2009/03/13 THIS and THAT

D-Day for Norway's Transport Infrastructure

ntp

Norway’s transport infrastructure is way behind much of Europe, but today Norway’s government is presenting it’s development plans for the Norwegian transport infrastructure for 2010 to 2019 (Nasjonal Transportplan 2010-2019). [ ... ]

2009/02/23 THIS and THAT

How come one of the world's richest countries has one of the world's worst road network?

pork-barrel-spending

It is not the planning authorities or the central government who decides infrastructure development in Norway, but the local politicians. To put it simple, what in the US is known as “pork barrel spending” is what rules many of Norway’s infrastructure development projects. Why? [ ... ]