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| Born | Jonas Eliasson (1969-02-03)February 3, 1969 (age 56) Kristinehamn, Sweden |
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Jonas Eliasson (born 3 February 1969) is a Swedish professor, transportation specialist and former director of the transport administration in thecity of Stockholm.[1][2]
Jonas Eliasson was born on February 3, 1969, toIngemar Eliasson, a former government minister and county governor.
Eliasson was a professor of transport system analysis at the KTHRoyal 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 theRoyal 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 atLinköping University.[5] From November 2019, Eliasson is the goal director for accessibility at theSwedish Transport Administration.[6]
In 2023 he was awarded theChauvenet Prize of the MAA (jointly with Kimmo Eriksson).[7]