The Government has resolved on a new board for VTI for the period 1 January 2008 to 31 May 2009.
The new chairman of the board will be Anna Grönlund Krantz. Anna Grönlund Krantz is an economist by profession and is on the board of LFV and The Bothnia Line. At present she is working as a communications consultant.

Members of the new board
Anna Grönlund Krantz (chairman)
Jonas Bjelfvenstam, VTI
Björn Sundell, The National Veterinary Institute
Charlotte Wäreborn Schultz, The Swedish Public Transport Association
Sönneve Ölnes, Transport economic institute, Norway
Thomas Korsfeldt, Swedish Energy Agency
Britt Marie Bertilsson, The Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research
Lise Langseth, The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning

LATEST RESEARCH

2019-05-17 | Article in journal

Importance of subject-dependent classification and imbalanced distributions in driver...

 The first in-depth study on the use of electrocardiogram and electrooculogram for subject-dependent classification in driver sleepiness/fatigue under realistic driving conditions is presented in this work. Since acquisitions in simulated...
2019-05-17 | Article in journal

The Relevance of Australasian Road Safety Strategies in a Future Context

 The improvements to road safety since the 1970's are becoming increasingly difficult to sustain in many developed countries. This paper analyses ten Australasian Government road safety strategies against two key criteria: 1. a comprehensive...
2019-05-17 | Article in journal

Road dust load dynamics and influencing factors for six winter seasons in Stockholm,...

 Traffic related non-exhaust particulate sources and road dust are an increasingly important source for PM10 air pollution as exhaust sources are decreasing due to regulations. In the Nordic countries, the road dust problem is enhanced by use of...
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9-12
Jun

Global Public Transport Summit

On 9-12 June 2019, the international public transport community, mobility decision makers and industry suppliers will come together in Stockholm for the UITP Global Public Transport Summit. VTI will be represented in the conference exhibition.
16-18
Oct

European Road Profile User's Group, ERPUG

Welcome to the sixth ERPUG meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania. 
4-5
Dec

Vision Zero for Sustainable Road Safety in the Baltic Sea Region

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. 
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LATEST NEWS

2019-05-09

Knowledge in the fight against microplastics from road traffic

The Government has commissioned VTI to develop and disseminate knowledge regarding the emission of microplastics from road traffic.

2019-05-07

How to make autonomous vehicles coexist with other traffic

The road infrastructure must be prepared for self-driving vehicles – especially in the beginning when the concepts are still new. Researchers are contributing to this through CoEXist, an EU-funded research project in which VTI participates as the largest...

2019-05-03

Electric roads: ‘Standardisation is an important factor for a future European transport system’

VTI employees recently arranged a workshop in Brussels on the standardisation of Electric Road Systems (ERS). ERS has become increasingly relevant as a possible method for reducing the transport sector's environmental impacts, especially in terms of climate...

2019-04-23

Research on passenger and freight transport research

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...

2019-04-01

How vehicles can avoid accidents on newly paved roads

Friction is an important property for road safety. VTI has investigated how roads change in the first few weeks after surfacing work has been completed. Researchers recommend posting warning signs when the road is opened and waiting at least three weeks to...

2019-03-22

VTI contributes to study on older drivers and accidents

On behalf of and in collaboration with the Swedish Transport Agency, VTI has carried out a study of older drivers and the link between illness and traffic accidents. The Transport Agency has now published the results.

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