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Category Archives: Policy and Planning
Norway in the driver’s seat of bus safety
Posted in Okategoriserade, Passenger Transport, Policy and Planning, Safety, Traffic and Traffic Control, Vehicles
Tagged bus drivers, crash protection, road safety
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Proposed tax increases for electric cars will increase greenhouse gas emissions
Full toll rates and VAT for electric cars will reduce the profitability of owning electric cars and increase greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars in Oslo up to 2030.
Photo: Charging electric cars / Shutterstock
This is the main conclusion in a new TØI report, commissioned by the...
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Posted in Energy and Fuel, Environment and Climate, Policy and Planning
Tagged electric vehicles, emissions, greenshouse gas
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More effective harbours with the MODIG project
Is it possible to reduce energy use, lower costs and raise quality when road transports, rail transports and maritime transports converge in ports? And also do all of this at the same time? This is what researchers and doctoral students in the project MODIG are hoping to find out.
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Posted in Freight Transport, Policy and Planning, Shipping
Tagged harbour, MODIG
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Report: Variable speed limits only have benefits
Good compliance, less environmental impact and better road safety. The same journey times on average, but fewer very long queues. A variable speed limit trial has shown a number of benefits – and actually no disadvantages. “This method should be used more,” says the researcher responsible...
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Posted in Policy and Planning, Safety, Traffic and Traffic Control
Tagged speed limit, traffic safety, Variable speed, vti
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Parking regulations are essential to limit car use in cities and towns
Posted in Infrastructure, Policy and Planning, Safety, Vehicles
Tagged Institute of Transport Research, parking, parking policy, roads
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EU research on better public transport
A new research project will study how public transport can become more resilient, inclusive, and integrated. Four countries will do case studies with different focus. In Sweden the researchers will study how micromobility solutions can be used with public transport in an inclusive way.
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Posted in Passenger Transport, Policy and Planning
Tagged e-scooters, electric scooters, micromobility, public transport
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Norwegian railways are worn out and have burst capacity
Norwegian railway infrastructure is in an insufficient condition, capacity in Eastern Norway is limited and delays are due to infrastructural conditions.
The railway sector also lacks an actor who takes care of the overall responsibility for the railway, in conjunction with other modes of...
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Posted in Policy and Planning, Railways
Tagged organization, railway, railway infrastructure
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Constant conflicts about the role of public transport
Today, public transport is characterised by a concentration of infrastructure and resources to fewer but more attractive “transit corridors”, as well as the ongoing effort to strengthen the attractiveness of public transport as a sustainable alternative to the car. However, this has not always...
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Posted in Passenger Transport, Policy and Planning
Tagged case study, planning, public transport, transit corridors
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Knowledge about land development and public transport for large Norwegian cities also works for small
Posted in Passenger Transport, Policy and Planning
Tagged city, land use, public transport, town planning, walking
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Regulatory frameworks and MaaS developments in Finland and Norway
Posted in Passenger Transport, Policy and Planning
Tagged MaaS, mobility as a service
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