1. Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA)

2. 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

3. Road ownership as of 1 January 2010
Public roads, total: km
National roads (state-owned): km
County roads: km
Municipal roads: km

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

5. Organisational chart

6. Organisational chart of the Directorate

7. Tolling projects in Norway

8. Road traffic fatalities
Number of road traffic fatalities by year

9. National Tourist Routes

10. National Tourist Routes

11. R&D – Norwegian priorities nationally and internationally
Jon Krokeborg
R&D Coordinator
Head og R&D Staff

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

13. 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: %
Reseach and development projects: 30 %
Regional projects: 5%
International cooperation: 10%

14. 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

15. National priorities Research programs 07-11
Budjet
mill NOK
Period
Program manager
Contact
Environmental friendly urban transport 20
07-11
Freight transport and logistics
07-10
High risk groups in road traffic 12
Privacy implication in road safety
Climate and transport
ITS towards 2020
Development of expertice within road maintenance 21
Modern road tunnels
08-11
Salt SMART (improved use of salt in road maintenance)

16. National priorities Research programs 11-16
Budjet
mill NOK
Period
Program manager
Contact
Durable roads 22
11-14
Durable materials 20
12-15
Natural hazard – land slides and infrastucture
40*
Runoff water and the environment 18
Improved road traffic with ITS 27
12-17
* Cooperation with NNRA and NWRED
NNRA: Norwegian National Rail Administration
NWRED: Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate

17. 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

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