A Swedish woman has been fined after injuring a bus driver with a half-eaten banana. Read the full story

Details of a gruesome double murder committed 62 years ago are to be used as a travelling ‘who dunnit’ game for bus commuters in Denmark. Arriva’s 4A bus route will be scattered with clues from an unsolved case in 1948 when a couple were brutally killed in their Frederiksberg apartment. Read the full story

A four year-old boy has been recovered safe and sound in Denmark after embarking on a 25km bus trip all by himself. The tenacious tot was reported missing on Sunday afternoon after he jumped on a bus from Slangerup to Roskilde while his mother’s back was turned. Read the full story

Fewer cars are driving the Reykjavik streets and the number of bus passengers is going up. Car traffic in the Icelandic capital has been decreasing slowly but constantly since the banking crash, after massive expansion in previous years. Read the full story

SL, the Stockholm local transport authority, has been asked by the Swedish discrimination ombudsman (DO) to provide adequate compensation to a gay man after he was instructed to leave a bus by a local driver. Read the full story

For the first time in years, Copenhagen’s public transport network has experienced an increase in passengers. This is a sharp turnaround from the previous six years in which passenger numbers steadily dropped. But the Copenhagen Post reports that in 2008 there were an impressive 6.2 million more passengers using the capital’s public transport than in 2007. Read the full story

A flashy new fleet of bright yellow electric minibuses has hit the narrow inner streets of Copenhagen to provide an eco-friendly form of transport in this historic city. The minibuses are operating along a new route created by Movia, the company in charge of the city’s public transportation. Read the full story

Biomethane, the gas created from human excrement, will soon be collected and used to power Oslo’s public transportation buses. This free and environmentally-friendly form of fuel will turn a waste disposal issue for Norway’s capital into a solution rather a problem if all goes as planned. Read the full story

In a sign of things to come for public Internet use, Denmark’s largest bus and train operator Arriva Scandinavia AB, is now offering free broadband Internet service to anyone riding on certain bus routes in Copenhagen. Its initial effort involves 23 buses on two routes equipped with UK-based Meshhopper’s Multimesh mobile broadband gateway that will enable those with a compatible 3G mobile phone or laptop to get online while onboard. Read the full story

Volvo, the Swedish auto-making legend, has released the world’s first commercial hybrid bus. The Volvo 7700 has both a traditional diesel engine and an electric motor which should use 30 percent less fuel than other buses in operation today. The new hybrid will make its debut on the streets of London and Gothenburg this autumn.

The Local newspaper reports that Volvo is using its own Read the full story