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Route 2. Hlemmur &#x2192; Mjódd

Route 1. Hlemmur &#x2192; Hfj. Skarðshlíð

Route 3. Hlemmur &#x2192; Mjódd

Route 4. Hlemmur &#x2192; Mjódd

Route 5. BSÍ &#x2192; Norðlingaholt

Route 6. Hlemmur &#x2192; Egilshöll

Route 7. Egilshöll &#x2192; Leirvogstunga

Route 8. Nauthóll &#x2192; Gamla Hringbraut

Route 11. Mjódd &#x2192; Seltjarnarnes

Route 12. Skerjafjörður &#x2192; Ártún

Route 13. Sléttuvegur &#x2192; Öldugrandi

Route 14. Grandi &#x2192; Verzló

Route 15. Mosfellsbær &#x2192; Vesturbær

Route 16. Hlemmur &#x2192; Hádegismóar

Route 17. Hlemmur &#x2192; Breiðholt

Route 18. Spöngin &#x2192; Hlemmur

Route 19. Kaplarkriki &#x2192; Ásvallalaug

Route 21. Háholt &#x2192; Mjódd

Route 22. Ásgarður &#x2192; Urriðaholt

Route 23. Ásgarður &#x2192; Álftanes

Route 24. Spöngin &#x2192; Garðabær

Route 27. Háholt &#x2192; Laxnes

Route 28. Hamraborg &#x2192; Dalaþing

Route 29. Háholt &#x2192; Kjalarnes

Route 31. Gufunesbær &#x2192; Egilshöll

Route 35. Hamraborg &#x2192; Engihjalli

Route 36. Hamraborg &#x2192; Kársnes

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Route 51. Selfoss / Vík / Höfn &#x2192; Reykjavík

Route 52. Reykjavík &#x2192; Landeyjahöfn

Route 71. Þorlákshöfn &#x2192; Hveragerði

Route 72. Selfoss &#x2192; Flúðir

Route 73. Selfoss &#x2192; Grímsnes

Route 55. KEF – Airport &#x2192; Reykjavík

Route 87. Vogar &#x2192; Vogaafleggari

Route 88. Grindavík &#x2192; Reykjanesbær

Route 89. Reykjanesbær &#x2192; Sandgerði

Route 57. Akureyri &#x2192; Reykjavík

Route 58. Stykkishólmur &#x2192; Borgarnes

Route 59. Borgarnes &#x2192; Hólmavík

Route 61. Ísafjörður &#x2192; Hólmavík

Route 62. Patreksfjörður &#x2192; Ísafjörður

Route 81. Borgarnes &#x2192; Reykholt

Route 82. Hellissandur &#x2192; Stykkishólmur

Route 84. Skagaströnd &#x2192; Blönduós

Route 56. Egilsstaðir &#x2192; Akureyri

Route 78. Siglufjörður &#x2192; Akureyri

Route 79. Húsavík &#x2192; Akureyri

Route A1. Brekka &#x2192; Naustahverfi

Route A2. Naustahverfi &#x2192; Brekka

Route A3. Giljahverfi &#x2192; Síðuhverfi

Route A4. Síðuhverfi &#x2192; Giljahverfi

Route A5. Naustahverfi &#x2192; Síðuhverfi

Route A6. Síðuhverfi &#x2192; Naustahverfi

Route R1. Miðstöð &#x2192; Heiðarsel

Route R3. Miðstöð &#x2192; Keilir

Route R4. Miðstöð &#x2192; Hafnir

Route E1. Egilsstaðir &#x2192; Norðfjörður

Route E2. Seyðisfjörður &#x2192; Egilsstaðir

Route E3. Reyðarfjörður &#x2192; Breiðdalsvík

Route E4. Höfn &#x2192; Breiðdalsvík

Route E5. Borgarfjörður &#x2192; Egilsstaðir

Route 63. Varmalandsskóli &#x2192; Borgarnes

Route 64. Kleppjárnsreykir &#x2192; Borgarnes

Route 25. Spöngin B &#x2192; Gufunes

Route 91. Egilsstaðir &#x2192; Norðfjörður

Route 92. Breiðdalsvík &#x2192; Fáskrúðsfjörður

Route 93. Seyðisfjörður &#x2192; Egilsstaðir

Route 94. Djúpivogur &#x2192; Höfn

Route 95. Egilsstaðir &#x2192; Borgarfjörður

Route 26. Ásvallalaug &#x2192; Hellnahraun

Route 96. Norðfjörður &#x2192; Fáskrúðsfjörður

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The payment system Klappið got a special recognition at the event Transport Ticketing Global this week. The event is the world’s leading and largest smart ticketing event for public transport. This year it was held at Olympia London on 7-8 March. See: <a href="https://www.transport-ticketing.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.transport-ticketing.com/</a>
Strætó´s new payment system was among seven nominated and got a special award – Highly Commended – in the category Best Smart Ticketing Programme for less than 200k daily journeys. The purpose is to acknowledge innovative solutions and recognises a public transport operator or public transport authority and their technology partner(s) that have launched a successful smart ticketing programme in the last 2 years.
&#8222;This recognition is particularly pleasing because the judges are the world&#8217;s leading experts in this field and more nominations have never been submitted. It shows us that we are on the right path and encourages us to continue the long journey of making the Strætó payment system a great solution for both passengers and all those who work to make public transport a good option for people on the move. After all, there are particularly exciting innovations expected &#8211; among other things, contactless payment, and capping,&#8220; says Daði Áslaugarson, Head of IT at Strætó.
Klappið was launched on November 16, 2021, and then, customers could scan their tickets with an app, a Klapp card or a paper card on board buses, as well as making it easier for passengers to purchase products, access discounts and have an overview of their use of My Pages. In terms of user privacy, the system is more secure than previous solutions and offers great potential for future development.
The staff of Strætó are grateful for the recognition and are determined to continue making Klappið best as possible for Strætó&#8217;s customers.

Klappið gets an international award

Since Strætó&#8217;s new payment system, Klappið, was put into use over a year ago, close to half a million accesses have been activated and daily scans are tens of thousands.
Activated user accesses that are open in the Klapp system today are 473,888 based on numbers from February 6, both authenticated and anonymous accesses.
Since the system was put into use, on 16 Nov. 2021, 537,429 accesses have been registered and confirmed in the system, of which 63,541 have been deleted, e.g., duplicate registrations or anonymous or authenticated accesses deleted after use.
Daily use in Klapp
Klapp fares are scanned successfully 33,000 times on average per day on weekdays.
JANUARY 2023

On schedule 
Strætó decided to launch a new payment system with FARA, an international company that has experience in setting up similar payment systems for companies in public transport. It was clear from the beginning that the system was based on a certain foundation and needed to be adjusted to the needs of Strætó and its customers. In the beginning, certain problems needed to be addressed. The system is in constant development, as the needs of Strætó&#8217;s customers are always in priority. In the coming months we will be announcing new features and updates which is exciting. Strætó is happy to report that the project met the initial budget, but a tender was put out according to public procurement in the EEA region.
System uptime over 99.99% 
Unfortunately, the payment system has been down for some time several times and customers have not been able to use it, for example to buy tickets or scan tickets on board the buses. In the last six months (August – January), the system has gone down six times, from almost 30 minutes to two hours. The exception to this was last October 18 when customers could not buy new products, which lasted for over ten hours, it was over night which explains the long time. Despite that, the uptime is very good, or over 99.99%.
Foreign card turnover is highest during the summer 
The Klapp payment system supports the acceptance of foreign payment cards and foreign Visa and MasterCard cards can be registered if they have 3D Secure, the same applies to domestic cards. Percentage of foreign card turnover in the total card turnover in the Klapp system is highest during the summer months, but every month foreign card turnover is on average about 13% of the total card turnover in the Klapp system. It is likely that this number will increase when contactless payments are implemented, as a lot of single trips are purchased by tourists visiting Iceland.

33,000 daily scans in Klapp

February 24, a new timetable will take effect on route 29 which is a pre-order service. Times are both delayed or moved earlier to achieve a better connection with route 15 and 7. At the same time, the frequency is increased, so there are five trips a day from morning to evening instead of three from the middle of the day.
From February 24 there will also be a change to booking trips, where passengers will call the Strætó customer service at 540-2740 to book a trip.
Towards Háholt: 
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Towards Hofsgrund: 
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Increased frequency and better connection on route 29

Night buses will start driving within the city of Reykjavík next weekend according to schedule.
The Reykjavík city has made a service contract with Strætó bs to start running night buses only within the city. Night buses will drive from the city center of Reykjavík according to timetable.
With this, the city is responding to a call for improved transportation in the city center on weekends, but no agreement was reached in the Strætó board to resume running the night bus. The City of Reykjavík therefore presented a proposition to the Strætó board that Strætó provide services for the city&#8217;s residents and offer a night bus that drives only in Reykjavík. The Strætó Board approved this proposition, but all costs for the service will be paid by Reykjavík city.<img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12850" src="https://wp.straeto.is/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kort-naetur.jpg" alt="" width="1639" height="834" srcset="https://wp.straeto.is/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kort-naetur.jpg 1639w, https://wp.straeto.is/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kort-naetur-300x153.jpg 300w, https://wp.straeto.is/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kort-naetur-768x391.jpg 768w, https://wp.straeto.is/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kort-naetur-1536x782.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1639px) 100vw, 1639px" />
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Four night routes will drive from the Reykjavík city center and to various neighbourhoods in Reykjavík city; Breiðholt, Úlfarsárdalur, Norðlingaholt and Grafarvogur.
<ul>
<li>Night buses will drive from Reykjavík city center on Friday- and Saturday nights</li>
<li>You can only use night buses on routes from the city center. Not towards the city center.</li>
<li>Buses do not drive according to a traditional timetable. Strætó only publishes the departure time from the city center and buses drive to their destinations as quickly as possible.</li>
<li>Customers that want to catch the night buses outside the city center are advised to follow the buses real time location in the Klapp app or on straeto.is.</li>
</ul>
Fares on night buses
A single fare on the night bus is 1100 kr. that is the same amount as double fare. Customers can buy special night tickets in the Klapp payment system, as before customers with 30 day and 1 year’s bus cards can use them on night buses. It will not be possible to pay with a payment card as you can buy a night ticket in the Klapp. You can also pay with cash.

Night buses return in Reykjavík city

The strike by drivers in oil distribution in the capital area will not affect the services of Strætó, as an exemption has been granted for the distribution of oil for both the buses of Strætó and contractors that drive for Strætó.
The bus routes within the capital area and in the countryside will therefore remain unchanged.

The service of Strætó will not be affected

Strætó´s passenger numbers continue to grow and for the second month in a row there was a record number of boardings since regular measurements began. In January 2023 there were more than 1.119.000 boardings within the Capital Area which is the highest number measured in January since regular measurements began. There were almost 7% more boardings in January this year than in January 2019 and almost 4% more than in January 2020, which was the previous January record.
Last December there were almost 980.000 boardings, which was also a December record since regular measurements began.
The number of Strætó´s passengers decreased during the Covid pandemic, but now passenger numbers are increasing again.
The graph shows the development of recent years.

Second record month in a row

Last December had a record number of boardings in the month of December since regular measurements of boardings began. In December 2022, there were almost 980,000 boardings within the Capital Area.
The number of passengers in Strætó decreased during the Covid pandemic, but before Covid the number of boardings had steadily increased each year. December 2019 had been a record month compared to December in previous years. However, in December 2022 the numbers were even higher with around 8% more boardings than in December 2019 (before Covid). The number of Strætó´s users is therefore increasing again, which is a pleasant development after a considerable decrease during the Covid pandemic.
As shown in the graph, restrictions due to Covid had a direct effect on the number of Strætó´s customers.

Nevermore boardings in December

Due to the weather tomorrow, the service of Strætó may be reduced tomorrow January 20, in the countryside. We ask our customers to monitor routes alerts on our website: Status of trips – click <a href="/en/route-planner/status-of-trips">here</a> and at Klappið under Menu/Status of trips. All alerts are also posted on Strætó´s Twitter page.

Possible reduce of service tomorrow January 20

On Fridays, the Strætó reception will close at 14:00 instead of 16:00. The change was made after examining the frequency of visits to the reception, but there are very few visits to the reception after 14:00 on Fridays. The changed opening hours will take effect on Friday, January 13, and the reception opening hours will then be as follows:
Opening hours of the reception
Monday – Thursday: 09.00 – 16.00
Friday: 09.00-14.00
Closed during weekends
Note that the Strætó call center is open longer and it is possible to call 540 2700, Monday to Friday at 7:00-16:30 and on weekends from 10:00-14:00.

Changed opening hours on Fridays

Due to the weather tomorrow, the service of Strætó may be reduced tomorrow December 31, both in the capital area and the countryside. We ask our customers to monitor routes alerts on our website: Status of trips &#8211; click <a href="/en/route-planner/status-of-trips">here</a> and at Klappið under Menu/Status of trips. All alerts are also posted on Strætó´s Twitter page.

Possible reduce of service tomorrow December 31

Strætó wishes customers and all others a happy New Year with thanks for the previous year.
Information on Strætó service and opening hours over the holidays can be found at the timetables of the routes and also by clicking <a href="/en/user-information/news/service-over-christmas-and-new-year-2022-2023">here.</a>

Happy New Year

The winners of the Nordic Public Transport Design Award were announced for the first time at the InformNorden conference in Reykjavík last Thursday, September 17th. All the Nordic countries could nominate two projects, one in the field of “Digital service and wayfinding” and the other in the field of “Accessibility” in a broad context. The jury came from all the Nordic countries participating in the conference. In the jury were: Suss Forssman Thullberg, Sweden/SL, Sian Ambrose, Norway/Ruter, Kim Gjedsted, Denmark/Movia, Eeva Jakobsson, Finland/HSL and Kamilla Dögg Gudmundsdottir, Iceland/Straeto.
Metro for everyone
In the category Accessibility, the jury decided to award the Nordic Public Transport Design award to SL for their submission C30 Metro – a metro for everyone. SL bult a new metro vehicle, C30, based on various customers evaluation where a full-scale model was built where proposals for solutions could be visualized and evaluated before series production started.
In the jury notes it says:
The best of the best example of how a design process driven by customer-orientation and customer-participation, results in a vehicle where design elements and digital solutions create a metro for all in real life.
More flexibility in commuting
In the category Digital service and wayfinding, the jury decided to award HSL the Nordic Public Transport Design award for their submission More flexibility in commuting with the renewed HSL commuter benefits. HSL provided a service called B2B service where employers can grant their employees a digital commuter benefit for public transportation in the HSL area. Employees can utilize the ticket in the HSL app, and the ticket is billed from the employer.
The jury notes:
The best of the best example of how a customer-oriented, digital solution increases both simplicity and cost-effectiveness in commuting. And most important of all, a solution that raises the numbers of travelers, making public transport grow in the “New Normal.”
Design is a major factor, both in the real world of public transport and the digital world, and the goal is to make the service more accessible, convenient and aesthetic for users. It is therefore long overdue to pay this topic respect with the Nordic Public Transport Design Award and hopefully the award will grow and become an annual event at the InformNorden conference.

The winners of Nordic Public Transport Design Award

Due to pavement maintenance, Reykjanesbraut will be closed from Grindavíkurvegur towards Reykjavík from 20:00 on Wednesday 16th of November until 20:00 on Thursday 17th of November.
Reykjanesbraut will be open for traffic from Reykjavík to KEF international airport throughout the construction period.
The bus route from Hafnarfjörður/Reykjavík to Keflavík will remain unchanged, but delays can be expected on the route as the driving speed has been reduced to 50 km in the work area and traffic can be expected to be heavy.
The bus route from Keflavík to Hafnarfjörður/Reykjavík will take a detour via Grindavíkurvegur (43), Suðurstrandarvegur (427) and Krýsuvíkurvegur (42) and the travel time can be expected to be longer, by up to 50 minutes.
Please note that these buses do not take a detour and follow schedule: 
Trip at 6:34 from Hringbraut – Keflavík
Trip at 6:35 from Kef-Airport
Trip at 16:42 from Kef &#8211; Airport

Detour on route 55

+354 540 2700

Strætó call centre

Hestháls 14, 110 Reykjavík

Strætó reception

Capital area

Christmas Eve, 24 December: Buses drive according to a Saturday schedule. Buses will drive until around 15:00.
Christmas Day, 25 December: Buses drive according to a Sunday schedule.
Boxing Day, 26 December: Buses drive according to a Sunday schedule.
New Year&#8217;s Eve, 31 December: Buses drive according to a Saturday schedule. Buses will drive until around 15:00.
New Year&#8217;s Day, 1 January: Buses drive according to a Sunday schedule.

Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve

The countryside: Christmas and New Year 2022-2023

Service over Christmas and New Years 2022-2023

The country side: Christmas and New Year 2022-2023

The InformNorden conference will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland between 16 – 18 November. The conference is held alternately in the Nordic countries, but this year it is being held at the Hilton Reykjavík Nordica, and Strætó is in charge of the planning and setup.
The yearly conference InformNorden is a landmark in the Nordic ITS world and is known for being a leading discussion forum for IT related challenges and opportunities in the Nordic market as well as the international market. We have seen topics going through generations of Information Technology developments, such as different Ticketing mechanisms, passenger information systems, planning systems and design.
This time the conference is double, because the Nordisk Lokaltraffik conference is held at the same time. There, the focus is on public transport in a broad context, such as the City Line project (BRT), environmental issues and the impact of crisis such as Covid on the public transport sector. The speakers are many and different, but all experts in their field and/or public transport managers in cities such as Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki and Reykjavík, as well as many other good guests. You can see the agenda of the conference here: https://informnorden.org/agenda/
The conference is an important meeting place for hardware and software suppliers in the industry and decision makers in the Public Transport sector. Direct networking between stakeholders from all parts of our sector has thus always been one of the greatest features of the conference and continues to be so in Reykjavik 2022.
Nordic Public Transport Design Award
This year, for the first time, an award for outstanding design will be awarded at the conference. All the Nordic countries nominate two projects, one in the field of digital service and wayfinding and the other in the field of accessibility in a broad context. The winner will to be presented at InformNorden on 17 November 2022.
Design is a major factor, both in the real world of public transport and the digital world, and the goal is to make the service more accessible and beautiful for users. It is therefore long overdue to pay this issue respect and hopefully the award will grow and become an annual event at the InformNorden conference.

IT development and better public transports at InformNorden

We are proud that Strætó has equal pay certification, as we as a workplace want to promote equality, says Sigríður Harðardóttir, manager of human resources and quality at Strætó, when Strætó received re-certification of its equal pay system from Versa certification. The certification is a confirmation that the company&#8217;s equal pay system complies with the requirements of the equal pay standard ÍST 85:2012.
Strætó received the certificate on the Women´s Day Off on October 24 but Strætó received the first equal pay certification on this day in 2019. Sigríður says it is pleasant that the confirmation was received on Women&#8217;s Day Off. &#8222;It is important that companies and institutions work together and contribute to a more equal labour market. One part of that is getting equal pay certification.&#8220;
The main goal of equal pay certification is to eliminate gendered pay differences and adhere to the equality of all genders in the workforce. Equal pay certification was legalized in June 2017 with an amendment to <a href="https://www.althingi.is/lagas/nuna/2008010.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Act on equal status and equal rights for women and men no. 10/2018</a>. By implementing the equal pay standard, companies and institutions can establish a management system that ensures that procedures and decisions in wage matters are based on objective considerations and do not involve gender-based discrimination.

Proud to have equal pay certification

Unwind on the Strætó bus and listen to Strætó stories on Storytel to take your mind off the hustle of the day.
Storytel in collaboration with Strætó has published seven short Strætó stories, which are ideal to listen to when you let yourself unwind in Strætó. Peek into the honeymoon days of a young couple where life isn&#8217;t as sweet as they expected, or travel with a young man on a bus who&#8217;s on his way to a date that takes a different path than he expected.
Strætó stories is a collection of seven fresh short stories by Þóra Sif Guðmundsdóttir. The stories are in Icelandic.

Strætó stories

Strætó has decided to stop operating night buses at weekends as of October 16, 2022. These are routes 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 and 107.
The Strætó board approved on July 4 to start driving the night bus on weekends for a trial period until the end of September. Now that the trial period has ended, the expectations regarding the number of passengers on the night bus have not been met, even though an increased number was expected this autumn when employees returned from summer vacations and schools started again. Passenger numbers each weekend were around 300 to 340 passengers, an average of 14 to 16 per trip, which is well below acceptable standards.
In view of this and the financial situation of Strætó, the board of Strætó agreed that it is not justified to continue operating the night bus on weekends now that the trial period has ended, and that this service will therefore not be continued.

The night bus has stopped operating

A group of American students is currently working in cooperation with Strætó to research the implementation of the Klapp ticketing system. The student group comes from the school Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in the state of Massachusetts and will spend seven weeks in Iceland. For the past several years, Strætó has collaborated with student groups from this school, where the students have successfully completed various projects.
The current project is researching the implementation of the Klapp ticketing system, and a survey will be submitted to customers and bus drivers. Stickers have been placed in buses where users can scan a QR code and answer a survey about the Klapp ticketing system.

Strætó in cooperation with American students

The winter schedule has now started on route 94 in East fjords. There is no longer a stop in Breiðdalsvík and now the stop in Höfn is at the airport.

Winter schedule on route 94

On October 1st, a new price list of Strætó will take effect. The new prices were approved at the meeting of the Strætó´s board on September 16 and the increase amounts to 12,5 %. Single tickets and period passes will all take the same price change. For example, a single fare ticket goes from 490 kr. to 550 kr. and a 30-day student card goes from 4.000 kr. to 4.500 kr.
The prices have remained unchanged since the turn of the year 2020/2021, but on November 16, 2021, Klapp, account based ticketing system for Strætó, was launched and all prices were simplified to be fairer and provide customers with better bargain on fares.
The price increases are intended to cover general cost price increases for Strætó, such as oil price increases, but oil prices have risen by almost 40% since the beginning of the year and costs due to shortening of the work week, which have had a significant impact on the operation. The effects of the COVID pandemic are still being felt in the operations and it looks like the cumulative impact on income is in the range of 1500 million to 2000 m.kr. The impact of higher supply prices and lower income can be seen in Strætó&#8217;s quarterly results for January to June 2022.
Every effort is made to moderate all price increases by Strætó, and the increase is intended to reduce the need for further cut down of Strætó&#8217;s route network in the capital area. At the same time, municipalities in the capital area will consider strengthening the operation of Strætó more than was planned in the budget for the year 2022.
Strætó is aiming for a carbon-free buses in 2030, which will make the impact of oil prices on Strætó&#8217;s operations insignificant.
Based on FÍB&#8217;s (The Icelandic Automobile Association) calculations about the operating costs of driving a car, it is about 1.3 million per year based on driving 15.000 km per year, and it is therefore clear that it is still more practical to use public transport.
The price changes apply to Strætó&#8217;s bus service in the capital area, but not the service for disabled people, no changes to the price will be made there.
New prices will come into effect on October 1st.

Strætó´s prices from October 1st, 2022

Single tickets

Period passes 

Klapp ten

Smart card

Day passes

Changes in price list at Strætó

Due to mobility week, the Car-free day will be tomorrow, September 22nd, and there will be free access to Strætó buses in the capital area. Residents in the capital area are encouraged to park their car and travel for free from morning to night without worrying about parking and gas cost.
How about using mobility week to give the private car a rest and use other sustainable transport?

Free access to Strætó buses on the Car-free day

Tomorrow European mobility week begins which is from 16 – 22 September. Strætó encourages everybody to participate. Mobility week is a European awareness-raising campaign to improve transports in cities and towns. Since, 2002 cities and towns in Iceland have participated in this concerted effort with municipalities in Europe and Strætó has been involved since beginning.
The aim of the week is to encourage people to think about their own travel habits and encourage them to use public transport, cycle, walk or use other sustainable transport.
The title of mobility week is Choose a diverse way to travel and this year´s theme is Better connections.
You can find out everything about the mobility week on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/samgonguvika/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the week´s Facebook page.</a>
Participate in the events of the mobility week:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/471616868202585?ref=newsfeed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The capital area cycle´s adventures</a></li>
<li>Car-free day 22 September – free access to Strætó buses in the capital area</li>
</ul>
You can read more about the campaign at <a href="http://www.mobilityweek.eu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.mobilityweek.eu</a>.

Mobility week starts tomorrow September 16th

Verity and Christian Graham are true Strætó´s friends, they adore Iceland and find nothing more fun than travel with Strætó´s buses when they come to Iceland, but they are both from England. As a sign of their admiration for Strætó, they named their cat Strætó. They say they decided on the name during one of their visits to the country, but they have two cats and the other one is named Bjarki. Christian has visited Iceland thirteen times and Verity eleven times.
On their last trip to Iceland, they contacted Strætó and asked for merchandise marked Strætó. And of course, Strætó complied with their request and now they both wear Strætó´s hats with pride, and the cat Strætó also seems to like it, based on the picture they sent of him.
The couple says they are captivated by Iceland and that the country is their favourite place in the whole world. They are both learning Icelandic, but say it is quite difficult. They also got engaged in Iceland, in Grímsey in 2020 after spending the summer in Egilsstaðir.

Strætó´s friends from England with the cat Strætó!

Today employees of Strætó gave Icelandair’s Special Children Travel Fund foreign coins that were found in buses in the capital area over the last couple of years.
Icelandair’s Special Children Travel Fund supports children with long-term illnesses and children who live with difficult circumstances. The goal of the fund is to give children in Iceland and nearby countries an opportunity to travel with their families.
Dóra Elín Atladóttir, director of the Icelandair Special Children&#8217;s Travel Fund accepted the gift of coins on behalf of the travel fund. Sigríður Harðardóttir, manager of human resources and quality at Strætó and Elísa Kristmannsdóttir, financial manager of Strætó happily brought the coin on behalf of Strætó.
On this occasion, Sigríður said that it was very satisfying to donate to such a worthy cause and has no doubt that the children and their families will benefit from the support of the fund.

Strætó gives foreign coins to Icelandair’s Special Children Travel Fund

Route 57 changes in Mosfellsbær 

From Sunday 4. September route that drives to Akranes, Borgarnes or Akureyri will stop using the bus stop  &#8222;Háholt&#8220;. Instead it will use the bus stop &#8222;Bjarkarholt&#8220;.
Route 57 that drives towards Mjódd will still use the bus stop &#8222;Háholt&#8220;.

Routes 63, 64 and 81 begin driving 

Routes 63, 64 and 81 that drive in Borgarbyggð will begin driving again on Monday, 5 September.

Routes 61 and 62 stop driving in the West Fjords.

Routes 61 and 62 that drive in West Fjords only have service in the summer time. They will formally quit driving from 1 September 2022.

Changes in East fjords

The following changes will be made in the East fjords on Monday, 5 September 2022.
Route 92: The 16:45 trip from Fáskrúðsfjörður will be driven at 16:48.
Route 93: A trip on Saturdays will be added. Bus will drive from Seyðisfjörður at 08:45 and from Egilsstaðir at 10:00.

Changes to the countryside in September

Customers call Pant instead of Hreyfill
The route will remain in pre-order service, but instead of calling Hreyfill customers will call the shuttle service Pant at Strætó through the phone number 540 2740.  It is still necessary to order trips at least 30 minutes before scheduled departure according to the timetable.
A car from the Pant shuttle service or Hreyfill will be sent to the dedicated bus stop. If a customer uses a wheelchair or has a baby carriage, they need to specifically mention that. In that cases Strætó will get a car from the Pant shuttle service instead of Hreyfill.
In a pre-order service the fare is paid on board the car by showing a Klapp card, Klapp ten or an active ticket in the Klappið app.
This change will take place on 1 September.
The timetable of the route will look like this:

Customers call Pant instead of Hreyfill on route 27

Route 7 drives between Egilshöll and Leirvogstunga with stops in Helgafellshverfi. On Saturdays the route has service between 07:30 and 21:30.
Route 15 drives between Reykjavík and Reykjahverfi in Mosfellsbær. On Saturdays the route has service between 07:30 and 00:00.

Í túninu heima - Free access to bus routes 7 and 15 on Saturday

There is free access to Strætó buses in the capital  area during Reykjavík Culture Night.