EPAM 2012

The 4th EPAM, European pavement and asset management conference, in Malmö, Sweden, on 5–7 September 2012, at hotel Hilton Malmö city has been successfully accomplished. The conference was the follow up of the previous EPAM conferences in Budapest, Hungary in 2000; Berlin, Germany in 2004 and Coimbra, Portugal 2008.

The aim of the conference was to meet and discuss and get more knowledge of the challenges of road infrastructure asset management.

The effects of increasing traffic, climate change and need of safety as well as the need of well-being has to be met by even more effective road management. A holistic approach covering a lifetime view of road keeping (e.g. LCA) and preserving the assets is essential. The challenge Europe is facing is to use environmental friendly materials and technologies providing a sustainable and safe road infrastructure system.

The conference covered all aspects of the road infrastructure including assets such as pavements, engineering structures and road equipment.

Papers covered the following conference objectives:

EPAM conference organizer

VTI - Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute

EPAM conference auspices

EPAM conference sponsors


Ramboll RST	Fugro

EPAM conference exhibitors


Roadscanners OY	Geovap

Dynatest	Viagroup

Pavemetrics	Agile Assets

Dr. Jung & Partner	Yotta DCL

ViaTech	IPC global

LATEST RESEARCH

2017-09-22 | Conference paper

SAFE Move for older drivers: A French-Swedish research initiative

Faced with the aging of the population, it is crucial for older drivers to keep driving in orderto ensure their mobility and autonomy in daily life as long as possible. Driving is an importantaspect of maintaining mobility and independence. Driving...

2017-09-22 | Conference paper

DEVELOPMENT OF A SAFE DRIVING GUIDANCE SYSTEM THAT TARGETS 30 KM/H ZONES

Traffic accidents between vehicles and vulnerable road users, and the senior part of the population particularly, is a traffic safety problem that must be addressed continuously. A safe driving guidance system such as an intelligent speed adaptation...

2017-09-21 | Report

Samhällsekonomiska effekter med en kombitransport: beräkningar på järnvägsvagnen...

In Sweden and the EU, there is a stated need to combine more freight transports on road with railway. The aim is to reduce emissions of climate gases, as well as noise and other external effects such as congestion, accidents and wear and tear of the...

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RESEARCH AND SERVICES

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Brake and noise testing

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Crash safety testing

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Driving simulation

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Noise measurements

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On-road measurement

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MEET US

6
Oct

Open seminar with Mistra SAMS international scientific advisory...

Mistra SAMS international scientific advisory panel (ISAP) is visiting Stockholm, and the program will host an open seminar where the panel members will give talks in their area of expertise.

19-20
Oct

ERPUG 2017

The five year anniversary of European Road Profile Users' Group (ERPUG) Forum will take place at Ramboll head quarter, Copenhagen, Denmark October 19-20, 2017.

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LATEST NEWS

2017-07-05

Vehicle Driver Monitoring: sleepiness and cognitive load

To prevent road crashes it is important to understand driver related contributing factors, which have been suggested to be the critical reason in 94 per cent of crashes. The overall aim of the project Vehicle Driver Monitoring has been to advance the...

2017-06-29

Tomas Svensson new director-general

Tomas Svensson was today appointed Director-General of VTI. Tomas has been acting Director-General since January 2017.

2017-05-30

Crash testing bicycles at VTI

For the first time single bicycle crashes have been simulated at the VTI crash safety laboratory.

2017-05-15

A case study exploring firefighters’ and municipal officials’ preparedness for electrical vehicles

A VTI-study presents a social perspective on new vehicle technology. It explores the self-reported preparedness of the fire departments (i.e., rescue services) in Sweden’s three largest cities regarding rescue operations involving electrical vehicles (EVs).

2017-05-02

Pioneering research on and about bicycles at VTI

Under what circumstances might cyclists lose tyre grip? What actions could then be taken to prevent a crash? VTI is currently developing a theoretical model of the behaviour of bicycle tyres during braking and steering in different situations and on different...

2017-05-02

Virtual pedestrians create efficient stations

If more people are to choose sustainable travel, then the public transport stations of the future must be designed so that pedestrians can get where they are going quickly, without congestion or queues. The Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)...

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