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'Road network assets' (Vegkapital in Norwegian) is a notion often found in official documents, e.g. in the state budget and the national transport plan. Nevertheless, a good estimate of the value of the road network and what would happen if the ...
NorwayBased on the fact that travel and transport represent high risks and that society is faced with major changes with respect to reducing such risks, the Ministry of Transport and Communications wanted further research to focus on transport risk, primarily i ...
NorwayThe general trend within travel behaviour is that the proportion of car trips and the distance travelled per person is increasing. At the same time there has been a modal shift from sea and rail freight over to road freight. In total this leads to more ro ...
NorwayOne objective of Norwegian transport policy is to develop more welfare optimal transport services in urban areas. This research programme shall provide a scientific foundation for organisational or financial measures to meet this target. The programme wil ...
NorwayA Strategic Research Programme on the application of meta-analysis in transport research has recently been established by support from the Norwegian Research Council. The chief area of application has so far been in summarising the results of road safety ...
NorwayThe strategic research programme 'Unified steering and organisation of the transport and communications sector at regional level' is one of the priority areas within TOIs more general research areas, 'Planning and decision-making processes& ...
Norway'Strategic analyses of unified use of tools' is a strategic research programme within TØI's wider 'Cost benefit analysis' research area. The main objective of the 'Cost benefit analysis' research area is to develop metho ...
NorwayEstimating the costs of accidents and environmental problems is an important topic. A Strategic Research Programme (SIP) on the monetary valuation of non-market economic and social 'goods' (factors which do not have a price) for inclusion in cos ...
NorwayThe Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications has the responsibility for yearly and long-range investment plans and advance planning (national transport plans). Normally government research money is channelled into programmes run by the Research ...
NorwayThe SMARTRANS programme was established in response to the Ministry of Transport and Communications' strategy for telecommunications and transport research and in accordance with the objective set out in Norway's National Transport Plan to promo ...
NorwayThe research and development work is rooted in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration's vision, objective and values. Research and development are part of the "development" focus area associated with result-oriented management processes. ...
NorwayMore sustainable urban transport with reduction in car use is one of the main objectives in Norway's National Transport Plan for 2006-2015. Demand forecasts predict that the increase in transport in the future will primarily manifest itself as growth ...
NorwayThe transport research carried out by NPRA and other Norwegian R&D funds has mainly been carried out on passenger transport. Research on freight transport has so far been insufficient. The growth in freight transport on the roads has been considerable ...
NorwayThe road network is influenced by climate conditions. The Norwegian climate in the future will bring higher precipitation- more frequent and more intense rainfall, milder winters, warmer summers, an increase in wind speed and storm frequency. This will af ...
NorwayThe intention of Transnova is to give financial benefit to good environmental projects which will speed up the increased use of alternative fuels such as second generation bio fuel, electricity and hydrogen. Transnova will advance better solutions to the ...
NorwayThis sub-programme focuses on NPRA’s strategy for tunnels and follow up issues described in two reports. These reports were written as a consequence of rockfalls in Norwegian road tunnels and reveal the need for improved tunnel maintenance and geological ...
NorwayThe research programme 'Safety and Security in Transport' (TRANSIKK) is a continuation of the research programme 'Risk and Safety in the Transport Sector' (RISIT) which lasted from 2002 to 2009. The TRANSIKK programme provides funding ...
NorwayThe MAROFF programme is a continuation of the former programme for maritime activities and offshore operations (also named MAROFF) which lasted from 2002 to 2009. The MAROFF programme works to realise the government's maritime strategy for promoting ...
NorwayIn Norway, domestic ferry services are regarded as integrated parts of the national road system. The ferries are owned and operated by individual ferry companies on a concession basis. The companies receive subsidies from the national road authorities as ...
NorwayDRL The European Commission wanted an update of estimates of the costs and benefits of mandatory use of daytime running lights on cars in the European Union (EU-15). The objective of the project was to provide updated estimates of the effects of daytime r ...
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