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Invitation and Call for papers for the conference Road Safety on Four Continents 2007
2006-12-21
News. The conference Road Safety on Four Continents in November 2007 will take place in Bangkok, Thailand. This conference is the 14th in a series of road safety conferences starting in 1987 with emphasis on two continents, Europe and North America. In year 2000... Read more... »
The Winter Model, Stage 2. Final report
2006-12-07
Publication. The aim of the Winter Model is to estimate and put a value on the most important impacts of the strategies and measures in winter road management for road users, road management authorities and society at large. The main report itself is a summary of the... Read more... »
Quality of service on road 67 Stingtorpet–Tärnsjö
2006-11-30
Publication. VTI has studied two rural road design alternatives with separated oncoming traffic lanes. The road under consideration is a planned relocation of road 67 between Stingtorpet and Tärnsjö in Heby municipality. The two studied alternatives are both "1+1 designs"... Read more... »
Praktikumsbericht. Studentenaustausch zwischen der Universität Karlsruhe und VTI im Bereich des Eisenbahwesens
2006-11-30
Publication. Report in German. Read more... »
How households adapt to changed costs for car ownership and car use
2006-11-29
Publication. The Swedish and Norwegian Road Administrations, VINNOVA, Folksam, BIL Sweden AB, MRF and MOSK have initiated a five year long research programme concerning the social and economical aspects of car use in a household. As a part of that, VTI has been... Read more... »
Maintenance service levels of cycleways. Interviews with 13 Swedish municipalities with relatively high amount of bicycle traffic
2006-11-20
Publication. This study gives an insight into the routines and regulations for cycleway maintenancein Swedish municipalities with relatively high amount of bicycle traffic. The study ispart of a larger project “Service levels of cycleways” with the purpose of finding... Read more... »
Placement and design of milled rumble strips on centre line and shoulder – a driving simulator study
2006-11-17
Publication. A driving simulator experiment was carried out in order to investigate the effects on fatigued drivers of rumble strips on narrow roads (≤ 9 meters) on both shoulder and centre lines. The driving simulator was an advanced moving base passenger car simulator... Read more... »
Habitat fragmentation due to transportation infrastructure. COST 341 national state-of-the-art report Sweden
2006-11-17
Publication. The publication has been edited by Andreas Seiler and Lennart Folkeson.Fragmentation of landscapes and habitats is a major cause of the impoverishment of biodiversity in Europe. Transportation infrastructure, notably roads and railways, strongly contribute to... Read more... »
Bus drivers' working environment
2006-11-08
Publication. At the assignment of the Swedish Road Administration, VTI has performed a study on “The working environment of bus drivers”.The aim of the study was to describe the working environment of bus drivers according to contemporary research. The result of the study... Read more... »
Crash tests of a non-rigid noise barrier
2006-11-06
Publication. There are several possibilities to reduce problems with traffic noise. One solution is to put upa noise barrier. There are obvious advantages with mounting a wall like barrier rather than abank as the barrier needs less space and can be easily erected in... Read more... »

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Invitation and Call for papers for the conference Road Safety on Four Continents 2007

The Winter Model, Stage 2. Final report

Quality of service on road 67 Stingtorpet–Tärnsjö

Praktikumsbericht. Studentenaustausch zwischen der Universität Karlsruhe und VTI im Bereich des Eisenbahwesens

How households adapt to changed costs for car ownership and car use

Maintenance service levels of cycleways. Interviews with 13 Swedish municipalities with relatively high amount of bicycle traffic

Placement and design of milled rumble strips on centre line and shoulder – a driving simulator study

Habitat fragmentation due to transportation infrastructure. COST 341 national state-of-the-art report Sweden

Bus drivers' working environment

Crash tests of a non-rigid noise barrier

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