Ninette Pilegaard

Ninette Pilegaard is a Professor and serves as Deputy Head of Division and Head of Section for Transport Policy at the Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Her academic career spans multiple research domains with significant contributions to transportation policy and economics.

Her research interests focus on transportation policy analysis with particular expertise in:

• Road charging systems and pricing mechanisms
• Bicycle infrastructure and safety analysis
• Commuting behavior and accessibility impacts
• Car ownership and usage patterns
• Relationship between transportation accessibility and labor market outcomes

Dr. Pilegaard's scholarly work demonstrates a strong empirical approach combining transportation engineering with economic analysis. Her recent publications reveal a consistent focus on evidence-based policy evaluation, particularly in the Danish context. She frequently employs quasi-natural experimental methods to assess transportation policy impacts, with particular attention to road pricing, cycling infrastructure, and the economic implications of transportation systems.

Her research has been supported by major funding bodies including Innovation Fund Denmark and Forskningsrådsfinansiering, and has resulted in publications in high-impact transportation journals such as Transportation Research Parts A and D, and Journal of Safety Research.

As an academic supervisor, Dr. Pilegaard has served as Main Supervisor for PhD projects, including the 'Productivity and agglomeration' project. She has been actively involved in numerous research collaborations both within DTU and with external partners.

Her laboratory work focuses on transportation data analysis, particularly utilizing Danish transportation datasets to examine policy impacts. She has developed expertise in analyzing hospital data for traffic safety research and has contributed to methodologies for assessing infrastructure effects on traffic accidents.