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Welcome to the 13th annual Swedish transport research conference

STRC 2024

The 2024 conference will take place at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg on October 16-17. The conference is arranged in collaboration between the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology.

The conference is a meeting place for transport researchers active in Sweden or addressing topics set in a Swedish context and it covers all traffic modes and all transport related research questions. It welcomes contributions from all disciplines and areas covering analysis, understanding, design, planning and evaluation of the transport system.

Venue and registration:

The conference is held at Chalmers Kårhus at Chalmers University of Technology on the 16th and 17th of October 2024.

Registration opens in September.

Example of topics, which should be set in a transport context

  • Transport policy and societal planning process
  • Pricing, regulation, policy instruments
  • Cost-benefit analysis and valuation
  • Planning of transport systems
  • Travel behaviour and transport demand
  • Modelling and simulation of transport demand and flows
  • Procurement, contracts, and business models
  • Transport and logistics from a service perspective
  • Supply chain management
  • Transport safety and health
  • Environmental sustainability 
  • Social sustainability, equity and land use
  • New technologies and organisational forms impacting transport and logistics systems
  • Terminal and storage management

Objectives

  • Increase the professional and social interaction between transport researchers in Sweden
  • Improve collaboration and information exchange between different disciplines and areas in transport research
  • Improve conditions for increased mobility between different institutions in Sweden