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Driving instructors' perspective on risk training of motorcyclists
2011-08-25
Publication. Over the last decade it has become increasingly popular to ride a motorcycle in Sweden. A mandatory risk education for competence A and A1 was introduced from the 1st of November 2009. Since the education is new, few evaluations have been conducted so far.... Read more... »
Visibility of pedestrians at different levels of road lighting
2011-08-25
Publication. In Sweden, road lighting is regulated in Vägars och gators utformning (VGU). Generally, the requirement is an average luminance level and a luminance uniformity of the road surface. An important question is if the requirements are reasonable? Too low... Read more... »
Evaluation of road sweepers' ability to reduce PM10 concentration
2011-08-24
Publication. Road dust, periodically, contributes to high concentrations of inhalable particles (PM10) in road and street environments and causes exceedances of the environmental quality standard for PM10. Measures against road dust have so far included trying to decrease... Read more... »
Oversteering on ice and snow with different winter tyres – Method development and field study
2011-08-24
Publication. Traffic accidents during winter time are to a larger extent categorized by loss of vehicle control resulting in a skidding accident, compared to accidents occurring summer time. In a study by the Swedish Transport Administration, it was shown that for fatal... Read more... »
Service levels of cycleways – state-of-the-art report focusing on maintenance and operation
2011-06-30
Publication. This is the final report within the research project “Service levels of cycleways” with the purpose of finding the characteristics of an attractive cycle way, and specifying how to maintain cycleways in order to promote cycling. The report is based on... Read more... »
Performance optimization of road pavement structures – observation of test sections at road E4 Skånes Fagerhult
2011-06-29
Publication. The aim of the project is to explore a concept based on performance optimization of road pavement structures with various fractions of subgrade layer and asphalt pavement thickness. The project has a total of 14 test sections located in K1 and K2 in the... Read more... »
Effects of billboards on traffic safety – A study on the motorway E4 in Stockholm
2011-06-29
Publication. The present report presents four studies that were conducted with the aim to evaluate how the electronic billboards (ERS) affect traffic safety. The study was commissioned by the Swedish Transport Administration as a ground for decisions to determine whether... Read more... »
The influence of lighting, wall colour and inattention on traffic safety in tunnels – A simulator study
2011-06-26
Publication. Even though the crash risk in tunnels is rather lower than on the open road network, crash consequences can be very severe. Therefore it is of high importance to assure high safety standard in tunnels, which includes, but is not limited to, an appropriate... Read more... »
Effects of trees on illumination on pedestrian and bicycle paths
2011-06-26
Publication. Trees and vegetation in the street environment are important components of urban areas and increase the environmental quality in cities. When trees and vegetation compete for space with other items in the roadside area, this will sometimes have adverse... Read more... »
Swedish road condition indicators; past, present and future. – Part 2: Present – year 2005–2009
2011-06-26
Publication. VTI has, within the area of road surface monitoring been commissioned to lead the work on development of new measures (indicators) that better describe or represent defects on roads and pavements. The indicators are created with the data from yearly monitored... Read more... »

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Driving instructors' perspective on risk training of motorcyclists

Visibility of pedestrians at different levels of road lighting

Evaluation of road sweepers' ability to reduce PM10 concentration

Oversteering on ice and snow with different winter tyres – Method development and field study

Service levels of cycleways – state-of-the-art report focusing on maintenance and operation

Performance optimization of road pavement structures – observation of test sections at road E4 Skånes Fagerhult

Effects of billboards on traffic safety – A study on the motorway E4 in Stockholm

The influence of lighting, wall colour and inattention on traffic safety in tunnels – A simulator study

Effects of trees on illumination on pedestrian and bicycle paths

Swedish road condition indicators; past, present and future. – Part 2: Present – year 2005–2009

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