The Swiss government adopted the general project for the construction of the second bore of the Gotthard road tunnel. The Alpine Initiative warned that the second bore must not lead to more transit traffic. It…
The Alpine Initiative awarded the “Devil’s Stone” to Trivara AG, a company that imports “Fiji” water from the Fiji islands, 22,000 km away. With its “Rock Crystal” award, which was bestowed for the first time,…
The “whatsalp” project – a long-distance trek across the Alps, from Vienna to Nice – was successfully completed. It aimed to document the current state of the Alps and changes to them. The TransALPedes project…
In 2017, we lit our traditional Alpine bonfire above Brig, together with Cipra Switzerland, Mountain Wilderness and the “whatsalp” project, in which hikers trekked across the Alps from Vienna to Nice. The next day, Jon…
In a colourful event, the Alpine Initiative submitted its appeal for an increase in truck controls to the Federal Chancellery in Berne. 10,398 people signed the petition asking the Minister of Transport, Doris Leuthard, to…
At their assembly in Frauenfeld, members of the Alpine Initiative launched an appeal to the Minister of Transport, Doris Leuthard. They asked the Swiss government to reinforce truck controls in order to increase road safety.…
In 2016, 975,000 trucks crossed the Swiss Alps. This means that the number of truck trips fell below one million for the first time since the adoption of the Alpine Initiative in 1994. The Alpine…
At its annual media conference in Bern, the Alpine Initiative presented a representative survey on the transfer of freight from road to rail: 80 percent of the Swiss population want only 650,000 trucks or less…
It took a lot of convincing by the Alpine Initiative, but the Commission of the Upper Chamber of the Swiss Parliament also rejected proposals to ease the night-time ban on trucks and increase the 40-tonne…
Shortly before the opening of the Gotthard base tunnel, the Alpine Initiative welcomed this pioneering project with an enormous heart. At the portal in Erstfeld, in the canton of Uri, activists released balloons with cards…