Freight transport within Switzerland also is increasingly being transferred from the environmentally-friendly rail network back to the roads. At this year’s “Alpine bonfire” event, the Alpine Initiative denounced this concerning development. more (in german)
"TRANSFER NOW!" Freight transport belongs on the railways - now at the latest! The NRLA, Europe's heart of freight transport by rail, has been completed. The Alpine Initiative has made a clear demand with an…
For its anniversary, the Alpine Initiative mandated several artists to create a decentralised “land art” exhibition of sculptures along transit routes, with the motto “Gates – Movement – Moving forward”. more (in german)
On its 30th anniversary, the Alpine Initiative launched into the future with verve. Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga announced that she wanted to strengthen the transfer of goods from road to rail with various measures. more…
On 20 February 1994, the Swiss people adopted the Alpine Initiative. Today, the policy for transferring freight from road to rail is a success, thanks to the Alpine Initiative. more (in german)
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…
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…