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EU warming to the idea of an Alpine transit exchange
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by
zopemaster
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published
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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Eurovignette III: no HGV toll for the Alps
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by
zopemaster
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published
May 04, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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filed under:
principle of true costs,
traffic transfer,
transport policy, transport planning
In the future haulage companies in the EU could have to pay for environmental damage. The EP Transport Committee has agreed to the proposal. But environmental organisations feel the proposal does not go far enough - especially in the Alps.
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the German Federal Government with Respect to Sustainable Mobility
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zopemaster
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:13 AM
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filed under:
transport policy, transport planning,
passenger transport,
transalpine transport,
environmental education
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Fair and efficient
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by
zopemaster
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:13 AM
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filed under:
transport policy, transport planning
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Fair and efficient. The distance-related Heavy Vehicle Fee (HVF) in Switzerland
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zopemaster
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM
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filed under:
transport policy, transport planning
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Feasibility of Alpine Crossing Exchange to be examined at the European level
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by
zopemaster
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published
May 20, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:19 AM
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filed under:
transalpine goods transport,
transalpine transport,
traffic avoidance, traffic calming,
transport policy, transport planning
The transport ministers of Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Germany, France and Slovenia have commissioned an in-depth analysis relating to the introduction of the Alpine Crossing Exchange. At a meeting of the ministers in Vienna/A a body was entrusted with clarifying the preconditions for the implementation of the three traffic management systems, specifically the Alpine Crossing Exchange, the emissions trading scheme and "Toll plus".
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First solar-powered bus now on the road
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by
zopemaster
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published
Jul 29, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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filed under:
solar energy,
renewable energy,
transport policy, transport planning
Since July Europe's first ever electric bus powered exclusively by solar energy has been operating in Perchtoldsdorf/A. The public transport bus seats up to 35 passengers.
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From road to rail - getting it to work
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by
zopemaster
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published
Jul 29, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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filed under:
traffic transfer,
transport policy, transport planning
Crossing Exchange, emissions trading or a differentiated toll system for the Alps: these transport policy instruments could ensure that in future there are fewer HGVs trucking through the Alps - providing the instruments apply to the Alpine region as a whole.
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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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by
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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IASON-Integrated Appraisal of Spatial economic and Network effects of transport investments and policies
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zopemaster
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:13 AM
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filed under:
transport policy, transport planning,
traffic and infrastructure,
regional planning, regional development, land use
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