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Author Archives: nradmin
Near accidents between pedestrians and cyclists much more frequent than actual collisions
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland studied near accidents and collisions between pedestrians and cyclists. According to the results, near accidents occur considerably more often than actual collisions, and pedestrians and cyclists experienced a lower sense of safety in environments with...
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Tagged cycling, cyclists, near accidents, pedestrians, safety
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Expanding road capacity in urban areas resulted in urban sprawl, more traffic and more motorists
Posted in Traffic and Traffic Control
Tagged capacity, congestion, delay, queue, urban area, urban sprawl
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Increased interest in train simulators
VTI has developed a train simulator that has become a valued tool in train driver education and research on how simulators can be used to improve railway technology.
Birgitta Thorslund, Senior Research Leader at VTI, explains that the simulator helps to give train drivers a better working...
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Self-driving buses in Linköping part of the EU project SHOW
The benefits of self-driving vehicles for people with disabilities are one of the focus area for a recently launched EU project linked to self-driving buses in Linköping, Sweden.
Two self-driving buses of different brands are in service in Linköping, Sweden, since late 2019. Together, they will...
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Posted in Intelligent Transport Systems, Passenger Transport, Traffic and Traffic Control
Tagged autonomous vehicles, bus, remote control, self-driving vehicles
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Connected vehicles solve parking problems
Vehicles circulating in the city centre in search of a free parking space is a growing problem. A cloud service that tracks the traffic situation and the availability of free parking spaces could reduce both traffic and congestion.
In a new study by VTI and the University of Skövde and other...
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Posted in Intelligent Transport Systems, Traffic and Traffic Control
Tagged cloud service, connected vehicles, parking, sensor
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