What?

We want to raise awareness and encourage both visitors and locals to use green means of transport on their way to/from and in Trysil. Green, smooth and accessible transport is important for visitors to have a good experience of the destination.

Thanks to the blending of biofuels and an increased share of electric cars, car traffic is on its way to becoming climate neutral in Norway. In Trysil, work is being done to have sufficient charging capacity for electric cars. Trysil is forward-looking and works to ensure that newly developed transport technology is adopted at an early stage. One of the measures here is the pilot project with autonomous buses.

Scandinavian Mountains Airport, the Swedish airport located 40 minutes away from Trysil, has made environmental choices with regards to the type of vehicle and fuel used. The infrastructure is also set up so that people are prepared to receive electric aircraft.

Trysil works closely with ferries, buses and airlines and sets environmental requirements for its partners in transport.

Trysil is also working to make the tourism industry less transport-intensive. That is, investing in local markets and influencing tourists to stay here longer. Although Trysil cannot decide how guests get to their destination, we can influence travel choices by facilitating, communicating around and providing benefits to guests who choose more environmentally friendly options.

What is being done today?

• We have introduced solar power on the newest chairlift.
  
  
• The snow prepping machines have installed GPS measurements of snow depth, so that it can be prepared more efficiently and thus also fuel-reducing.
  
  
• Skistar is testing electric snowmobiles and electric pedaling machines.
  
  
• The ski bus transports ski guests around the mountains and the city center, meaning the car can be parked during their stay (ski in/ski out).
  
  
• Skistar requires bus companies to use buses with Euro6 engines, the most environmentally friendly engines.
  
  
• For those staying in rented cabins, the cabin areas are have direct access to ski slopes, possibly with transport lifts, so that the car can be parked at the cabin throughout the stay. Less cars reduces the need to use space for parking and the destination works more efficiently.
  
  
• Work is being done to ensure sufficient charging stations for electric cars.
  
  
• Through the SITE III project, work is underway to develop a pilot for testing autonomous buses in Trysil.
  
  
• Trysil municipality, Destination Trysil and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration conduct semi-annual meetings to monitor traffic and avoid congestion through Elverum. In addition, winter road standards for increased safety are followed closely.

Goals towards 2030:

• Companies must minimise greenhouse gas emissions from their own vehicles or from energy consumption.
  
  
• Facilitate and influence visitors to travel in the most environmentally friendly way possible, stimulate an increased proportion of public transport, both to/from and at the destination.
  
  
• Develop sustainable systems for environmentally friendly internal transport.
  
  
• When purchasing and making new investments in the businesses, sustainable choices must always be considered.

Why?

Road traffic is the biggest cause of greenhouse gas emissions in Trysil. It is therefore a topic that many people are focusing on in their sustainability work. Optimising transport for travellers is the most effective measure the destination can take to reduce its emissions.

The tourism trends in 2020 show that more people are making active choices to be more climate-friendly when travelling. For example, more people generally choose short-distance holidays and prefer destinations they can travel to by public transport.