Traffic in Norway

In this country, we estimate that each passenger produces approximately 637.03kg of CO2 annually as a result of commuting to work or school. To counterbalance this carbon emission, it would require approximately 29.26 trees per passenger to produce enough oxygen. The following formulas are used to make these estimations.

Main Means of Transportation to Work or School

Working from Home 2.20%
Walking 20.70%
Car 33.04%
Bicycle 11.01%
Motorcycle 1.76%
Bus/Trolleybus 24.67%
Tram/Streetcar 0.88%
Train/Metro 5.73%

Overall Average One-Way Commute Time and Distance to Work or School

Average Distance 11.46 km
Average Travel Time 28.03 min

Average when primarily using Walking

Distance 2.83 km
Walking 21.11 min
Waiting 1.02 min
Driving Car 0.17 min
Bicycle 0.79 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 2.09 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.21 min
Train/Metro Ride 0.53 min
Overall 26.87 min

Average when primarily using Car

Distance 19.80 km
Walking 1.33 min
Driving Car 25.52 min
Overall 26.85 min

Average when primarily using Bicycle

Distance 5.53 km
Walking 0.56 min
Bicycle 17.52 min
Overall 18.88 min

Average when primarily using Motorcycle

Distance 27.50 km
Walking 4.00 min
Motorcycle 26.00 min
Overall 30.00 min

Average when primarily using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance 9.70 km
Walking 5.55 min
Waiting 4.16 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 23.09 min
Train/Metro Ride 0.91 min
Overall 34.71 min

Average when primarily using Tram/Streetcar

Distance 4.00 km
Walking 4.00 min
Waiting 4.50 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 11.00 min
Overall 19.50 min

Average when primarily using Train/Metro

Distance 10.69 km
Walking 6.46 min
Waiting 2.77 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 0.15 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.38 min
Train/Metro Ride 17.23 min
Overall 27.08 min

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Last update: 22 December 2025

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

By City in Norway

Rank
City
Traffic Index
Time Index
(in minutes)
Time Exp. Index
Inefficiency Index
CO2 Emission Index
Trondheim 115.3 31.0 161.4 208.3 3270.0
Stavanger 106.6 32.3 251.9 138.1 2181.0
Oslo 95.4 27.8 44.7 124.0 2478.8
Bergen 93.1 26.2 27.7 88.5 2732.9
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