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Nordic Ministerial Meeting on Transport – regjeringen.no

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Nordic transport ministers held a digital meeting on Monday, March 21, chaired by Transport Minister John Ivar Nygaard. The participants were Thomas Eneroth from Sweden, Timo Haraka from Finland, Trine Bramsen from Denmark, and Sigurur Inge Johansson from Iceland. Initially, Nygaard addressed the situation in Ukraine. All ministers condemned the Russian invasion and expressed their …

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Consultation suggestion: It will make the carriers jointly responsible for securing the goods safely

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Trucks with insufficiently secured loads create dangerous situations for the driver and other road users. Today, the driver is solely responsible for ensuring that the truck is loaded properly in accordance with the Road Traffic Law. Now we want to give carriers a joint responsibility. This is about traffic safety, but it’s also about promoting …

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New report suggests measures for more travelers to choose public transportation

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We must get people back on public transportation. The government is committed to the goal of increasing traffic through public transportation, cycling and gongs. We are working with municipalities and counties to achieve something as we are on our way out of the COVID-19 pandemic. We also received a recent report with many suggestions on …

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Trucks to be replaced by cargo bikes – Dagsavisen

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Senior researcher Torkel Bjornskau at the Ministry of Transport Economics (TØI) says: – Large and heavy vehicles and soft road users are a link that we must avoid. However, there is often a close connection between them. Trucks with several tons plying through pedestrian streets to deliver goods, says Arield Hermstad, vice president of the …

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The government is tightening the rules for scrap transport companies

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For the government, the goal is for everyone to have a decent and secure working life. Those who work in the road transport sector must have good working conditions. I am therefore pleased that we will now harmonize the Norwegian rules with the EU Mobility Package. This means there will be new rules on driving …

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The Minister of Transport and Communications will stop the runoff to transport fish

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Every year, large amounts of meltwater from transporting fish end up on our roads. Runoff from this transport can lead to dangerous road conditions and damage to the environment. So I have now asked the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to consider measures to prevent runoff, says Transport Minister Jon Ivar Nygaard. The Minister of Transport …

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Decent salary in the transportation industry – fosna-folket.no

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Kirsti Leirtrø (Labour), a member of Parliament’s Transport Committee, is behind this reader post. Kirsti Leirtrø. picture: Ina Marie Holseth There are now new trucking rules that make it more difficult to manage junk carriers with poorly paid drivers. New common rules for European countries prevent low-cost rogue players from driving freely in Norway. The …

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– The creation of completely new roads should be the last alternative – Dagsavisen

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Road projects that depend on increased traffic should not be built to be socially and economically profitable, and allow for increased capacity and reduced travel times, says Anders Roth. He works as a transport researcher at the Swedish IVL Institute for the Environment, and was secretary of the so-called Climate Law Inquiry in Sweden. Why …

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