Nödtull in Oslo: A half thousand per car – Aftonbladet

Norway. how about a biltull of 170 sek per passage, or for heavier vehicles to 500 crowns? In the fight against dirty air leaning now Oslo to rocketing “nödtullar” for the cars.

Already, in winter, the highest rate being 160 Norwegian kroner per ordinary petrol or diesel car, and 480 crowns (the equivalent of 500 Swedish kronor) for vehicles weighing over 3.5 tonnes. It will be in this case, however, a “nödtaxa” that should be on the air is really dirty.

– We hope it will not be necessary. But we can’t have it so in our city that people must stay indoors due to air pollution, say Lan Marie Berg, environmentally responsible mayor of the Norwegian capital, to NRK.

electric cars

The past winter, there were, according to NRK at the four occasions that the air pollution was high.

zero-emission cars get to go free for a while. However, Norwegian media have reported that, even in Norway so popular, electric cars could be forced to start paying. The tariff will be considerably more modest, ten crowns, and in this case, first a bit into next year.

this raises also the usual charges for fossilbilar in Oslo, which so far are 33 and 99 per entry for light and heavy vehicles.

Although the Mountains have decided on a “nödtaxa”, up to 225 dollars for that run in with the car.

185 deaths per year

In London is estimated to dirty air killing dozens of inhabitants every day. In the Nordic countries, the figures are significantly less, but the Oslo see it still as a jätteproblem.

– Folkehelseinstituttet recently presented a study showing that 185 people die prematurely each year in Oslo as a result of high air pollution, ” says Berg, who represents the MDG, the Norwegian green party.

Biltullarna in Gothenburg and Stockholm, sweden is currently the highest in the 22 and 35 crowns per passage. There are no exemptions for green cars.

In London, you pay 11,50 pounds (130 dollars) per day – but emission cars run for free.

the FACTS

Tolls

Tolls, or congestion charges as it is formally called in Sweden, was introduced in Stockholm in the attempt in 2006, and permanently from 2007. Gothenburg, sweden followed suit in 2013.

London is otherwise perhaps the most famous example of road tolls in Europe. Which was introduced in 2003.

In Norway was Bergen, the first in 1986. Today, there are road tolls in several Norwegian cities, including Oslo, launched a variant already in the late 80′s.

september 23, 201619:19