Tag: traffic

Death and scandal over bad roads

Norway's notoriously inadequate road system has now left transport officials fending off claims of death and scandal. As a court case opened last week...

Oslo to restrict winter car use

Oslo’s City Council has agreed to implement so-called “datokjøring,” meaning that half of the city’s cars must not be driven on particular winter days...

Foreign bus owners face new limits

Norwegian bus owners seem to be getting the protection they've wanted, reports newspaper Aftenposten. From this summer, their foreign competitors will only be allowed...

Road firms face collusion charges

Top politicians and state transportation officials were claiming they were shocked and felt cheated, after Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) aired a lengthy report on the...

Scrape and drive, or risk penalties

Driving with snowed-covered windows  can now cost motorists in Norway their driver's license.  This winter police have seized a large number of licenses and...

Melting snow isolated thousands

A sudden rise in temperatures over the weekend set off a series of floods and snow- and rock slides all over western Norway, forcing...

Road salt supplies running low

Extreme weather and heavy snowfall this season has meant an unusually high usage of salt on icy roads across Norway. Suppliers now warn that...

Politicians call for tougher tolls

In an effort to reduce air pollution in the Norwegian capital, local branches of both the Labour Party and the Conservatives are joining forces...

Several killed in collision in Troms

UPDATED: Politicians were calling for a bipartisan effort to speed up highway improvements in Norway, following a fatal multi-vehicle collision in Troms that left...

Free parking no longer free

State officials are making another concerted effort to get Norwegians to walk, cycle or use public transportation instead of driving their cars to work....
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