Service for safety-related traffic information

Posted on March 5, 2018 by nradmin

The NordicWay Coop-project successfully piloted a service providing safety-related traffic information through cellular networks to road users in Finland. The users received the service well and the service was assessed to reduce accidents and thus have both traffic safety and travel time benefits....

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Manual on transport, logistics and multimodality

Posted on March 2, 2018 by nradmin

The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, VTI,  is one of several important partners in a project whose purpose is to create knowledge and insight regarding the transport sector. In an initial subproject, VTI has produced a manual on transport, logistics and...

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Electric Road Systems Conference 2018

Posted on March 2, 2018 by nradmin

After a successful first conference in June 2017, the Swedish research and innovation platform for electric roads is arranging the second dedicated International Conference on Electric Road Systems (ERS) June 13th and 14th 2018. The venue this year is Arlanda Airport City, next to the...

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New car 30-40 percent safer than 10 year-old-car

Posted on March 2, 2018 by nradmin

The likelihood of being killed or severely injured in a traffic accident is 30-40 percent lower if you drive a new car as compared to one that is 10 years old. This is stated in a new report from the Institute of Transport Economics, which summarizes international research literature in this area....

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Testing automation in EU project

Posted on February 6, 2018 by nradmin

The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) is leading a series of tests in a major EU project on automated driving. The first driving tests were carried out on a test track in Slovenia in December 2017. The project will focus in part on acceptance among different groups in...

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Freight transport on road and rail analysed

Posted on February 1, 2018 by nradmin

Freight transport accounts for a large proportion of the emissions, noise and congestion produced by road traffic. Transporting freight in larger but fewer lorries could reduce the problem. At the same time it might entail freight being diverted from more environmentally beneficial modes of...

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Road Safety on Five Continents. Registration open!

Posted on January 29, 2018 by nradmin

May 16-18, 2018 the RS5C conference will take place on Jeju Island, South Korea. The conference is organised by VTI in close cooperation with Korea Transportation Safety Authority (KOTSA, TS) and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) in South Korea. With focus on traffic safety...

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Densification in nodes reduce car traffic

Posted on December 6, 2017 by nradmin

Workplaces and dwellings located in nodes generates less car traffic per inhabitant and per employee than dwellings and workplaces located outside the nodes, but more traffic than those located in city centres. A Norwegian research project has studied the effects on traffic and emissions of...

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Research programme SAMS for efficient travelling

Posted on December 6, 2017 by nradmin

The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) is playing an important role in a major new research programme to find radical solutions leading to fewer trips and more efficient travel, along with tools to enable better use of roads and vehicles. The programme, called Sustainable...

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Accident risks of different weather conditions

Posted on December 6, 2017 by nradmin

According to a recent study, poor weather conditions increase the accident risk more on motorways compared to two-lane and multiple-lane roads. The study analysed the accident risk from a single drivers’ point of view and the relative accident risk was related to the time spent on the road...

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