Tag: transport

Transport minister hits the road

Ketil Solvik-Olsen has set off on what some might call the "mother of all road trips" in Norway. Solvik-Olsen, the country's amiable new transport...

Transit uproar derails Bergen’s government

Politicians have been bickering in Bergen for months over how their city's popular new public tram system known as Bybanen should be extended. They...

Seatbelt control nabbed hundreds

Police and highway authorities had warned they'd be mounting massive seatbelt control posts around Norway during the weekend, but that didn't prompt all motorists...

Youth put the brakes on driving

After decades of rapid growth, car use in Norway has stagnated in recent years. Fewer young people are getting their drivers licenses, more people...

Transport Minister pushes for parking reform

Few things irritate motorists more than finding a parking ticket on their cars. Justified or not, Norway's new transport minister, Ketil Solvig-Olsen, aims to...

Transport Minister steps on the gas again

Norway's new transport minister from the Progress Party, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, has managed to bypass congestion on another new stalled highway project. His goal is...

Trains halted just as holidays began

UPDATED: Norway's beleaguered railroad broke down again at a key station in Oslo on Thursday, just as the country's five-day annual Easter holidays officially...

Wild weather hit holiday rush

More blizzards in the mountains of southern Norway and rough weather at sea and along the coast were disrupting traffic once again over the...

Bus driver denies guilt in fatal crash

The driver who lost control of a city bus near Oslo's busy Carl Berners Plass Sunday night has finally undergone questioning by police and...

Fatal bus accidents under investigation

It  was a "terrible" weekend for public bus transport in Oslo, conceded a spokesperson for regional transit authority Ruter. Three people were killed and...
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