Minister of Transport and Communications Knut Arild Hareide (KrF) instructs the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to facilitate the introduction of zero-emission zones in Oslo and Bergen.
- The government will facilitate testing in the form of pilot projects. These zones can contribute to the faster introduction of zero-emission vehicles. This is Transport Minister Knut Arild Hareide (KrF) speaking.
Bergen and Oslo want to test such no-go zones to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline and diesel cars.
The Norwegian Public Roads Authority is responsible for facilitating the creation of zero emission zones. At the same time, it will assess how they can be implemented without taking into account the main network road and roads national.
The introduction means a ban on diesel and gasoline cars on certain streets or areas in cities. It is not known how the ban will affect hybrid cars.
The Minister of Transport and Communications says the biggest challenge is to force residents and the business community to work with constraints.
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"We must not be too much of an inconvenience to people who cannot afford to buy an electric car immediately," said Hareide, who admits that "it is right to point out that these are intrusive measures."
In Oslo, this applies primarily to the region from Aker Brygge to Tøyen, Greenland and Vaterland in the east inclusive. The zones are to be established in 2023.
Stavanger and Trondheim are also interested in studying zero-emission zones.
