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Category Archives: Human Behaviour and Attitudes
VTI simulator included in a study on how drivers are affected by carbon dioxide
Moderately-high levels of carbon dioxide, which can often occur in vehicles, can adversely affect people. What effects different carbon dioxide levels can have on health status and driving performance, VTI researchers are now investigating with the help of one of the institute's driving...
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Tagged carbon dioxide, cognition, driver, driving performance, impact study, simulator
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Half of e-scooter riders in Oslo have driven while under the influence of alcohol.
43 percent of e-scooter riders rode with a blood alcohol-level above the legal limit and they see it as unlikely to be stopped in alcohol control.
According to a new TØI report over 50 percent of the e-scooters riders "almost always" drive without a helmet, in addition to the high number...
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Posted in Human Behaviour and Attitudes, Vehicles
Tagged behaviour, e-scooters, safety
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Designing automated driving HMI for a city bus (in TrustVehicle)
The TrustVehicle project developed and demonstrated an intuitive human machine interface (HMI) for automated driving functionality of an electric city bus with professional drivers. One critical part of Automated Driving (AD) development is the HMI design. Information presented on the HMI is...
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Posted in Human Behaviour and Attitudes, Vehicles
Tagged automated vehicles, bus, bus drivers, HMI, Human Machine Interface
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Trains, humans and systems
Several VTI projects are looking at the human factor of the railway system. One project looks at preventing trespassing on the railway tracks, another is looking for the root causes of human errors in rail traffic management.
When unauthorised people encroach on railway tracks, this creates major...
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Tagged behaviour, decision making, human errors, Human factors
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TRA VISIONS 2020
TRA VISIONS is a contest for young and senior researchers in the field of transport in Europe. It is organised every other year on behalf of the European Commission in connection with the Transport Research Arena (TRA) conference. VTI was a partner of the consortium that organised TRA VISIONS...
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Posted in Cycling, Economics, Energy and Fuel, Environment and Climate, Flight, Freight Transport, Human Behaviour and Attitudes, Infrastructure, Intelligent Transport Systems, Maintenance, Passenger Transport, Policy and Planning, Safety, Simulation, Traffic and Traffic Control, Vehicles
Tagged EU, European Commission, rail transport, TRA, TRA VISIONS, transport mode, Transport Research Arena
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Speed display signs reduce driving speed at pedestrian crossings on collector streets
A recent study evaluated speed display signs at pedestrian crossings in a low-speed (40 km/h) urban environment. Installing speed displays significantly reduced the mean speed, proportion of speeding vehicles, and approaching speed at pedestrian crossings. The speed displays were installed...
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Posted in Human Behaviour and Attitudes, Safety
Tagged behaviour, driver, driving speed, speed, speed display signs, traffic safety
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EU project to reduce emissions
Road transport is a major source of air pollution that harms human health and the environment. A three-year EU project, in which VTI is participating, aims to achieve a wider societal impact by providing citizens with the knowledge and tools to understand, assess and control their pollutant...
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Posted in Environment and Climate, Human Behaviour and Attitudes
Tagged air pollution, behaviour, driving, emissions, tyre wear
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How can the bus trip be improved for people with ADHD?
People with autism, ADHD and other neuropsychiatric disorders may experience difficulties in using public transport, which limits their opportunities for an active life in terms of school, work and hobbies.
In a new research project, Jessica Berg and Jonas Ihlström will investigate how people...
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Posted in Human Behaviour and Attitudes, Passenger Transport
Tagged ADHD, autism, neuropsychiatric disorders, public transport
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Sustainable business travel
Almost 40 per cent of distance travelled in Sweden is business travel (including study trips) and 66 per cent of those are by car. This is therefore an area where great environmental gains can be made if more sustainable modes of transport were used.
Sonja Forward, Senior Researcher at the...
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Posted in Human Behaviour and Attitudes, Passenger Transport, Policy and Planning
Tagged business travel, sustainable mobile services, travel app
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Improved lighting for pedestrians and cyclists
Together with Lund University, researchers from VTI will study how outdoor lighting can improve the quality of walking and cycling trips at dusk and darkness.
The end-product of the results will be recommendations for how footways and cycleways can be designed, maintained and illuminated in the...
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Posted in Cycling, Human Behaviour and Attitudes, Maintenance
Tagged behaviour, cycling, darkness, lighting, walking
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