Vision Zero for Sustainable Road Safety in the Baltic Sea Region

2019-12-04 00:00 – 2019-12-05 23:00

The second Vision Zero for Sustainable Road Safety in the Baltic Sea Region conference will be held in Tallinn, Estonia. VTI is part of the programme committee.

More information at the conference website.

LATEST RESEARCH

2020-02-26 | Conference paper

Analysing human factors for naval navigation accidents using hfacs

Since the early ’90s the Portuguese Navy has implemented several measures to improve its navigation safety performance, such as new policies, standard operational procedures, auditing and training programs, revision of course programs and...

2020-02-24 | Report

Kinas nya sidenvägar: effekter på svensk handel och svenska transporter

VTI has been commissioned by Trafikanalys to assess how initiated and announced infrastructure investments within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) can impact Swedish trade and Swedish transports. BRI is a global development strategy launched by...

2013 | Article in journal

A coupled road dust and surface moisture model to predict non-exhaust road traffic...

Non-exhaust traffic induced emissions are a major source of particle mass in most European countries. This is particularly important in Nordic and Alpine countries where winter time road traction maintenance occurs, e.g. salting and sanding, and...

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MEET US

12-13
May

Electric Road Systems Conference (ERSC2020)

Welcome to the 4th Electric Road Systems Conference (ERSC2020), 12–13 May 2020 in Lund, Sweden

10-12
Jun

Via Nordica 2020

VTI participates at Via Nordica 2020 in Malmö 10–12 June 2020. The congress is organised by the Nordic Road Association (NVF).

25-27
Aug

ICTTP 2020

ICTTP, International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, is held in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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LATEST NEWS

2020-02-27

Sustainable business travel

Almost 40 per cent of distance travelled in Sweden is business travel (including study trips) and 66 per cent of those are by car. This is therefore an area where great environmental gains can be made if more sustainable modes of transport were used.

2020-02-24

A new project aims to improve the safety of bus companies

The safety culture of the bus industry is the focus of a new research project at VTI. The aim is to study factors that affect safe and legal behaviour in traffic, and how such behaviour can be encouraged.

2020-02-21

VTI part of Swedish-Indian collaboration for increased traffic safety

More than 150,000 traffic-related fatalities occur annually in India. Cooperation between Swedish and Indian companies and institutions is now being formed to greatly reduce these. The lessons learned will be utilized for development needs in different parts...

2020-02-13

Cherish the support for congestion charges

The introduction of a congestion charge in Stockholm had the intended effect of reducing congestion - even long term. And after the introduction of the charges the public support steadily increased. This success story has attracted extensive interest from...

2020-02-10

The Pedestrian Perspective in new projects

Two projects focusing on safety for pedestrians have recently commenced at VTI: Smart Urban Traffic Zones and Safety for Pedestrians. There are links to the ongoing EU project VIRTUAL – for which Research Director Astrid Linder is the coordinator.

2020-02-06

Improved lighting for pedestrians and cyclists

Together with Lund University, researchers from VTI will study how outdoor lighting can improve the quality of walking and cycling trips at dusk and darkness.

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