Transport Research Group (TRG)
Transport Research Group is a national strongpoint for transport research and includes 20 researchers. The group includes researchers from both Molde University College and the research institute Møreforsking.

Research areas
Transport policy and appraisal
Members of the group do extensive research within cost-benefit analysis, public transport and funding and purchase of transport services.
Transport flow modelling
For several decades TRG has had a central role in the development of the transport models for personal travels used in Norway. The models are also frequently applied and tested in different projects.
Freight and logistics
Members of the group do research within both intermodal transport and efficiency studies of ports.
Recent publications
- Gatta, Valerio; Marcucci, Edoardo; Nigro, Marialisa; Serafini, Simone. Sustainable urban freight transport adopting public transport-based crowdshipping for B2C deliveries. European Transport Research Review 2019 ;Volum 11.(13) s. 1-14.
- Hansson, Lisa; Nerhagen, Lena. Regulatory Measurements in Policy Coordinated Practices: The Case of Promoting Renewable Energy and Cleaner Transport in Sweden. Sustainability 2019 ;Volum 11.(6).
- Svindland, Morten; Monios, Jason; Hjelle, Harald M. Port rationalization and the evolution of regional port systems : the case of Norway. Maritime Policy & Management 2019 ;Volum 46.(5) s. 613-629.
- Evangelinos, Christos; Tscharaktschiew, Stefan; Marcucci, Edoardo; Gatta, Valerio. Pricing workplace parking via cash-out : effects on modal choice and implications for transport policy. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 2018 ;Volum 113.
- Holmgren, Johan. The effects of using different output measures in efficiency analysis of public transport operations. Research in Transportation Business and Management (RTBM) 2018.
- Hansson, Lisa; Holmgren, Johan. Cost effect of reorganising : a study of special transport services. Research in Transportation Economics 2018 ;Volum 69.(September) s. 453-459
- Merkel, Axel Patrick. Competitive intensity and inefficiency in European container ports: an empirical investigation using SFA. Maritime Business Review 2018; Volum 3.(2) s. 165-184.
- Bråthen, Svein; Eriksen, Knut Sandberg. Regional aviation and the PSO system: level of Service and social efficiency. Journal of Air Transport Management 2018 ;Volum 69.(June) s. 248-256.
- Eivind Tveter.Using impacts on commuting as an initial test of wider economic benefits of transport improvements : evidence from the Eiksund Connection. Case Studies on Transport Policy 2018 ;Volum 6.(4) s. 803-814.
Møreforsking reports (mainly in Norwegian)
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Tveter, Eivind; Mørkrid, Geir Vasseljen. Beregningsmetodikk for netto ringvirkninger av samferdselsinvestering. Møreforsking Molde AS 2019. Rapport: Møreforsking Molde/1813.
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Hoff, Karoline Louise; Rekdal, Jens Ludvig; Zhang, Wei; Svendsen, Hilde Johanne; Bråthen, Svein. Trafikkanalyse for Høgsfjorden : grunnlaget for fortsatt drift av ferjesambandet Lauvvik-Oanes. Rapport: Møreforsking Molde/1803.
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Bråthen, Svein; Hoff, Karoline Louise; Lyche, Lage; Svendsen, Hilde Johanne.
Economic impact assessment of the new ICAO standard for contaminated runways: a case study of four Norwegian airports. Rapport: Møreforsking Molde/1804. -
Jens, Rekdal, Stefan Flügel, Tom N. Hamre, Christian Stensland, Anne Madslien, Berit Grue, Wei Zhang, Odd I. Larsen. 1414 NTM6 - Transportmodeller for reiser lengre enn 70 km. Rapport: Møreforsking Molde/1414.
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Bråthen, Svein; Thune-Larsen, Harald; Svendsen, Hilde Johanne; Hoff, Karoline Louise; Tveter, Eivind; Müller, Falko; Aarhaug, Jørgen.
Forslag til offentlig kjøp av regionale flyruter i Sør-Norge: for avtaleperioden 1. april 2020 - 31. mars 2024. Rapport: Møreforsking 1801
Activities
Conferences
- 2018 NECTAR Cluster 2 meeting on E-groceries, digitalization and sustainability.
- 2016 NECTAR Cluster 1 (Transport Networks) on the wider economic impacts of transport.
- 2013 Seminar om "mernytte" av stor transportinvesteringer sammen med Statens vegvesen.
TRG Research seminar 2018 - 2019
The group has monthly research seminars with presentations from the TRG members and visiting scholars. The event is free and open to all.
Date | Time | Place | Presenter | Title |
17.10.2018 | 12:00 | Møreforsking | Deodat Mwesiumo | The impact of service attribute failure on passenger´s likelihood to promote an airport online |
14.11.2018 | 14:00 | HiMolde | James Odeck | Do policy makers choose the most efficient projects? |
22.11.2018 | 14:00 | Møreforsking | James Laird | Wider economic impacts of regional air services |
12.12.2018 | 12:00 | Møreforsking | Ning Lin | Evaluation of Asia-Europe sea container supply chain configurations – The impact of upstream store-level consolidation activity on supply chain performance |
16.01.2019 | 12:00 | HiMolde | Axel Merkel | Regional productivity effects of reduced maritime transport costs – Evidence from a treatment-control approach |
13.02.2019 | 12:00 | Møreforsking | Erik Johansson | Estimating wage effects from commuting rails |
10.04.2019 | 14:00 | HiMolde | Manel Grifoll |
Multi-port system traffic analysis using compositional data and Introduction to Cruise market at Mediterranean Sea |
08.05.2019 | 12:00 | TBA | Tom Ryel (TBC) | TBA |
14.05.2019 | 13.00 | HiMolde | Jonas Eliasson | TBA |
TBA - to be announced
TBC - to be confirmed
Deltakere
- Svein Bråthen
- Lisa Hansson
- Olav Hauge
- Arild Hervik
- Harald Martin Hjelle
- Johan Holmgren
- nili
- Edoardo Marcucci
- Falko Müller
- Tassew Dufera Tolcha
- Eivind Tveter, gruppeleder
- Karoline Louise Hoff
- Jens Rekdal
- Wei Zhang
- Lage Lyche