authorities Support Distributed Improvisation During Major Crises? A Study of Decision Bottlenecks Arising During Local COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Out
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-11)Despite the increased importance attributed to distributed improvisation in major crises, few studies investigate how central authorities can promote a harmonic, coordinated national response while allowing for distributed ... -
Interact or counteract? Behavioural observation of interactions between vulnerable road users and autonomous shuttles in Oslo, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-03)The current paper presents the results of behavioural observations in a field experiment with automated shuttles in Oslo, Norway. Video observations were conducted at five fixed locations along a challenging 1.2 km automated ...