Mit einer ironischen Kartenaktion an die Nationalrätinnen und Nationalräte erinnert die Alpen-Initiative Ihre PolitikerInnen an den Alpenschutzartikel, der verlangt, dass der Güterverkehr konsequent auf die Schiene verlagert wird. Der Nationalrat soll damit an den Volkswillen…
In a symbolic action, members of the Alpine Initiative distributed sausages, which are a symbol of the moment of truth in German-speaking countries, to parliamentarians in front of the Swiss Pparliament. They did this to…
More than 200 people joined an “Alpine warning bonfire”. With the bonfire and the closing of the pass for vehicles, the Alpine Initiative, together with the FreiPass association, took a stance against the further postponement…
Der EU-Ausschuss der Regionen (Konsultationsgremium) hat in seiner Stellungnahme zur Halbzeit-Bilanz des EU-Weissbuch Verkehr die Alpentransitbörse stärker gewichtet und befürwortet den Handel mit Transitrechten.
The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) awarded the Prix Watt d’Or to the Alpine Initiative for its innovative idea of an Alpine Crossing Exchange.
During a “popular consultation” of the Alpine Initiative, more than 40,000 citizens demanded that the Federal Council (Swiss Government) finally does its job properly.
With weekly activities over a six-month period, the Alpine Initiative’s “forza 2009!” campaign fought against the further postponement of the transfer of freight from road to rail.
In Eastern Switzerland, waste trucks cross each other heading in opposite directions. A number of trucks transport waste from Southern Germany to Trimmis in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. At the same time, the Oberengadin…
In a reaction to the preliminary draft of the Transit Traffic Transfer Act, the Alpine Initiative protested against the delay of the transfer from road to rail. “Echo” magazine n° 82 contained postcards that were…
On the occasion of the publication of the second transfer report, an action by the Alpine Initiative in front of the Swiss Parliament illustrated that the Alps were still suffering from a surfeit of trucks.…