Ruter monthly pass drops to 1,700 kroner

Ruter's most expensive monthly pass, valid across three zones, will go from 2,600 to 1,700 kroner. The new cut, on top of a first reduction of 400 kroner in May, brings the total reduction to 900 kroner. (NRK Oslo).

In front of Oslo's bus terminal, Håkon Snortheim (H), Akershus's transport councillor, in a blue suit with a light blue pin on the lapel, recalls the starting point. This terminal is the arrival and departure point of many of the green Akershus buses he is responsible for. In his view, what residents of Akershus — and, he believes, many other Norwegians — need most is a better public transport offer (NRK Oslo).

Travellers who commuted daily to and from the capital were until now paying the highest monthly pass prices in the country. The cut is funded by money coming from the red-green majority in the Storting. Combined, the two reductions amount to 900 kroner less for users in Oslo county and Akershus (NRK Oslo).