Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA)

Our vision: On the road to a better society Our values We will: take responsibility and build trust be open and customer-friendly be open-minded and create job satisfaction

Road ownership as of 1 January 2010 Public roads, total: 93 214 km National roads (state-owned): 10 500 km County roads: 44 000 km Municipal roads: 38 515 km

Key figures Number of employees: about 6400 Budget 2012: 16 000 mill NOK (2 000 mill €) Budget 2012 including country roads and toll money: 35 000 mill NOK (4 300 mill €)

Organisational chart

Organisational chart of the Directorate

Tolling projects in Norway

Road traffic fatalities Number of road traffic fatalities by year

National Tourist Routes

National Tourist Routes

R&D – Norwegian priorities nationally and internationally Jon Krokeborg R&D Coordinator Head og R&D Staff (jon.krokeborg@vegvesen.no)

Administration 90% of R&D work takes place in TMT R&D Staff: 3 people

Budget To buy research: 2011: 71,4 mill NOK ( about 9 mill €) Internal work: more than 30 man-labour year => more than 30 mill NOK Research programs: 55 % Reseach and development projects: 30 % Regional projects: 5% International cooperation: 10%

Organising the work Research programs: Typical: lasting 4-5 years/budjet of 1 mill $ per year Research and development projects Typical: lasting 1-2 years/budget less than 0,1 mill $ per year Development projects in the regions On operational level Internationl cooperation

National priorities Research programs 07-11 Budjet mill NOK Period Program manager Contact Environmental friendly urban transport 20 07-11 guro.berge@vegvesen.no Freight transport and logistics 07-10 toril.presttun@vegvesen.no High risk groups in road traffic 12 guro.ranes@vegvesen.no Privacy implication in road safety Climate and transport gordana.petkovic@vegvesen.no ITS towards 2020 anders.holt@vegvesen.no Development of expertice within road maintenance 21 oystein.larsen@vegvesen.no Modern road tunnels 08-11 harald.buvik@vegvesen.no Salt SMART (improved use of salt in road maintenance) age.sivertsen@vegvesen.no

National priorities Research programs 11-16 Budjet mill NOK Period Program manager Contact Durable roads 22 11-14 leif.baklokk@vegvesen.no Durable materials 20 12-15 jan.ostvik@vegvesen.no Natural hazard – land slides and infrastucture 40* roald.aaboe@vegvesen.no Runoff water and the environment 18 sondre.meland@vegvesen.no Improved road traffic with ITS 27 12-17 eirik.skjetne@vegvesen.no * Cooperation with NNRA and NWRED NNRA: Norwegian National Rail Administration NWRED: Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate

National priorities PRE-programs 2012 Pre-programs 2012 expects to initiate research programs starting 2013. Energy savings in road construction, maintenance and operation Road traffic safety Noise Improved winter maintenance

Internasjonal priorities NordFoU CEDR (follow up ERA-NET ROAD initiativ) FEHRL European Union Framework Programs COST projects Bi-lateral projects