Tag: traffic

Majority support lower environmental speed limits

They may not have shown it in practice, but a new survey indicates that a majority of Oslo residents support reducing speed limits to...

Environmental speed limit collided with the law

Transportation officials tried to reduce air pollution levels in Oslo by lowering speed limits on main highways into the capital to just 60 kilometers...

New highway project takes a toll

A long-awaited expansion of the E6 highway opened this week north of Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen, but the road improvement comes at a...

Snow sparked traffic chaos

Motorists who skidded off slick, snowy roads on Sunday were having to wait as long as six hours to get help from tow trucks....

Ministers back higher tolls in commuter rush

Two government ministers are encouraging local authorities to impose higher tolls during the morning and afternoon commuter rush, to further discourage commuters from using...

Heavy traffic for vacationers

As many Norwegians took off to enjoy the start of the vacation season, the state highway department (Statens vegvesen) was expecting traffic congestion to be...

Conflict over commuter chaos

Morning rush hour lasted until well into the afternoon as the scheduled halt of all trains through Oslo got off to a start yesterday...

Train disruption starts smoothly

Locals and tourists alike have been bracing themselves for commuter chaos, as the scheduled halt of all trains through Oslo began this morning. "All...

Fire closes fjord tunnel again

The long tunnel under the Oslo Fjord that links Østfold to Hurum was likely to remain closed for at least two weeks, after another...

Much more traffic chaos expected

Tens of thousands of Oslo-area train passengers once again had to spend hours trying to get to their destinations on Wednesday. A new report...
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