Oslo aims to become the first capital city in the world with fully electric public transport, without any CO2 emissions, by 2023. The goal is to offer users and residents of the city an improved quality of life, with less pollution, less noise and greater comfort. By Travel + Leisure
Here’s how Oslo plans to become the first major city with a fully electric public transport system
The project aims to replace the city’s entire diesel bus fleet with fully electric models. This concerns a total fleet of about 450 buses. Although the investment is substantial, it should prove profitable in the medium term, since the charging and maintenance of these new buses should be much cheaper.
In addition to the bus network, Oslo has a metro and streetcar network. As for ferries, most of them are now electrically powered. This initiative is part of a global campaign led by many large cities around the world to significantly reduce their CO2 emissions, as a prelude to the next major conference on climate change (COP27), which will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6 to 18, 2022.
If all goes to plan, by the end of 2023, Oslo’s entire public transport system will be fully electric, a first for a city of its size. Moreover, the Oslo municipality wants the entire city to be carbon-neutral by 2030.
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