ECTRI Member Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) turns 50 in Linköping.
In 1971, a decision was made to relocate offices from Stockholm to Linköping. During that year, the Swedish National Road Institute and the Swedish Road Safety Council merged together and moved to Linköping, giving birth to what now is known as VTI.
Over the years, the institute have achieved new research and (national and international) collaboration, and now is once again present in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Lund, and recently also in Skellefteå.
The move from Stockholm to Linköping has posed a few challenges for VTI’s staff, including the difficult choice of whether to remain in the capital or relocate.
However, this change of offices also meant significant bigger spaces offered to VTI, which could store preexisting technical equipment and build new interesting machines, including a driving simulator!
ECTRI is proud to have VTI as part of its community. The institute embodies the research diversity and commitment to transport research that lie at the heart of ECTRI’s core values.
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