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“Here at the Centre in New Delhi we have had significant influence, at both the national and local levels. We have been given a role in national planning. Now we are trying to get involved in all of the large cities in the country," says Dinesh Mohan, former Director of the CoE TRIPP: Research and Training in New Delhi.
Geetam Tiwari, Director of the CoE-Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
The Centre has received SEK 25 million in financing from VREF. A total of 15 to 20 researchers have been involved in the Centre´s activities.
Host organisation:
Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
Link to the Centre's Website
- Estimating marginal external costs of transport in Delhi
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Research theme:
Policy approaches to urban mobility
Year: 2010
Type: Research article - Sustainable transport and the modernisation of urban transport in Delhi and Stockholm
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Research theme:
Transport Planning & Governance Systems
Year: 2010
Type: Research article - Road safety in India: Challenges and opportunities
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Research theme:
Green & Safe Transports
Year: 2009
Type: Report - Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse‐gas emissions: urban land transport
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Research theme:
Green & Safe Transports
Year: 2009
Type: Research article - Aerodynamics of a bus with open windows
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Research theme:
Green & Safe Transports
Year: 2009
Type: Research article - Effect of active muscle forces on knee injury risks for pedestrian standing posture at low speed impacts
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Research theme:
Green & Safe Transports
Year: 2008
Type: Research article - Continuity equation validation for nonhomogeneous traffic
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Research theme:
Urban Traffic Management
Year: 2008
Type: Research article - Design of ventilated helmets: computational fluid and impact dynamics studies
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Research theme:
Green & Safe Transports
Year: 2008
Type: Research article - Mythologies, Metro Rail Systems and Future Urban Transport
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Research theme:
Transport Planning & Governance Systems
Year: 2008
Type: Research article - A handbook of socio-economic impact assessment of future urban transport projects
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Research theme:
Mobility Challenges in Emerging Cities
Year: 2007
Type: Final Report - Survival analysis: Pedestrian risk exposure at signalized intersections
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Research theme:
Green & Safe Transports
Year: 2007
Type: Research article - Road Traffic Injury Prevention Training Manual
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Research theme:
Green & Safe Transports
Year: 2006
Type: Report - The phenomenology of being a female pedestrian in an African and an Asian city: A qualitative investigation
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Research theme:
Mobility Challenges in Emerging Cities
Year: 2006
Type: Research article - A Gendered Perspective of the Shelter‐Transport‐Livelihood Link: The Case of Poor Women in Delhi
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Research theme:
Mobility Challenges in Emerging Cities
Year: 2006
Type: Research article - Predicting throw distance variations in bicycle crashes
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Research theme:
Green & Safe Transports
Year: 2006
Type: Research article - Six‐degree‐of‐freedom three‐wheeled‐vehicle model validation
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Research theme:
Green & Safe Transports
Year: 2005
Type: Research article - Safety as a human right
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Research theme:
Mobility Challenges in Emerging Cities
Year: 2003
Type: Research article
Invitation to submit an Expression of interest in writing a think piece: gender informed mobility planning.
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This invitaton is an opportunity for scholars in sub-Saharan Africa to write a think piece on the theme of “Gender-informed mobility planning, governance and policy in African cities: status, barriers, ways forward.” Through this invitation, VREF welcomes expressions of interest (EoI) for a commissioned work on this theme.
Deadline: 15 May 2022
Catalysing Curriculum Change at Universities in SSA 2022 Pdf, 1.3 MB. (Pdf, 1.3 MB)
This Call is an opportunity for scholars and teachers in sub-Saharan Africa to contribute to
renewing university-based education, while also strengthening knowledge and capacity among the next generation of SSA researchers and practitioners.
Deadline: 15 June 2022
The VREF invites PhD students and researchers in early stages of their career to apply for a Study Visit Grant to be supported with up to SEK 30 000.
MOBILITY GRANT 2022- MAC-MG 2022 Pdf, 447.1 kB. (Pdf, 447.1 kB)
The VREF invites PhD students and advanced master students from Sub-Saharan African (SSA) universities to apply for a Mobility Grant (MG) to support a visit to another SSA university with up to SEK 25 000.
Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarships for Sustainable Transport and Energy Efficiency targets supporting the momentum of Lee Schipper’s contribution to the international policy dialogue in these fields.
This yearly award is aimed at supporting young individual researchers and students in is pursuance.
Call deadline now extended to: April 4, 2022 .
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This Meeting of the Minds' blog monthly releases interviews of global transportation researchers from the VREF's Future Urban Transport Program Network.
This CityFix series, produced by the WRI (World Ressources Institute) Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and supported by the VREF, discusses walking and cycling in cities with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries.
About VREF
The Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) inspires, initiates and supports research and educational activities through the Future Urban Transport Programme - How to deal with the complexity of urban transport (FUT).
Our Vision: Sustainable transport for equitable access in urban areas
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