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VTI and SAFER are organising the world’s largest traffic and transport psychology conference in Gothenburg

Posted on December 6, 2019 by nradmin
In August 2020, VTI and SAFER are organising the International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology (ICTTP) in Gothenburg. ICTTP is held every four years, and this year is the seventh conference. The conference attracts around 400 participants who, over the course of three days, will...

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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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