Freight transport policy and measures in Norway

Presentation at PIARC meeting in Ouagadougou 13-15 June 2005

Senior Adviser Hans Silborn

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Characteristics:

Bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia4,5 mill. Inhabitants324 000 km2

2 500 km from the south to North Cape

91 450 km of public roads3 638 453 reg. vehicles

Mountains and fjords, 5 months of winter 127 ferry connections Longest bridge: 1,9 km23 sub sea tunnels (worlds deepest: 264 m below sea level)World’s longest tunnel in traffic: 24,5 km

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NORWAY

Oslo

Road Network

National County Munici-

palities

Total

Length

(km)

26 780

Of this: trunk road network: 7465 Km – to be extended to 8600 km.

27 215 37 455 91 450

Traffic

(average ADT)

2 200 500

Expenditures (mill. Euros)

1 520

Of this: tolls: 194

255

ORGANISATIONGeneral structure

Parliament

Ministry of Transport and Communication

NPRA:•Directorate of Public Roads

•5 Regional Offices•30 District Offices

”MESTA”State owned Production Company

(in competition with private companies)

Five main goals for transport policy

• Fewer fatalities and serious injuries on the roads

• More environmentally sound urban transport

• Improved traffic flow in and between regions

• A more efficient transport system

• A transport system which is accessible for all people

Eksport from Norway

Import to Norway

Freight transport 1970-2020. Mill. ton km. Forecast from 2003. Referance: TØI

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Sea

Railway

Freight transport corridors, ton

Freight transport corridors, mill. NOK

Modal split for freight transport depending on distance

Referance: TØI-report 663/2003

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Measures to move freight transport from road to sea and railway

• Change the organisation and management of infrastructure and means of transport

• Improve the infrastructure connecting ports and railway terminals with trunk roads

• Concentrate cargo in nodes and corridors

• Promote use of containers and semi trailers

• Increase the efficiency in freight terminals, sea and railway transport

• Adjust taxes and fees

• Improve the information of intermodal transport services

• Remove bottle necks in intermodal cross border freight transport

Governmental policy measures

• Investments in railway infrastructure and terminals

• Adopting a new port structure

• Taxation policy and infrastructure fees

• Feeder trunk roads to important terminals and national ports

• Implementation of systems for better information flow

• Research and development

Providing freight transport on the national road network

• Improved trunk road system

• Maintenance and operation of high quality

• Increased carrying capacity

• Enlargement of tunnel sections

• Traffic information

• Monitoring and managing the traffic situation

• Guidelines for distribution of goods in urban areas

• Promote safety for truck transport

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