It is important to maintain a known quality in the test data. For many years, VTI has tested and made comparative measurements of profilometers that are used when making road condition inventories and for functionality tests of surface designs.
VTI has carried out assignments as a part of international projects, for the Swedish and Finnish Transport Administrations, the German Federal Highway Research Institute (Bast) as well as users and manufacturers of measuring equipment.VTI is in possession of a number of pieces of equipment that can be used as reference, and well thought out methods have been prepared for how these tests should be done.
In August 2020, VTI and SAFER are organising the International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology (ICTTP) in Gothenburg. ICTTP is held every four years, and this year is the seventh conference.
How can environmentally differentiated charges and other policy instruments reduce the freight transports' environmental impact? VTI has participated in a research project on this subject.
Cycling is good both for your health and the environment. It can give you freedom and the ability to get out and about, not least for the elderly. But with age, it can become harder to choose your bike over your car. Maybe your fitness and balance are not...
VTI's ambition is to create cohesive maritime research in areas such as transport economics, logistics, environment, behavioural science, and navigation. One current assignment concerns the validation of research in a major international EU-project, Sea...
Working at sea and being away from home for long periods can be mentally straining. In a preparatory study, researchers at VTI will examine how prevalent mental ill health is among ship crews in Sweden, and how the shipping companies' preventative efforts are...
VTI has participated in a study of fatigue among London bus drivers. The study has given Transport for London the tools to implement measures that deal with fatigue among the city’s bus drivers.