Jonas Eliasson (born 3 February 1969) is a Swedish professor, transportation specialist and former director of the transport administration in the city of Stockholm.[1][2]
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| Born | Jonas Eliasson February 3, 1969 Kristinehamn, Sweden |
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Biography
editJonas Eliasson was born on February 3, 1969, to Ingemar Eliasson, a former government minister and county governor.
Education and career
editEliasson was a professor of transport system analysis at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm from 2007 until 2016. He was actively involved in the discussions on traffic planning in several large cities in Sweden and abroad. He has been working with road congestion pricing and cost benefit analysis.[3]
He has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences since 2009.[4]
Eliasson was the director of the transport administration in the city of Stockholm from 2016 until early 2019 [1] and is a professor in transport systems at Linköping University.[5] From November 2019, Eliasson is the goal director for accessibility at the Swedish Transport Administration.[6]
In 2023 he was awarded the Chauvenet Prize of the MAA (jointly with Kimmo Eriksson).[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Jonas Eliasson ny trafikdirektör i Stockholms stad". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ Eliasson, Jonas (27 November 2012), How to solve traffic jams, retrieved 2019-03-20
- ^ "Commuters Would Come Out Ahead with Rush-Hour Tolls". Sightline Institute. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ "14 nyvalda ledamöter till IVA - IDG.se". archive.is. 2012-08-03. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ "Jonas Eliasson". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ Trafikverket. "Jonas Eliasson ny måldirektör Tillgänglighet". Trafikverket (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ Chauvenet Prize 2023
External links
edit- TED talk of Jonas Eliasson on how to solve traffic jams.
- Personal home page.