Another international exemplar city showing the benefits of light rail. Bergen, Norways second largest city is developing a light rail network in three stages from the city centre to Bergen Airport at Flesland. The project is being undertaken in three phases and includes about 20km of tracks. The first phase, with a length of 9.8km and 15 intermediate stops, has been completed. About 3.6km will be added in the second phase and another 7km in the third phase. Further stages are currently being planned to extend the network to other parts of the city, Bergen has a population of 260,000 (a bit less than in Canberra) and about 400,000 in the immediate region. Like Canberra, it is a multi-nodal city. Most of the citys population is concentrated in the valleys that spread outwards from the city centre. Apparently, there was much objection to the proposal before it was built, but now that it is up and running there is about 80% community support for the project. Get on board Canberra!!
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:35:50 +0000
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