On October 12th, Lisiana Nurhadi presented her licentiate thesis "An Approach to Business Modeling for Sustainable Personal Road Transport". In that, it was shown how to develop and test a new approach to examining the economic socio-ecological sustainability effects of various road vehicles for private travelling, and business model. Lisiana presenting her 4th paper She [...]
Check out Sven Boréns 4 minute presentation (in Swedish) about his research up to licentiate at the Researchers Grand Prix 2016 @ Kreativum. He came second out of four in the competition, where Hanna with her fabulous presentation will rock in the final in November!
A fast transition to fossil free transport is a prerequisite for a future-proof welfare society , but it is not enough? In Donnerska huset, Almedalen (Visby, Sweden) the 6 July 16.00-18.00 Henrik Ny will explain Sweden's carbon dioxide problems linked through research together with a holistic view of sustainability, for all sectors. Check out this [...]
Sweden needs to raise the level of ambition for the timely switch to fossil-free and sustainable passenger transport, and it also provides an economic advantage from day one. This the conclusion a research group at BTH, with Dr. Henrik Ny in the lead, has made in a new report that was published on Thursday. Read more about [...]
On April 15, Sven Borén presented his licentiate thesis that primarily found a methodological support for sustainable community planning and transport. The thesis also found a vision for sustainable transport, an initial development plan towards that, and sustainability effects and barriers/enablers for an increase of electric vehicles. The strategic sustainable development perspective of this thesis broadens [...]
At the Haga initiative blog, Henrik Ny says that the Swedish Environmental Objectives Committee has recently proposed a stricter target of a Sweden with zero net emissions of greenhouse gases to 2045. A clear improvement over 2050. But is this goal indeed, as alleged, in line with the Paris Agreement? And should we really look [...]
A study run by researchers at the SustainTrans group @ BTH show that we should not wait for electric roads. Opt instead for fast chargers to shift towards fossil-free vehicle fleet by 2030. In the debate, electric roads are highlighted as a promising alternative for large-scale rationalization of transport. The focus has often been on heavy [...]
Today, we had our new 2-year study about decision support for the introduction of electric buses granted by the Swedish Energy Agency! Previous studies and investigations in the bus industry have shown a need for customized procurement of electric buses that include charging infrastructure, minimize risk for the parties involved, and lead to a sustainable [...]
For the conference about Sustainable Urban Transport and Environment in Madrid by 2016, the 'SustainTrans research group has got articles named "Preference of Electric Buses in Public Transport; Conclusions from Real Life Testing in Eight Swedish Municipalities" and "A Strategic Sustainability Analysis of Electric Vehicles in EU Today and by 2050". Check them out in [...]
Today Henrik Ny writes his first column in Ekotransport – the newsletter that the magazine Miljörapporten has started on sustainable transport. In the newsletter, Henrik makes an analysis of the status in Sweden’s work towards the national goal of a fossil independent vehicle fleet by 2030. Read more in the Swedish newsletter Ekotransport