Nina Waara

Industridoktorand
Tekn Lic

046-222 91 41
nina.waara@tft.lth.se

Konsult, WSP Analys & Strategi, Stockholm
Tel: 08-688 63 15
Fax: 08-688 72 32 
E-post: nina.waara@wspgroup.se


Forskning
My research concerns traveler information in public transport and the impact of on-line traveler information services on the mobility of elderly and disabled people. I am particularly interested in the impact of empowering measures, like good and adequate traveler information, on accessibility in the transport environment. I also work with research and planning projects concerning all users of the transport environment, projects include accessibility, safety, attitudes and behavior and the needs of children, elderly and disabled people in the transport environment. I base my work on both qualitative and quantitative methods and I am very interested in the theoretical context in this multi-disciplinary field of research.

Pågående projekt
Doktorsavhandling: Elderly and disabled travelers need of traveler information in public transport, the impact of on-line traveler information services on elderly and disabled peoples mobility.
Handledare: Agneta Ståhl
Bihandledare: Ralf Risser

Avslutade projekt
Licentiatavhandling: Waara, N. (2001) The need of information in public transport. Elderly and disabled people’s pre-journey traveler information requirements. Bulletin 206. Department of Technology and Society. Lund Institute of Technology. Lund University. Lund.

Uppdrag

Lund University
Deputy/member of the board for postgraduate studies, Faculty of Engineering, 1999–2001

WSP Group
Member of the WSP Internal Transport Research Grant Group, 2004-2006 

Utmärkelser och stipendier

The 2005 research scholarship from the Swedish Road Administration’s 150th Jubilee Fund Foundation for studying attitudes toward public transport in sparsely populated areas.

The 2004 travel grant from the Swedish Association for Transportation Planners to study accessibility measures in the traffic environment in Japan. 


Publikationer

Monografier

Waara, N. (2001). The need of information in public transport. Elderly and disabled people's pre-journey travel information requirements. Bulletin 206. Department of Technology and Society. Lund University, Lund.

Proceedings, artiklar

Waara, N. (2007). Attitudes toward public transport among elderly in sparsely populated areas. 11th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED), 2007, Montreal, Canada.

Waara, N. and Ståhl, A. (2004). The need of information in public transport. 10th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED), 2004, Hamamatsu, Japan.