On June 19 and 20 VTI will, together with the Swedish Road Administration, arrange an international workshop "Monitoring Road Surface Condition" in Tällberg, Sweden. Participants from nine countries will discuss the need of data, the choice of indicators and assessment models, measuring methods and quality assurance.

For more information, please contact Leif Sjögren, VTI, or Kerstin Svartling, Swedish Road Administration.

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 This deliverable focuses on the identification and analysis of best practice examples of policy package design. For this purpose a methodology is developed that allows the systematic analysis of both national and EU policy packages. Eight packages...
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 Obtaining insurance is expected to have disincentive effects on driver behavior, and as such on accident probabilities due to the adverse selection and/or moral hazard effects, though empirical studies provide mixed evidence. The risks of an...
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