The trams fill up when the buses are stopped. The routes are concerned.

3,800 bus drivers have gone on strike. The routes ask people to avoid taking public transportation.

Public transport in Oslo appears to be more densely populated than usual in the Monday morning hours. All buses are stopped during the strike. There has been some congestion at the Jernbanetorget tram stops.

3,800 bus drivers are on strike after negotiations broke down Sunday night. Therefore, there are no buses in Oslo or Viken. But the subway, boats and trams run normally.

– This will increase the pressure on other public transport, says Øystein Dahl Johansen, Ruter’s press officer, at 8 o’clock on Monday.

Because it is a legal strike, Ruter cannot strengthen public transportation. Ruter recommends not traveling by public transport. They ask people to take the offices home or ride their bikes or hold onto their legs if they can.

– We are concerned about the situation. The situation of the pandemic makes it important to keep the distance between them. So a risk arises if congestion is created, says Johansen.

• This is why bus drivers are on strike:

Normal road traffic

Ruter is working to get an overview of the situation.

Also, a demonstration blocked traffic in central Oslo this morning. Activists from Extinction Rebellion chained themselves to iron pipes in protest of the government’s oil policy. Traffic is now working normally.

The morning rush on the roads in the Oslo area developed normally on Monday.

– The traffic so far is quite similar to that of Monday a week ago. As far as we can see, there has been no change today, traffic operator Hans Are Dahl in Vegtrafikksentralen told NTB at 8 o’clock on Monday.

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration came out on Sunday and encouraged people to stay home on Monday. This is to avoid pressure on the road network and public transport.

The case is being updated.