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Transport economic analysis can save lives
It started when researchers at VTI read in a report from Folksam that 79 per cent of professional drivers drive too fast and that they are overrepresented when... -
Transport economics - how to influence traffic
Transport means noise, wear and tear and congestion on the roads. Not to mention accidents and climate emissions. That is well known. But there are smart ways t... -
Transport economics – for the benefit of society
What is right or wrong is ultimately a matter of values. But VTI’s transport economists can explain how society can make the best possible use of limited resour... -
Head of VTI: "We could have 300 employees"
Curious, analytical and friendly. Also holistic and forward-looking. This is how VTI's new Director General Mattias Viklund describes himself in five words. -
Decades of research lead to industrial breakthrough
The world's two leading manufacturers of crash test dummies are now competing to industrialise female crash test dummies developed under the leadership of VTI a... -
VTI led three days of drone tests outside Dorotea
GNSS-free navigation, fake cargo drops to confuse the enemy and automatic charging at mobile charging stations – all of this was tested and demonstrated during... -
Project studies effects of cheaper public transport
VTI is involved in leading a broad research project initiated by K2, the National Knowledge Centre for Collective Mobility, to evaluate the effects of the gover... -
Significant risk increase with winter tyres in summer
A new study from VTI, Folksam and the Tire Industry Information Council shows a sharply increased risk of fatal accidents when using winter tires during the sum... -
Psychology became the gateway to transport research
Studies in psychology and to some extent also philosophy with two degrees in the UK. This was the beginning of a career in transport research for Sonja Forward,...
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