His research interests focus on transport policy design and evaluation, including areas such as cost-benefit analysis, transport pricing, railway capacity allocation, transport demand modeling, congestion charges, decision making in the transport sector, public and political acceptability of transport policies, and valuations of travel time and reliability. He has been engaged as expert advisor to a large number of urban, regional and national governments regarding strategic transportation issues, often involving sustainable transport planning, congestion pricing, and social and economic appraisal.
Jonas Eliasson
Visiting Professor
Director of Transport Access at the Swedish National Transport Administration, visiting professor of transport systems at Linköping University.
Presentation
Jonas Eliasson is Director of Transport Access at the Swedish National Transport Administration, visiting professor of transport systems at Linköping University, and chair of the Planning & Construction committee of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences. He was Director of the Stockholm City Transportation Administration 2016-2019 and professor of transport systems analysis at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) 2007-2016.
His research interests focus on transport policy design and evaluation, including areas such as cost-benefit analysis, transport pricing, railway capacity allocation, transport demand modeling, congestion charges, decision making in the transport sector, public and political acceptability of transport policies, and valuations of travel time and reliability. He has been engaged as expert advisor to a large number of urban, regional and national governments regarding strategic transportation issues, often involving sustainable transport planning, congestion pricing, and social and economic appraisal.
His research interests focus on transport policy design and evaluation, including areas such as cost-benefit analysis, transport pricing, railway capacity allocation, transport demand modeling, congestion charges, decision making in the transport sector, public and political acceptability of transport policies, and valuations of travel time and reliability. He has been engaged as expert advisor to a large number of urban, regional and national governments regarding strategic transportation issues, often involving sustainable transport planning, congestion pricing, and social and economic appraisal.
Publications
2026
Cost-efficient scenarios for reaching transportation climate targets
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 204, Article 104783
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2025.104783
2025
The Hitchhiker's Guide to challenges in transport policy research: Towards ANSWERing questions regarding life, mobility, and everything
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 200, Article 104650
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2025.104650
Cost overruns of infrastructure projects - distributions, causes and remedies
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 198, Article 104532
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2025.104532
Cost-Efficient Scenarios for Reaching Transportation Climate Targets
(Manuscript (preprint))
https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5102787
Cost overruns in Swedish infrastructure projects
(Manuscript (preprint))
Reducing Traffic with "Carrots": A Review of the Evidence
(Manuscript (preprint))
https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5102788
2024
Trafikprognoser och verklig trafikutveckling 1975-2024
(Report)
Tio frågor om Trafikverkets användning av prognoser och kalkyler
(Report)
Generella fördelningseffekter av åtgärder i transportsystemet
(Report)
Cost Overruns of Infrastructure Projects - Distributions, Causes and Remedies
(Manuscript (preprint))
https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5044048