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TAIL: Morning traffic runs towards Oslo on the E18 from Drammen. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB
Pressure on traffic during peak hours on Monday may be strong as a result of the bus strike in eastern Norway.
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration encourages home offices to avoid long lines.
– It would have been very nice if those who can have a home office, took it. Then there will be a slightly smaller queue, traffic operator Anne Hårstad of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration tells VG on Sunday evening.
However, it adds:
– We are used to rush hour, and we can’t do anything about it. People have to be patient.
On Monday morning around 07.30, traffic is normal in and out of Oslo.
– There is a good flow and it looks like normal morning traffic, Norwegian Public Highway Administration traffic operator Mikael Olsen tells VG.
Olsen says they expect a raise in the next hour.
– But if it continues like this, it will turn out very well, he says.
Measurements by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration on Sunday night for traffic in and around Oslo showed that there were many more cars on the roads than last Sunday.
3800 bus drivers on strike: Rapid escalation alerts
– Don’t travel unless you have to
It comes after 3,800 bus drivers were taken out on strike Sunday morning after the parties failed to reach an agreement. This affects all Ruter city and regional buses in Oslo and Viken. Buses to Østfold and Brakar public transport are also parked, with some exceptions for school transport. The strike also affects buses of the train service to Vy, airport buses and school buses, NTB writes.
If the conflict persists, a total of about 12,000 drivers could be removed.
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Ruter has also asked people to stay home if they can, as well as those who will travel by unaffected public transportation, such as trams, subways, trains and boats.
– Ruter notes that there can be many passengers on the tram, subway, train and boat, which could mean that Ruter cannot arrange for passengers to maintain the recommended distance, they wrote in a press release Sunday, adding:
– Do not travel unless necessary, keep the recommended distance and use a bandage in accordance with the recommendations of the health authorities.
The company also claims that its travel app has not been updated, so travelers may find travel options that are not correct.
Bane NOR also reports that there may be additional congestion on its trains due to the bus strike.
Hundreds more vehicles
During the road authority inspection on E6 in the Nordby tunnel on Sunday, a maximum of 3,091 vehicles were registered between 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM, compared to 2,447 vehicles at the same time the previous week.
On the E18 towards Oslo from the west at the Høvik measuring point, this Sunday there were at most more crossings than last.
And at the Nydalen measurement point on National Highway 150 in Oslo, which is popularly called Ring 3, more vehicles were registered during the bus strike on Sunday than the week before.
Both between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. and between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., 4,530 vehicles were registered passing through here. In comparison, 4,328 and 4,419 vehicles passed here last Sunday, respectively.
Hårstad from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration believes the bus strike will lead to more traffic than usual during rush hours.
– It will be interesing. If everyone drives during rush hour, we have a lot of queues on Monday. If you can choose other times to drive then that’s great.
VG has taken as a starting point the measures of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration for vehicles less than 5.6 meters.
