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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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Little change in the Norwegian Merchant Fleet
The Norwegian Merchant Fleet had an increase of 29 vessels from 2015 to 2016. Gross tonnage had an increase of 750 000 tonnage compared with 2015.
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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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Large growth for hotels and restaurants
Enterprises increased their turnover by 5.4 per cent to NOK 75.0 billion in 2015 and employed over 111 700.
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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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Traffic growth for VTS centres
Horten Vessel Traffic Service Centre (VTS Centre) handled 114 200 clearances in 2015; an increase of 10 per cent from 2014. The VTS centres as a whole handled 368 000 clearances in 2015; an increase of 2 per cent from 2014.
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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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Expenses to transport and communication passed NOK 30 billion
Norwegian counties’ and municipalities’ gross operating expenses in transport and communication increased by NOK 1.3 billion to NOK 30.8 billion in 2015. Expenses for the provincial and local roads constituted NOK 13.5 billion, while NOK 15.2 bill...
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117 road deaths in 2015 – lowest since 1947
In 2015, 117 persons were killed in 102 fatal accidents on Norwegian roads. This was 30 fewer fatalities than in 2014. A total of 693 were severely injured, 19 more than the year before. The risk of being killed or seriously injured in a road traf...
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High cargo volumes from Oslo and Akershus
In 2014, about one third of all shipments from establishments within mining and quarrying, manufacturing, sewage and collection of waste and wholesale trade were sent from Oslo and Akershus to recipients around the country. This corresponds to 21....
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Highest mileage in Oslo and Akershus
Every fifth kilometre driven by vans and small lorries was in Oslo and Akershus. A third of goods are transported within and between the two counties. Forty per cent of all deliveries were performed in Oslo and Akershus.
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Transport and environment 2015
Reports 2015/34
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