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Connecting Third-Party Users to Public Transport Infrastructures: The Near and Necessary Future
Published Apr 11, 2024As part of the ITRL Breakfast Seminars series, Ibrahim Diab, private transportation consultant & former post-doctoral researcher from TU Delft & AMS Institute presented his work on connecting third-pa...
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ITRL Annual Report 2023
Published Mar 27, 2024We look back at 2023 in our now released annual report. Read through updates, results from our projects and work in the main research areas.
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Open position: PhD Candidate – Simulation of Electrification in Forest Transport on Roads
Published Mar 08, 2024Skogforsk, in collaboration with ITRL and the departement of Engineering Design at KTH, is seeking a PhD candidate specialising in mathematical simulation of sociotechnical systems. The PhD project wi...
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Hybrid webinar on System-level impacts of electrification on road freight transport efficiency
Published Feb 08, 2024In collaboration with Integrated Transport Research Lab (ITRL) and Trafikverket, Claudia Andruetto and Zeinab Raoofi, both from ITRL, presented their work on System-level impacts of electrification on...
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Self-driving vehicles - Are we ready?
Published Dec 20, 2023With more autonomous vehicles on our roads, road deaths are predicted to decrease. At the same time, the risk of both increased emissions and seriously impaired public health rises. A new KTH study of...
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Business models that speed up electrification of heavy road transports
Published Jun 29, 2023How do you create a sustainable business model to enable the electrification of heavy road transport? A new study intends to explain why there are still few electric heavy trucks on the roads – and ho...
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Presentation of ITRL spin-off Gordian at EU project workshop
Published Jun 22, 2023At an EU project workshop about innovation and entrepreneurship in GeoInformation Technology, ITRL researcher Gyözö Gidofalvi presented the ITRL spin-off ”Gordian”, operating within Mobility analytics...
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Testing network performance for intelligent traffic scenarios
Published Jun 21, 2023In May and June ITRL has had activities at Kista Innovation Park, testing network requirement for safety-critical applications in automotive use-cases and safety-critical 5G features. The activities w...
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Wrap-up of successful one-year mentorship program
Published Jun 20, 2023We're thrilled to announce the successful conclusion of the Junior Researcher Community Mentorship Program, a one-year initiative that connected JRC members, primarily PhD students, with top industry ...
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5G-enabled test-bed for autonomous cars in dangerous intersections
Published Apr 20, 2023A new WASP project will investigate how to coordinate autonomous and connected vehicles to drive safely in uncertain traffic situations using 5G.
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Space Robotics Lab moves in at ITRL
Published Feb 15, 2023The ITRL lab has a new roommate -- Space Robotics Lab. A small area is now dedicated to a testbed investigating weightless scenarios.
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PSSST releases final report
Published Jan 31, 2023The project PSSST (Policies for sustainable, shared self-driving transportation) has ended and the final report is now available. Some of the findings were the importance of mixing different kinds of ...
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Impact on biodiversity often neglected in autonomous vehicle research
Published Nov 28, 2022The impact on important issues such as biodiversity and cybersecurity are often neglected in autonomous vehicle research frameworks, according to a new ITRL study.
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HITS renewed for phase two
Published Nov 02, 2022Last week the project kicked off its second phase. HITS 2024 now aims to continue to build knowledge and experience needed to develop the freight transportation system of the future.
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Bhavana Vaddadi successfully defends PhD
Published Oct 27, 2022Congratulations Dr. Bhavana Vaddadi for successfully defending your PhD! She is the first person to start and complete their doctorate entirely here at ITRL.
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Could public transport be an alternative to electric scooters?
Published Sep 21, 2022ITRL launches a new project with Voi and Västtrafik to investigate how and if public transport could be a realistic alternative to e-scooters.
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Open House 2022
Published Sep 16, 2022On September 8th ITRL welcomed over 70 guests to our first open house since the pandemic!
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Collaboration for sustainable transport
Published Jun 23, 2022KTH President Sigbritt Karlsson and Scania CEO Christian Levin talks about strategic partnerships, and highlight ITRL as a good example of collaboration and multi-disciplinary research.
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Meet ITRL’s new vice-director
Published May 30, 2022This month we welcome our new vice-director! Jens Hagman is joining the team to further develop ITRL 2.0.
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Driving the shift – Long-term partnerships for sustainable innovation
Published May 13, 2022ITRL is a center located in the heart of the KTH campus in Stockholm. The center studies the sustainability transformation of the transportation system in the light of automation, digitalization, conn...
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