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Conditions for Tendering Norwegian Passenger Train Services Not Adequately Met 

Posted on November 20, 2024 by nradmin
This may provide grounds for direct allocation. The Norwegian railway has specific characteristics that make it vulnerable in a tendering process.  Photo: Shutterstock.com Through the EEA Agreement, Norway commits to following various EU directives to ensure the free movement of goods,...

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Board games help improve self-driving buses

Posted on November 23, 2022 by nradmin
Serious Games are games created primarily for a purpose other than entertainment. The CATAPULT research project uses board games and maps to rethink self-driving vehicles and the future of public transport. The games provide interesting insights, according to the first Swedish test participants...

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Research on passenger and freight transport research

Posted on May 24, 2019 by nradmin
Shift2Rail is a European railway project that works actively to create innovations within the railway sector. IMPACT-2 is a project within Shift2Rail that follows and evaluates the innovation projects. How are the innovations coming along? Are they beneficial to society? The coordinator for...

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Fatigue a Problem in the Transport Sector

Posted on March 1, 2016 by nradmin
29 per cent of a sample of Norwegian transport operators report at least one episode of sleeping or nodding off while operating in the course of a three-month period. Based on retrospective ratings of the most recent operating period, alertness is found to decrease rapidly towards the final hour of...

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