Author Archives: nradmin

Agile evaluation methods for ITS

Posted on December 4, 2019 by nradmin
Successful deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) applications requires information on their impacts, costs and benefits, technical functioning and other characteristics. However, the resources, time and data available for evaluation of ITS systems are usually limited. Evaluation methods...

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VTI launches new maritime research

Posted on December 3, 2019 by nradmin
VTI’s ambition is to create cohesive maritime research in areas such as transport economics, logistics, environment, behavioural science, and navigation. One current assignment concerns the validation of research in a major international EU-project, Sea Traffic Management. VTI’s maritime...

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Exploring driver and operator behaviour models in the context of automated driving – Identification of issues from a human actor perspective

Posted on December 2, 2019 by nradmin
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland studied human issues related to automated driving. The descriptive study explored three different theoretical approaches – one of which has been developed and applied in an industrial work context featuring a long tradition of human interaction with...

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Kilometre tax is expected to have the greatest environmental impact

Posted on November 25, 2019 by nradmin
How can environmentally differentiated charges and other policy instruments reduce the freight transports’ environmental impact? VTI has participated in a research project on this subject. The project was led by IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and carried out in collaboration with...

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New study examines the mental health of seamen

Posted on November 19, 2019 by nradmin
Working at sea and being away from home for long periods can be mentally straining. In a preparatory study, researchers at VTI will examine how prevalent mental ill health is among ship crews in Sweden, and how the shipping companies’ preventative efforts are working. Ships are very special...

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