Category Archives: Infrastructure

Research Moving Forward into Skid-free Pedestrian and Bicycle Paths

Posted on December 7, 2015 by nradmin
Many initiatives are currently underway around Sweden intended to make it safer to move around outdoors in winter and increase the proportion of trips by bicycle or on foot. However, nearly all our knowledge of winter road maintenance derives from the maintenance of airports and vehicle roads in...

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Conference: ERPUG 2015 forum

Posted on April 14, 2015 by nradmin
The latest in road profiling and road surface characteristics. European Road Profile User's Group are proud to invite you to the ERPUG 2015 forum, October 15-16, 2015, in Budapest, Hungary. It will take place in central Budapest at the Technical University. Registration is now open, see...

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Unique Model Calculates Costs of Winter Maintenance

Posted on March 2, 2015 by nradmin
In the late 1990s, VTI and the Swedish Transport Administration (then known as the Swedish Road Administration) began discussing the creation of a model for calculating the socioeconomic costs of various strategies for the winter maintenance of the national road system. VTI has now been working...

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Developing Winter Road Maintenance Technologies, Services and Business

Posted on February 27, 2015 by nradmin
Finnish companies, authorities and research institutes have a long tradition of dealing with winter conditions. Key stakeholders in the winter maintenance branch have joined forces to develop new services and products. Due to its geographical location and four seasons, Finland has had to adapt...

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Bridges and Roads Subject of Special Study

Posted on January 18, 2015 by nradmin
A three-year project to better assess the condition of roads and bridges has been completed. “This project will make it easier for highway administrators to structure data obtained from measurements and create manageable information that is applicable for various purposes in highway...

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Electric Roads: a Solution for the Future

Posted on January 14, 2015 by nradmin
In several years we will need to rely on something other than fossil fuels for our transport needs. One possible alternative is for our vehicles to run on electricity supplied along the road. In autumn 2014, VTI partnered with the Swedish Transport Administration and Viktoria Swedish ICT to test...

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Kerbs Can Affect Guardrail Function

Posted on October 30, 2014 by nradmin
A guardrail is intended to catch a vehicle that is headed in the wrong direction, i.e., off the road, and guide it back onto the road with as little damage to the vehicle as possible, all to reduce the risk of personal injury inside the vehicle. But what happens if a kerb is installed in front of...

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The Sunshine Tunnel – Routing Sunlight into Tunnels with the Help of Photovoltaic Panels

Posted on May 7, 2014 by nradmin
Most tunnels rely on a complex web of power cables feeding electricity from distant energy sources to power light fixtures mounted in the ceiling. At the same time the tunnels are surrounded by daylight. A new pilot project at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) aims to challenge this...

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Improving Infrastructure to Withstand Natural Hazards – a Major R&D Project for a Safer Society

Posted on April 7, 2014 by nradmin
Natural hazards – infrastructure for floods and slides (NIFS) is a multi-disciplinary project based on Report no. 15 to the Storting15 (2011-2012) entitled How to live with the risks –about floods and slides, and the subsequent parliamentary debate. The Norwegian National Rail Administration...

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Potholes – Annoying Problem for Road Users and Road Administrations

Posted on April 7, 2014 by nradmin
The winter 2013/2014 has in Denmark been reasonably mild, but normally it has been high season for a special kind of damage to our roads – Potholes. In places where the pavement conditions are not optimal and the climate during wintertime provides wet conditions and freeze-thaw cycling potholes...

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