Safety is key when Finns choose winter tyres

Posted on August 30, 2018 by nradmin

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. investigated motorists’ criteria for winter tyre choices. The results of a nationwide survey showed that traction on ice was the most crucial tyre feature, especially for motorists using studded tyres, whereas for users of studless winter tyres, the...

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Bicycle helmets – To wear or not to wear?

Posted on August 29, 2018 by nradmin

Bicycle helmets reduce serious head injury by 60 percent. Chief Research Officer at the Institute of Transport Economics (TØI) Alena Høye has conducted a meta-analysis of the effects of bicycle helmets on serious head injury and other injuries among crash involved cyclists. 179 effect estimates...

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Non-native plant species spread via transport systems

Posted on August 29, 2018 by nradmin

Researchers at the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, VTI, have compiled a report on non-native invasive plant species in Sweden and how they spread via transport systems. An invasive species is a non-native animal or plant species that has been introduced into an...

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Testing unmanned aircraft for roadside snowpack avalanche evaluation

Posted on August 29, 2018 by nradmin

Can unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) support the Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s (NPRA) mission to monitor snow avalanche hazards above their roads? NPRA staff recognized that UASs (often called drones) could reduce the need for avalanche staff to travel to dangerous avalanche zones and...

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EU project on traffic safety and crash testing

Posted on August 27, 2018 by nradmin

Crash safety testing is one of the tools used to improve safety on roads. The EU is therefore funding a research project that started recently to develop virtual methods of crash testing. The long-term goal is to supplement the physical evaluation of crash protection in and from the cars by virtual...

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Norwegian car sellers believe the future is electric

Posted on August 23, 2018 by nradmin

Considering the electric vehicles to be the future, the salespeople in Norway appreciate the electric car sales. Researchers at TØI, KTH and RISE/Viktoria AB in Sweden have conducted a survey of 1000 vehicle buyers in Sweden and Norway as well as interviews with Norwegian car...

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A new concept for smart logistics

Posted on May 4, 2018 by nradmin

Corridor as a Service (CaaS) is a new concept for smart logistics. The goal of the new operating model is to improve goods logistics in a business led manner in order to facilitate international commerce and to enable new value adding services for companies which are buying logistics and also for...

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Peak fossil fueled based vehicle ownership

Posted on May 2, 2018 by nradmin

Norway’s policy on electric vehicles has led to a tipping point of fossil fueled based vehicle ownership by households. Battery electric vehicles reached in 2017 a market share of 20 per cent in Norway, and a fleet share of 5.1 per cent. This impressive development is the result of large...

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New technology for road surface measurement tested

Posted on May 2, 2018 by nradmin

The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, VTI, has tested a new scanning-laser technology for road surface measurement. The tests show the new technology for comprehensive transverse-profile measurement provides dependable values in measuring transverse profile and rut...

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Increased safety of automated cars

Posted on May 2, 2018 by nradmin

Several steps are necessary to ensure that automated and connected cars will lead to increased traffic safety – everything from ensuring that technology takes vulnerable road users into account, to new forms of driver training. This has emerged in a position paper created by the Forum of European...

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