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The bus wave
– Just read “Bussbølgen” in BA by wise, resourceful, inclusive Francine Mbanza Jensen (Debate, 24 April). Her post and thoughts are so incredibly good and the story she tells contains so much creativity. I know that Francine and many others have created many and inclusive meeting places here in Bergen, it’s so great. Perhaps we need more low-threshold meeting places, perhaps more of us should have business cards (read the story in BA) even if we are not at work, perhaps a small card with a name and mobile number could be the start of new acquaintances around us?
I share on Facebook, so maybe we can, together, start the Bussvølgen.
Kari Tveit Thue
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Full boss team
– Trond Ophuus writes in his commentary that it is not good enough that the basin at Langevann is packed. I completely agree. It is not good enough that people throw the boss at full speed. Wind and birds cause the brush to fall out and spread in nature. If the bucket is full, you take your boss with you.
Sunniva Aarvik
Running wheels
– During an hour’s trip around Tertnes, I met many people on electric scooters, and four young people rode with one on the back. Everyone drove on the pavement, and no one slowed down. These are dangerous to drive on the pavement. It’s a vehicle after all! They have bells on them (which almost no one uses), but even if they ring, not everyone manages to jump to the side. Think of elderly people who are bad with their legs or deaf people! I don’t understand that driving on pavements is allowed. The same applies to bicycles. On pavements, people should be able to walk calmly without being afraid of being hit!
Tommy Nilsen
Tunnel
– Here, all you have to do is lower the street, level out towards the car park rather than the factory building, make a tunnel under Nygaten and safety is in the offing. The other traffic pattern is maintained. And here the terminus is centrally located. It couldn’t be better, with a flight of stairs on one side. A safe and good solution.
Arvid Fjæren
Where is the security?
– In old Bergen, until the mid-1960s, trams ran in the city. There was much less traffic than today. The trams traveled from 15 to 25 km/h, and made so much noise that people could hear them from a long distance away.
The light rail in Bergen is not a tram, but a train. With the same gauge as trains elsewhere in Norway. And the speed is significantly greater than that maintained by the trams. What separates Bybanen from the railway are two things: the strength of the running current and safety. When railway tracks are laid, the track is secured against accidents in the vast majority of places. In Bergen, the trains (Bybanen) run from Telegrafen and through the city in two directions – to Flesland and Oasen. For the most part completely uninsured against accidents. Where are the fences and locks to protect pedestrians, cyclists and motorists from being hit by the train?
People walk wrong, cycle and kick wrong, and motorists are also not always as alert as they should be. At level crossings for other trains there is a sound and light signal, plus a barrier that goes down. When a 19-tonne light rail train suddenly has to brake to a full stop, it goes without saying that a life can hang in the balance. Bergen municipality and the planners must know that the tunnels are the only safe places along the tracks. An underground light rail system with secured underground stations was what should have been built. The light rail tracks must be secured better! And that without increased toll rates!
Terje Haugom,
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The light rail
– I hope that it is possible to extend the front of the Bybanen itself at both ends down towards the street, so that there will only be an opening of a few cm down towards the street body. In this way, we want to prevent people who are hit from coming under the Bybanen, but being pushed in front of it.
Knut Doksäter
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