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Thomas J. Potter

 

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Extending Bergen’s light-rail network for future demand

Like many other cities in the world, the City of…

3 July 2013 | By Thomas J. Potter, previous Chief Engineer of Bybanen AS, now Senior Transport Engineer at Norconsult AS

Like many other cities in the world, the City of Bergen closed its tram system in the 1960s which originally opened in 1897. In 2000, Bergen decided to build a new light-rail system. After 20 years of heated discussion, a determined search for resources, visits to many other successful light-rail…

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Bybanen Bergen light rail: Some important lessons learned when planning a new light-rail system

Bergen is Norway’s second largest city with a regional population…

25 June 2012 | By Thomas J. Potter, Senior Transportation Engineer, Norconsult AS

Bergen is Norway’s second largest city with a regional population of 350,000. In March 2000, and after more than 10 years of heated political and public discussion, a decision was made to build the city a new light-rail system. In 2006, the Norwegian Parliament approved the innovative financing package based…

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Bergen to open its new light rail system – Bybanen

Forty-five years after trams disappeared from the streets of Bergen,…

30 June 2010 | By Thomas J. Potter, Chief Engineer, Bybanen AS

Forty-five years after trams disappeared from the streets of Bergen, 20 years after serious planning began, 10 years after financing was secured through the continuation of the city’s toll ring, five years after design started and two and a half years after the start of construction, Bybanen, the new light…

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Bybanen: The Bergen Light Rail System

In March 2000, Norway decided that a light rail system…

30 April 2008 | By Thomas J. Potter, Chief Engineer, Bybanen: Bergen Light Rail

In March 2000, Norway decided that a light rail system would be the ‘backbone’ of the city of Bergen’s public transport system, and so approved a 20km line from the city centre (Bergen sentrum) to the Bergen airport at Flesland via the suburban town centre of Nesttun and the major…