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TRYSIL: Figures show that traffic in Trysil decreased 74 percent when the cabin ban was introduced. When the ban was lifted, it increased by 358 percent. Photo: Mona Langset / VG
Telenor has analyzed the traffic figures in the municipalities of the cabin by monitoring mobile phones. They show that the Norwegians respected the cabin ban, but that people did not surprise the cabins as soon as the ban was lifted.
On Thursday March 19, the government imposed a night stay ban outside its own municipality.
Telenor offers a service to various Norwegian municipalities and cities that say something about moving in and out of the municipalities and the number of people who are there at different time intervals.
In the fight against the coronavirus, this information is shared with the authorities.
– In collaboration with FHI, during the crown era, we have compiled data sets that conform to the FHI model to spread Covid-19 infection, and continuously share data. We have been doing this since January of this year. The data we share with FHI is not public, and the data sets must go through analysis and processing before they make sense, says Telenor communications manager Fredrik Tangeraas.
It also claims that each mobile phone is connected to a base station and when it connects to the next base station they can see a movement pattern.
The figures also refer to transit traffic, but with the information from mobile networks you can get a certain overview of how many people stay in the municipalities.
– Of course, all the analyzes we provide are anonymised, but the data sets will be able to show if there is less or more in a municipality from one time interval to another, says Tangeraas.
The figures compare the difference in traffic from a normal level, which is based on a date in early March before the ban, to the dates during and after the ban.
Here you can see the development of traffic to the selected cabin municipalities:
Traffic between municipalities across the country fell 44 percent from the normal level when the ban was introduced, the figures are based on mobile phone signals.
The reason Telenor chose to come out with these numbers is because many have asked for it.
– It is interesting to see if people have followed the advice of the authorities, and they have a lot of it, says Tangeraas.
Some, however, were among the lucky ones who were able to travel to the cabin on Easter:
It was especially in the townships of huts of Trysil, Vinje, Hol and Voss where the trips fell the most. The decrease in traffic as of April 5 was up to 74 percent in Trysil, 73 percent in Vinje and Voss, and 72 percent in Hol.
As you can see from the graph, people returned to the cabins as soon as the cabin ban was lifted on April 20.
Sirdal experienced the largest increase in traffic compared to normal values in a 1371 percent increase the first weekend after the cab ban was lifted.
On the same weekend, traffic in Oppdal increased by 343 percent, Hol by 301 percent, Vinje by 436 percent and Trysil by 358 percent.
Important in pandemic work
Telenor Business’s Ove Fredheim says the findings in the traffic data in the booth municipalities and the Telenor investigation confirm that the traffic data is an important basis for public authorities in the fight against the pandemic.
– We see that our anonymous data is crucial for the authorities to keep track of where people are at all times. We also provide authorities with mobile data so that they can notify people in a simple and effective way. The data is 100% anonymised and cannot be used to identify individuals or companies. Safety is our top priority, emphasizes Fredheim.
