Tag: Swedish Transport Agency

  • Russian hackers shut down pages of several Danish traffic organizations

    Russian hackers shut down pages of several Danish traffic organizations

    Copenhagen Airport and the traffic companies Movia and the Swedish Transport Agency were hit by a DDoS attack, which shut down their websites over the weekend. Emergency management chairman Jarl Vagn Hansen warned that Denmark is “hopelessly unprepared” for this kind of “hybrid threat”. The full version of this article is only available to subscribers.…

  • After the landslide on the E6 – the traffic authority on when the road can be reopened

    After the landslide on the E6 – the traffic authority on when the road can be reopened

    It was last autumn that large parts of the E6 outside Stenungsund collapsed in a landslide – now the Swedish Transport Agency has announced its forecast for when the road will be passable again. Hear Daniel Svensson, project manager at the Swedish Transport Administration.

  • Finland's ACP agrees to join sympathy measures against Tesla

    Finland's ACP agrees to join sympathy measures against Tesla

    Port workers and stevedores represented by the union therefore do not load or unload Tesla vehicles or parts on the way to Sweden. “IF Metall and its Swedish employees have the full support of ACP” Ismo KokkoThe chairman of the ACP stated on Thursday. bonfire told According to Helsingin Sanomat, the blockade is primarily a…

  • Blizzard hits Sweden and disrupts traffic

    STOCKHOLM, March 8 (Xinhua) — Public transport in and around the Swedish capital was severely disrupted on Wednesday as heavy snowstorms swept across the country. Sweden’s Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) issued an orange warning as up to 30 cm of snow and strong winds are expected to pose a danger to the public and…

  • Right now: Hear SMHI and the Swedish Transport Administration about the expected snow storm

    Right now: Hear SMHI and the Swedish Transport Administration about the expected snow storm

    A heavy snowstorm is expected to move in over the southern parts of Sweden during the night towards Tuesday. Weather warnings are issued and there may be major traffic disruptions. Hear from the Swedish Transport Agency’s press manager Bengt Olsson and meteorologist Sofia Söderberg at SMHI about how to prepare and where in Sweden it…

  • JUST NOW: After the delay chaos, the Swedish Transport Administration holds a press conference

    JUST NOW: After the delay chaos, the Swedish Transport Administration holds a press conference

    After yesterday’s nationwide train stop, the Swedish Transport Agency is now holding a press conference in the central hall in Stockholm. The headline for the press conference is “necessary upgrade of the railway” and it is the Swedish Transport Administration’s Roberto Maiorana who is holding it. He says in an interview with the Echo that…

  • Ludde loved A tractors – the accident changed everything

    Ludde loved A tractors – the accident changed everything

    P4 Väst has reviewed how, just months after the accident, the Swedish Transport Agency begins work on a heavily criticized rule change that leads to more manipulated A-tractors on the roads. Almost three years have passed since the crash, now Ludde and his mother Petra are talking for the first time about the accident that…

  • Work on the cross-border Finland-Sweden line begins

    Work on the cross-border Finland-Sweden line begins

    The construction of the long-awaited section of line, which would connect the Finnish network to the Swedish border town of Haparanda, will begin once funding has been secured, the Finnish Transport Agency said on Monday. The project will electrify the Laurila-Tornio-Haparanda section of the network, which will open a cross-border rail link between Finland and…

  • Despite the call – Belarusian plane landed at Arlanda

    Despite the call – Belarusian plane landed at Arlanda

    At 9:30 on Tuesday, a plane from Minsk landed at Arlanda Airport. The landing was canceled despite a call from EU leaders not to let in Belarusian planes. Despite the request, there is no formal decision, the Swedish Transport Agency informs the news agency TT.

  • The Swedish Transport Agency urges: Avoid Belarusian airspace

    The Swedish Transport Agency urges: Avoid Belarusian airspace

    The Swedish Transport Agency urges Swedish airlines to avoid the airspace over Belarus. The background to the call is a message from the European Aviation Safety Agency EASA. This message is valid until the situation has stabilized, according to the Swedish Transport Agency. – We urge Swedish airlines to consider the possibility of avoiding this…

  • Whiplash injuries are more common than is known

    Whiplash injuries are more common than is known

    The insurance companies receive three times more reports of whiplash injuries, compared with what is reported to the Swedish Transport Agency. This indicates a large number in the dark, according to the industry association Svensk Försäkring, which refers to a new statistics report. “There are no efforts at all from the public sector to reduce…

  • Motorcyclists must warn each other of rolling gravel

    Motorcyclists must warn each other of rolling gravel

    Motorcyclists can warn each other with the help of a digital map service. In the app, which was tested already in the autumn, those who are going out and driving can see where there is rolling gravel. “Just over one in four motorcyclists who have been seriously injured outside an urban area says that they…

  • The government wants to put an end to meter cheating in cars

    The government wants to put an end to meter cheating in cars

    Cheating with the meter reading on cars is becoming more common, meaning that it looks like the car has traveled significantly fewer miles than it actually did. Now the government wants to stop the cheating and therefore the Swedish Transport Agency is commissioned to develop measures that will prevent tampering. “You have to be able…

  • High pressure on workshops when changing tires this spring

    High pressure on workshops when changing tires this spring

    It can be crowded in the county’s workshops when it is now from the beginning of April to change to summer tires. This is due to the restrictions and the Swedish Transport Agency’s decision not to extend the period from the 15th to the last of April as was done last year. “We will work…

  • Riding an electric scooter on the sidewalk may be prohibited

    Riding an electric scooter on the sidewalk may be prohibited

    Soon, it may be forbidden to ride an electric scooter on the sidewalk, at least if the Swedish Transport Agency gets its way. To reduce the number of accidents with electric scooters, the authority wants to introduce several new rules. The company Voi, which rents out electric scooters, is positive about the proposal: “We share…

  • No extended time for studded tires – industry critical

    No extended time for studded tires – industry critical

    The Swedish Transport Agency says no to the Swedish Vehicle Workshops Association’s proposal (SFVF) to postpone the last date that it is allowed to drive with studded tires, from the current 15 April to 30 April for both heavy and light vehicles. According to the authority, there is a difference from last spring – “Knowledge…

  • New rules for electric scooters will reduce accidents

    New rules for electric scooters will reduce accidents

    To reduce the number of accidents with electric scooters, the Swedish Transport Agency wants to introduce several new rules. For example, the authority wants to remove the ceiling for engine power. That would make it possible with more robust and safe electric scooters, with better brakes and tires. But the maximum speed should still be…

  • Few people die in road traffic in 2020

    Few people die in road traffic in 2020

    Last year, fewer people died on Swedish roads than the year before. 190 people died in 2020, which is 31 fewer than in the year before when 221 people died. This is shown by preliminary statistics from the Swedish Transport Agency. “It is gratifying and is the lowest number in modern times,” says Jonas Bjelfvenstam,…

  • Stopovers allow the flight stop to be rounded

    Stopovers allow the flight stop to be rounded

    Despite the flight stop, you can fly with SAS, KLM or Lufthansa from the UK to Sweden by making a stopover in Copenhagen, Amsterdam or Frankfurt, Ekot’s search shows. It does not violate the flight stop for direct traffic between the UK and Sweden and the entry ban means that Britons are stopped at the…

  • British plane landed at Arlanda – despite ban

    British plane landed at Arlanda – despite ban

    A British Airways plane from London with passengers landed at Arlanda – even though it is forbidden. According to the Swedish Transport Agency, it is a matter of British Airways misunderstanding the Swedish authorities’ message. The Swedish Transport Agency will contact the British aviation authorities and inform them that a plane has violated the flight…

  • No student flats next summer either

    No student flats next summer either

    The Swedish Transport Agency is extending the temporary rules which entail a ban on riding on, among other things, truck platforms. The temporary rules will now be extended until 30 June 2021, the Swedish Transport Agency writes in a press release. This means that next year’s student processions are not allowed.

  • Large number of accidents for electric scooters

    Large number of accidents for electric scooters

    The number of accidents with electric scooters increased sharply last year and there were over 600 accidents throughout the country according to a new report from the Swedish Transport Agency in November. But Dennis Örnborg, who is a traffic policeman in Norrköping, has not noticed any sharp increase right here. On the other hand, he…

  • KU critical of the government

    KU critical of the government

    A unanimous Constitutional Committee, KU, today presented its annual review of the government and criticizes several points. For example, Minister of Defense Peter Hultqvist and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ann Linde are criticized for not informing that the Iraqi Minister of Defense was, among other things, a Swedish citizen – when a new agreement was…

  • Sharp increase in accidents with electric scooters

    Sharp increase in accidents with electric scooters

    The number of accidents with electric scooters increased sharply last year and there were over 600 accidents, according to a new report from the Swedish Transport Agency. – Based on the accident statistics, we conclude that it is important to work for improved traffic safety for bicycles in general, says the Swedish Transport Agency’s investigator…

  • SAS: It is not certain that you will survive the corona crisis

    SAS: It is not certain that you will survive the corona crisis

    Despite the fact that the airline SAS has already received a rescue package of just over SEK 14 billion, it is far from certain that it will survive the corona crisis without more money from shareholders. – I wish I had a crystal ball that I could look at and see how this will develop.…

  • Pilots warn: Risk of accidents and destroyed nature

    Pilots warn: Risk of accidents and destroyed nature

    The Swedish Transport Agency proposes that the fairways through the nature reserve Lurö archipelago in Lake Vänern should be pilot-free because they believe that boats can pass safely without a pilot. The three most recent accidents on Lake Vänern have taken place without a pilot in the Lurö archipelago. “If we have accidents with emissions,…