Oslo eyes car-free city center by 2019 in green move
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Cars will be banned from central Oslo by 2019 to help reduce pollution, local politicians said yesterday, in what they said would be the first comprehensive and permanent ban for a European capital.
The newly elected city council, made up of the Labor Party, the Greens and the Socialist Left, said the plans would benefit all citizens despite shop-owners鈥 fears they will hurt business.
鈥淲e want to have a car-free center,鈥 Lan Marie Nguyen Berg, lead negotiator for the Green Party in Oslo, said. 鈥淲e want to make it better for pedestrians, cyclists. It will be better for shops and everyone.鈥
Under the plans, the council will build at least 60 kilometers of bicycle lanes by 2019, the date of the next municipal elections, and provide a 鈥渕assive boost鈥 of investment in public transport.
Buses and trams will continue to serve the city center, and arrangements will be found for cars carrying disabled people and vehicles transporting goods to stores, the three parties said in a joint declaration.
Several European capitals have previously introduced temporary car bans in their city centers, including Paris last month.
Oslo has around 600,000 inhabitants and almost 350,000 cars in the whole city.
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