Pedestrian zoneNorway
Traffic rules
Norway
1. Pedestrian zone
A pedestrian zone is an area consisting of one or more streets that are reserved primarily for pedestrians. Motor-vehicle access is normally prohibited or restricted to authorised users, particular purposes or specified times.
Pedestrians may usually use the full width of the available road space. Rules concerning cyclists, deliveries, public transport, vehicle speed, stopping and parking depend on local traffic signs and regulations.
How should I recognise pedestrian-only access in Norway?
The official term is gågate. Motor access is restricted by the signs and permitted arrangements; the national traffic rules provide special duties for driving on a pedestrian street.
🔗 lovdata.no • Norway, Traffic Rules — Traffic Rules 7(4), 9(2), 13(3), 17–18, 20; signs 548/550/552
🔗 lovdata.no • Norwegian signing regulation — current sign catalogue, markings and signals
Start of a zone for pedestrians.
English • Traffic sign 548 • Pedestrian street. Marks an area where motor vehicles other than small electric motor vehicles are prohibited and pedestrian-street traffic rules apply. Applies until sign 550 ‘End of pedestrian street’.
Norsk bokmål • Skilt 548 • Gågate. Skiltet angir grense for område hvor det er forbudt å kjøre motorvogn unntatt liten elektrisk motorvogn og hvor trafikkreglenes bestemmelser om gågate gjelder. Skiltet gjelder til det blir opphevet av skilt 550 «Slutt på gågate».
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 12
SVG source: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript’s ps2pdf utility and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape. • Public domain • Original revision 2008-08-04. Wikimedia original unmodified.
End of the zone for pedestrians.
English • Traffic sign 550 • End of pedestrian street.
Norsk bokmål • Skilt 550 • Slutt på gågate.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Lovdata.no • Skiltforskriften § 12
SVG source: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript’s ps2pdf utility and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape. • Public domain • Original revision 2008-08-04. Wikimedia original unmodified.
May cyclists ride in pedestrian areas in Norway?
Cyclists must travel at walking pace and give way to pedestrians. A gågate is different from a cycling-priority street where ordinary mixed-traffic road rules apply.
🔗 lovdata.no • Norway, Traffic Rules — Traffic Rules 7(4), 9(2), 13(3), 17–18, 20; signs 548/550/552
🔗 lovdata.no • Norwegian signing regulation — current sign catalogue, markings and signals
Which rules apply to vehicles admitted to pedestrian areas in Norway?
Admitted drivers must travel at walking pace and give way to pedestrians. Parking on a gågate is prohibited except where the applicable signs permit it, but bicycles and small electric motor vehicles may be parked where they cause no unnecessary hindrance or inconvenience. An entry exemption is not unrestricted parking permission.
🔗 lovdata.no • Norway, Traffic Rules — Traffic Rules 7(4), 9(2), 13(3), 17–18, 20; signs 548/550/552
🔗 lovdata.no • Norwegian signing regulation — current sign catalogue, markings and signals
