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• Road and Rail Research Initiative Launched

  In a bid to improve future transportation capacity and safety in Sweden, KTH has joined the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) and the National Road and Transport Research Institute (Statens Väg- och Trafikinstitut, VTI) in announcing plans to invest a total of SEK 200 million (USD 29.1 million) on research and innovation in road and rail technology.

• Cities open up to traffic congestion charging

  Congestion zone charging is a proven technique for reducing traffic in crowded cities, but such proposals frequently meet with stiff public resistance. Recent studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology show however that once the systems are introduced, attitudes shift sharply.