In her study "Compatibility of introducing an Alpine Crossing Exchange with the requirements of EU legislation," Professor Astrid Epiney of the University of Fribourg concludes that there are no insurmountable legal obstacles to the introduction…
Infras / Federal Office of Transport FOT A study commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office of Transport FOT shows that at least 1:41 million trucks will cross Switzerland by 2030. This despite the opening of…
02.05.2012 The EFFINALP study investigates the economic impact of incentivising instruments on various regions and economic sectors. The introduction of an ACE would only have a minor economic impact. The average burden for transport-intensive sectors…
Alpine Initiative 01.05.2010 - The Alps are a valuable living space and highly sensitive ecological habitat. Too many trucks endanger its population’s safety and health, as well as the area’s ecological balance. The Alps must…
Institute for a Transport-Efficient Economy 27.04.2010 - Alpine Initiative Freight traffic is increasing unrelentingly. This is having a severe impact on the villages, towns and valleys along freight transit routes. But some of this freight…
01.02.2010 Alpine Initiative The Alps are a unique living space, with a very sensitive environment. Air pollution, traffic noise and climate change are having more severe consequences here than in flat regions. Moreover, space for…
metron Download: Study (PDF, 1444 KB) Summery The constitutional article on the protection of the Alps, introduced in 1994, enshrines the limitation of road freight traffic across the Alps in the Swiss constitution. Although the number of…
T&E - European Federation for Transport and Environment Download: Sensitive areas (PDF, 652 KB)
T&E project Freight transport, mainly road freight, has grown at a persistently high rate over the last thirty years. As a result, the current situation is not sustainable for the: ■ Environment: freight transport has…
ökoscience / Alpine-Initiative Download: ökoscience report (PDF, 1325 KB)