SWISS INGENUITY EASES INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACROSS THE ALPS

August 1st, 2012

BY LEAH GERMAIN, CARMEN PAUN AND KEITH NUTHALL PART I: Air Quality and Congestion SWITZERLAND has always been a land of contrasts - Europe's mountain hub has always combined an international outlook with intensely local democratic structures based on the country's 26 cantons - and road transport policy is no different. Facing the need to manage international traffic crossing from France and Germany to Italy in the south, while preserving clean air and preventing congestion in its beautiful Alpine landscapes, Swiss road transport policymakers have to think local ...


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