Bringing Together Nordic Expertise in Cooperation on Road Dust

Posted on September 16, 2016 by nradmin

Road dust can be cleaned up or bound to the road surface, but more knowledge is needed to determine which approach is more effective. Project Nordust is consequently starting as a Nordic cooperative initiative in which researchers from Sweden, Iceland, Finland, and Norway will work together to...

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Major European Project for Safer Cycling

Posted on September 16, 2016 by nradmin

More and more cyclists are dying or sustaining severe injuries in traffic. A major EU project is studying ways of facilitating the interaction between cyclists and drivers with the help of technical aids in order to reduce the risk of accidents. Cyclists, whose numbers have increased in recent...

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Simulated Pedestrian Traffic Key Piece of the Puzzle for Sustainable Trips

Posted on September 16, 2016 by nradmin

Society’s interest in planning for pedestrian traffic is growing. Planners are increasingly concerned with ensuring that the interaction between different types of transportation, such as public transport, walking, and cycling, operates as flexibly as possible to increase the proportion of...

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Winter Driving and Lack of Experience Cause Accidents

Posted on August 17, 2016 by nradmin

Foreign drivers of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in Norway have three times the risk of being involved in a single vehicle accident than drivers of domestic HGVs. A recent study uses several methods to examine safety outcomes, risk factors and measures associated with increasing...

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Yielding Rates Increase at Crosswalks with “SeeMe”

Posted on June 29, 2016 by nradmin

A recent study shows that the pedestrian crosswalk warning system "SeeMe" increases the yielding rate on average by 14 per cent. "SeeMe" is a warning system with automatic pedestrian detection that is mounted on crosswalk signs. Amber flashing lights are activated when pedestrians are...

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The Right Vegetation Can Contribute to a More Forgiving Traffic Environment

Posted on June 8, 2016 by nradmin

The biggest source of air pollution in cities is traffic, and the right type of vegetation can result in better air, particularly if it is growing near traffic. However, there is a key factor that a municipality should take into account before putting the plants in the ground, namely, traffic...

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ITS Applications for Improving Safety and Mobility of Vulnerable Road Users

Posted on June 8, 2016 by nradmin

The VRUITS project (Improving the Safety and Mobility of Vulnerable Road Users through ITS Applications), co-funded by the European Commission, investigated how safety and mobility of Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) can be improved through Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), and provided...

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A CO2-fund for the Norwegian Transport Industry?

Posted on June 8, 2016 by nradmin

Heavy transport makes up a large part of the land-based GHG-emissions from the transport sector in Norway. Every year, 70 000 trucks emit around 2,5 million tons of CO2, and pay in over 1,2 billion NOK in CO2-duties on fuel. A means to accelerate the phasing in of trucks with renewable propulsion...

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Properly Placed Vegetation in Cities Improves Air Quality

Posted on June 8, 2016 by nradmin

A city’s vegetation can affect its air quality both positively and negatively. The positive effect is that the total amount of air pollution decreases because the air is being filtered. On the other hand, vegetation in crowded street canyons can degrade the air locally if deployed in such a way...

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A Future Without Traffic Signals?

Posted on June 8, 2016 by nradmin

Neither traffic signs nor traffic signals may be necessary if all vehicles are self-driving. But many questions remain as to what will be required in the future, which is why the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), Linköping University (LiU), and the Royal Institute of...

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