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Transport and tourism: Land transport
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Increased costs for asphalt work
Road construction costs increased by 3.5 per cent from the second quarter of 2016 to the second quarter of 2017. In the same period, the road maintenance costs rose by 4.9 per cent.
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Increased turnover for land transport
Preliminary figures show that turnover in the division “land transport” increased by 3.4 per cent from first quarter of 2016 to the same quarter this year.
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No passengers in 50% of taxi trips
Taxis drove 52.8 per cent of all kilometres with passengers in 2016. This was a decrease of 0.2 per cent compared to 2015 and 0.6 per cent from 2014.
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135 killed, 656 severely injured
In 2016, 135 people died in 128 fatal accidents on Norwegian roads. A total of 656 people were severely injured. This was 18 more fatalities than in 2015, while the number who were severely injured fell by 37.
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Rail strike led to negligible growth
The train has been an increasingly popular mode of transport since 2012, but the strong passenger growth stopped in 2016 due to a one-month strike by train drivers.
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Fewer employed in water transport
The number of persons employed in the water transport industry division fell by almost 1 120 from the previous year, to 25 189 in 2015.
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Norske lastebiler taper markedsandeler tross økt godsmengde
I 1. kvartal 2017 var de norskregistrerte lastebilenes andel av grensetransporten på 32,2 prosent. Dette er 1,2 prosentpoeng mindre enn i tilsvarende kvartal i fjor.
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Increased national freight transport
Norwegian lorries carried 70.8 million tonnes of goods in the 3rd quarter of 2016; 6.8 per cent more than in the same quarter in 2015.
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Increased costs for asphalt work
The maintenance of roads costs increased by 2.5 percent from the fourth quarter of 2016 to the first quarter of 2017. The asphalt work costs rose by 5.5 percent in the same period.
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Car numbers and mileage up
Norwegian vehicles were driven 45 billion kilometres on Norwegian and international roads in 2016; 2.2 per cent more than in 2015. This is similar to the growth in the number of vehicles from 2015 to 2016.
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Almost 100 000 electric passenger cars
At the end of 2016, there were almost 2.7 million registered passenger cars in Norway, and nearly 100 000 of them were electric. This was 2.1 per cent more than at the end of 2015. The number of electric passenger cars increased by over 40 per cent.
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Public transport has greatest growth
From 2014 to 2015, the growth in transport work by public transport was almost 6 per cent. The transport work performed by private cars increased by nearly 2 per cent during the same period.
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Large employment fall in water transport
After many years of high employment, the water transport industry division experienced a downturn in 2015. The number of persons employed fell by almost 1 400 to 25 000 in 2015; a decrease of 5 per cent from the previous year.
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Increased traffic by foreign lorries in Norway
Norwegian and foreign lorries transported almost 294 million tonnes of goods to, from and within Norway in 2015; three per cent less than the year before. Norwegian lorry transportation is dominated by domestic driving, while foreign lorries have ...
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Record passenger numbers
More than 600 million fares were registered on public transport in 2015. This was an all time high, and about 5 per cent more than in 2014. All modes of transport experienced growth, but boats “won”, with 10 per cent more boardings than in 2014.
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