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"Pearls of the Alps" - Tourism communities promote gentle mobility
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published
Oct 20, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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filed under:
transport policy, transport planning,
players / networks,
INTERREG,
development/support measures
25 communities in Italy, Austria, Germany, France and Switzerland have come together to form the "Pearls of the Alps" network. Their objective is to combine tourist sights with the benefits of gentle mobility.
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International conference on cross-alpine traffic
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published
Nov 03, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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filed under:
transalpine transport,
traffic impacts,
transport policy, transport planning
The international "Transport Across the Alps" conference is to be held in Lucerne/CH from 1 to 3 December. Key issues to be addressed at the conference include the impact of road traffic along the main alpine thoroughfares, the influence of statutory and political provisions on transit traffic and the interactions between transport, regional development, tourism, the environment and the economy.
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Trucks nose-to-tail on the Brenner, with or without rail tunnel
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zopemaster
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Mar 09, 2006
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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filed under:
transport policy, transport planning,
transalpine transport,
traffic transfer,
transport policy, transport planning
A study by the Swiss traffic research institute progtrans on plans for a Brenner railway tunnel has called into question the purpose of the project. Even if the base tunnel were to be completed by 2015, the number of trucks on the Brenner would increase by 2,000 a day by 2025.
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New publication on the Eurovignette directive
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zopemaster
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Aug 24, 2006
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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filed under:
traffic routing,
transport policy, transport planning
The EU's revised Eurovignette directive, which is to harmonise the rules governing road tolls for lorries, has been in force since June 2006, and a new publication takes a detailed look at it.
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From the Dorfmobil Klaus project to the reawakened Merano-Mals railway - "Soft mobility" helps to promote tourism in remote areas
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zopemaster
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published
Mar 20, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:20 AM
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filed under:
traffic routing,
transport policy, transport planning,
tourism policy, tourism concepts,
tourism
The major problems caused by transit traffic through the Alps dominate the media. And yet it is all too often forgotten that more than two thirds of traffic in the Alps is home-made. So what are the alternatives? This was one of the key questions put to our team of experts.
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New publication on freight traffic transiting through the Alpine region
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zopemaster
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published
Jun 06, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:21 AM
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filed under:
transalpine goods transport,
transalpine transport,
transport policy, transport planning
(6.6.2007) A new book entitled "SWOMM - Scientific Workshop on Mountain Mobility and Transport" published as part of the Interreg IIIB project AlpFRail summarises the results of the international workshops SWOMM 2005 and SWOMM 2006.
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Successful environmental campaign aimed at protecting the Alps
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zopemaster
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published
Aug 17, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
environmental protection,
environment,
traffic transfer,
transport policy, transport planning
On August 11 some 40 "high fires" burned throughout the alpine region to draw attention to a sustainable future for the Alps. Fires were lit in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy and Kyrgyzstan as a symbol of a better quality of life in the alpine region.
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Interreg III B projects MONITRAF and ALPNAP
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Oct 25, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
transalpine transport,
transport policy, transport planning
Transport across the Alps is at the centre of the Final Conference of the Interreg III B projects MONITRAF and ALPNAP, which have been running since 2005. The Conference is entitled "Transport across the Alps. Approaches and common measures for sustainable transport development in the Alpine region".
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EU warming to the idea of an Alpine transit exchange
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Nov 22, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
transalpine goods transport,
transalpine transport,
traffic transfer,
transport policy, transport planning
For some time now Switzerland's Bundesrat [Federal Council] has been wanting to push ahead with relocating freight-related transit traffic from the road to the rail by creating an Alpine transit exchange. Transit quotas for freight on the road could then be auctioned from the exchange.
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Report on the State of the Alps focuses on transport and mobility
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published
Dec 20, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
traffic routing,
transport policy, transport planning,
Alpine Convention,
international treaties
At the end of November the Secretary General of the Alpine Convention, Marco Onida, presented the first part of the Report on the State of the Alps. The Report is now available not just in English but also in German, French, Italian and Slovenian.
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