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VTI will build an advanced driving simulator in Göteborg
2008-12-12
News. The VTI Board of Directors have taken the decision to establish an advanced driving simulator in Göteborg. The investment cost will be 20 million Swedish crowns. The Region Västra Götaland and the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems,... Read more... »
Swedish goods study based on national and international literature. International survey – passenger transport
2008-12-11
Publication. VTI has been commissioned by SIKA to carry out a goods study as well as an international survey of transfers of passenger transport with the aim of reducing the climate impact.The goods study is based on national and international literature, complemented by... Read more... »
Young moped drivers – a study of risk taking and methods used by the police to reduce trimming
2008-12-08
Publication. Unrestricted or so-called trimmed mopeds and speeding are experienced as an increasing traffic safety problem. Citizens feel that the disturbing sounds of mopeds in residential areas and careless driving behaviour among young moped riders are a problem. In... Read more... »
Procurement, contract design and innovations
2008-11-26
Publication. Public sector procurement annually adds up to large sums of money, in total perhaps up towards 20 percent of GDP. The present report focuses procurement of complex products such as new roads. More specifically, the projects have three characteristics in... Read more... »
Mobility service to day care and daily activities in a Swedish municipality
2008-11-13
Publication. In 2003, the municipality of Lidköping commisioned VTI to carry out an investigation of trips in connection with daily care and daily activities for disabled persons and propose improvements that can contribute to better fulfilment of decided goals.The... Read more... »
Traffic simulation of densely built-up areas by Contram8. An application in the city of Linköping
2008-11-12
Publication. CONTRAM (Continuous Traffic Assignment Model) is a computerised model for simulation of traffic flows on roads and streets. The model makes it possible to study effects of traffic management schemes or future developments of the street network. CONTRAM... Read more... »
A basis for new models for maintenance and operation costs in some Swedish guidelines and programmes
2008-11-07
Publication. A basis is presented for new models for maintenance and operation costs in the Swedish Road Administration’s guidelines (Effektsamband) and the programmes (EVA, Samkalk) for network and object planning. The development of models and the assumptions made are... Read more... »
Pilot's working environment from a gender equality perspective – a literature study
2008-10-27
Publication. The aim of this literature study has been to summarize research results concerning gender equality among pilots in their daily working environment both from a Swedish and international perspective. The aim has also been to identify important fields of... Read more... »
Injuries in road accidents involving buses during 2003–2006 – with particular reference to children's school journeys
2008-10-08
Publication. Every year, on average, three children aged 6–16 are killed in conjunction with journeys by bus over the whole service day. At the time of the accident they are usually pedestrians on the way to/from the bus.For several years, the (lack of) safety associated... Read more... »
Acceptance testing for road surface monitoring vehicles in Finland
2008-09-23
Publication. VTI has carried out acceptance testing of companies that would like to do road surface monitoring in Finland. This has been done on commission of the Finnish Road Administration. This kind of acceptance testing has been done in Sweden by VTI in cooperation... Read more... »

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VTI will build an advanced driving simulator in Göteborg

Swedish goods study based on national and international literature. International survey – passenger transport

Young moped drivers – a study of risk taking and methods used by the police to reduce trimming

Procurement, contract design and innovations

Mobility service to day care and daily activities in a Swedish municipality

Traffic simulation of densely built-up areas by Contram8. An application in the city of Linköping

A basis for new models for maintenance and operation costs in some Swedish guidelines and programmes

Pilot's working environment from a gender equality perspective – a literature study

Injuries in road accidents involving buses during 2003–2006 – with particular reference to children's school journeys

Acceptance testing for road surface monitoring vehicles in Finland

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