Contents 2006/2007 Page

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Contents 2006/2007 Page

The duties of the Swiss Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) 2

Classification of motorways 3

Redistribution of financial responsibility: a reform project with significant consequences 4/5

FEDRO regional offices: locations, areas of responsibility 6

Via sicura – enhancing road safety in Switzerland 7/8

Status of construction work as of the end of 2006 9

Road works on the motorway network 10-13

1.321 billion Swiss francs for motorway construction in 2007 14

European trunk roads passing through Switzerland 15

Swiss motorway sections scheduled to be opened to traffic in 2007 16/17

Subsidised areas 18

Swiss motorway and main roads network 19

Total length by road category 20/21

List of motorway tunnels 22

Tunnel safety 23

Motorway service stations 24

Motorway police stations 25

Heavy goods vehicle inspections in 2006 26/27

Traffic volume on Swiss motorways in 2005/2006 28

Traffic volume on the north-south transit axes: statistics for 2006 29

Traffic flow on Switzerland’s motorways in 2005 30

Traffic jams on Switzerland’s motorways 31

Main causes of traffic jams in 2005 32

Registration of new road vehicles 33

2006 statistics for cars and motor cycles in Switzerland 34

Number of cars per capita in Europe 35

Administrative measures: statistics for 2006 36

New legal provisions governing road traffic 37/38

Approval of vehicle types and modifications 39

Cantonal civil engineering and motorway authorities 40

Cantonal police headquarters 41

Road traffic departments 42

Motorway maintenance offices 43

Financing 44

Construction, maintenance and operating costs 45

Income and expenditure in the roads sector 46/47

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Swiss Federal Roads Office FEDRO

tions (DETEC), and focuses on securing sustainable and safe

mobility on the country’s roads, as well as providing a

motor-way network that is permanently available and

environmen-tally compatible.

Main objectives:

• To enhance road safety

• To guarantee safe and secure access for road users and vehicles

• To ensure that Switzerland’s road traffic legislation is kept constantly up to date

• To secure integration into the trans-European road network

• To review the existing network structure and adapt it where necessary • To define the basis for efficient traffic management

• To complete the motorway network as planned

• To support the expansion of the existing motorway network

• To constantly evaluate weak points in the existing motorway network • To secure the availability of the motorway and main road networks • To secure the necessary degree of operational maintenance

• To reduce the burden on the environment attributable to road traffic

• To develop and implement construction projects in accordance with the principle of sustainability

In order to achieve these objectives, the Swiss Federal Roads Office works closely together with cantonal, national and international partners, formulates principles and prepares decisions for a sustainable federal road transport policy. It also draws up, supports, co-ordinates and monitors suitable measures at the national and international levels.

THE DUTIES OF THE

SWISS FEDERAL ROADS

OFFICE

The Swiss Federal Roads Office

(FEDRO) is the Swiss authority that

is responsible for the country’s road

infrastructure and private road

transport. It belongs to the Federal

Department of the Environment,

Transport, Energy and

Communica-FEDRO moved into its new administrative centre in Ittigen in October 2005

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3 CLASSIFICATION

OF MOTORWAYS

in accordance with the Motorways

Act dated 8 May 1960

Motorways

For motor vehicles only

Category 1

For all vehicles

Category 3 Category 2

Separation of traffic directions

Access only at certain points

No intersections or crossroads at same level

Normally with emergency lanes

Access as restricted as possible

Intersections or crossroads normally at same level

No emergency lanes

Preferably no passage through built-up areas

Access only at certain points

Normally no intersections or crossroads at same level

Emergency lanes desirable

Motorways with 4 or more lanes Expressways and lower-grade Highways with 2 or more lanes

motorways

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The redistribution of financial

responsi-bility and the accompanying division of

duties between the federal government

and the cantons is one of the largest

and most important reform projects to

be implemented within Switzerland’s

political system. The electorate

approved the necessary amendment to the Federal Constitution on 28 November 2004,

while Parliament approved the required legislative amendments on 6 October 2006.

The principal objectives of this project are to balance out discrepancies at the cantonal level and to increase efficiency. To accomplish this, the project focuses on two main activities: the reorganisation of the division of duties and the restructur-ing of financial responsibilities. Numerous state duties are currently shared by the federal government and the cantons, and it is often the case that the party that pays the bill is not the same as the one that makes the decisions. On top of this, the existing system sometimes supports the most costly solu-tions instead of those that give rise to lower expenditure – even though the associated activities may still be relatively extensive. The reform project sets out to redistribute and sep-arate the various state duties, and to regulate the associated responsibilities more appropriately and more clearly.

Road transport: shift from joint to sole responsibility

The area of road transport serves as a cornerstone of this reform project. In future, responsibility for motorways will no longer be shared, but instead is to be transferred entirely to the federal government. The new distribution of roles is as fol-lows: the federal government is owner of the motorways, and is now also their developer, which means it is responsible for all strategic and operational development activities, and thus has to bear all associated costs. Until now, the federal govern-ment was responsible for an average of around 87 percent of the construction and maintenance costs, and approximately 67 percent of the operational maintenance costs.

The cantonal governments are still involved, since the com-pletion of the planned motorway network is to remain a shared responsibility. As before, the cantonal authorities are responsible for duties such as damage prevention and polic-ing/emergency services. For the purposes of securing opera-tional and non-project-based structural maintenance, the cantons have joined forces by forming eleven regional units that are entrusted with the task of securing the country’s motorways on the basis of service level agreements.

Swiss Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) – decentralisation of certain functions

The transfer of ownership of the motorways to the federal government calls for the decentralisation of some of the major functions of the Swiss Federal Roads Office. Responsibility for

Redistribution of financial responsibility:

A REFORM PROJECT

WITH SIGNIFICANT

CONSEQUENCES

traffic management on the motorway network is to be trans-ferred from the cantons to the federal government. The central component for mastering this task is the construction and operation of a national traffic management centre in Emmen (canton of Lucerne). Road traffic management is becoming increasingly important. It encompasses the provision of traffic information (bulletins), the management of traffic flow at the national and local levels, as well as traffic control (e.g. at junc-tions and intersecjunc-tions, and in tunnels).

To secure project-based maintenance, the Swiss Federal Roads Office has created five regional offices within its Road Infrastructure division. The sub-division of the motorway net-work into five regional segments was based on economic and geographical considerations. These segments had to be selected in such a manner as to ensure as constant an invest-ment volume as possible. Each seginvest-ment also had to be of a cer-tain size in order to make it possible to operate a maintenance centre there with between 25 and 30 employees in an economi-cally viable manner. Each regional office had to be located in the vicinity of its area of responsibility and also be easy to reach by public transport, and this meant that they were estab-lished at regional locations outside the major urban centres. In terms of organisation it was also important to ensure that the perimeters of the regional offices were identical to the bound-aries of the areas of the non-project-based structural and oper-ational maintenance activities for which the respective offices are responsible.

Duties of the regional offices of the Road Infrastructure division

The five regional offices are responsible for the majority of tasks (construction, expansion, elimination of bottlenecks, maintenance, etc.) associated with the development of motor-ways. These include the supervision of projects implemented by external providers, the definition of services, planning of con-tracts, implementation of procurement procedures, awarding of contracts, monitoring of construction work, acceptance of completed structures, and monitoring of the performance of guarantees. They also record the status of structures and moni-tor the services of the cantonal units.

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A reform project with significant consequences 2006/2007

The regional offices of the Road Infrastructure

division

Estavayer-le-Lac

• The Estavayer-le-Lac office is responsible for the cantons of Fribourg, Geneva, Jura, Neuchâtel, Vaud and the western region of the canton of Bern.

• Its boundaries are formed by the Kerzers/A1, Lengnau/A5 and Flamatt/A12 connections to the east, and the Bex Nord/A9 connection to the south.

• The length of motorway for which it is responsible is 446 kilometres.

• The Estavayer-le-Lac office monitors cantonal units II (Geneva, Fribourg, Vaud) and IX (Neuchâtel, Jura, Bern).

Thun

• The Thun regional office is responsible for the project-based maintenance of motorways in the cantons of Bern and Valais. • Its boundaries are formed by the Brünig/Passhöhe

connec-tion (A8) and the works /maintenance exit at Recherswil (on the A1) to the east, the Kerzers/A1 and Flamatt/A12 connections to the west, and the Bex Nord/A9 connection to the south.

• The Thun office monitors cantonal units I (Bern) and III (Valais).

Zofingen

• The Zofingen regional office is responsible for the following cantons: Aargau, Basel-Stadt, Baselland, Solothurn, Lucerne, Zug, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Uri and Schwyz, plus a short stretch in the canton of Ticino (from the Gotthard tunnel to the Airolo connection).

• Its boundaries are formed by the Dietikon/A1 and Blegi/Küssnacht/A4 connections to the east, the

works/maintenance exit at Recherswil (on the A1), the Leng-nau/A5 and Brünig/Passhöhe (A8) connections to the west, and the Airolo/A2 connection to the south.

• The Zofingen office monitors cantonal units VIII (Aargau, Basel-Stadt, Baselland, Solothurn), X (Lucerne, Zug, Obwalden, Nidwalden) and XI (Uri, Schwyz, Ticino). • Major projects that are planned for the future include the

widening of the Härkingen-Wiggertal/A1 and A2 section to six lanes, the complete renovation of the Belchen tunnel (A2) and the development of the general project for the widening of the A1 between Luterbach and Härkingen to six lanes.

Bellinzona

• The Bellinzona regional office is responsible for the cantons of Ticino and Grisons.

• Its boundaries are formed by the Airolo/A2 connection to the south and the Heidiland/A13 motorway service centre to the north.

• The Bellinzona office monitors cantonal units IV (Ticino) and V (Grisons).

Winterthur

• The Winterthur regional office is responsible for the follow-ing cantons: Zurich, Schaffhausen, St Gall, Thurgau, Appen-zell Innerrhoden, AppenAppen-zell Ausserrhoden, Glarus.

• Its boundaries are formed by the Dietikon/A1 and Blegi/A4 connections to the west and the Heidiland/A13 motorway service centre to the south.

• The Winterthur regional office monitors cantonal units VI (Thurgau, St Gall, Glarus, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden) and VII (Zurich, Schaffhausen).

Definitions

New stretch:

New section of motorway constructed in accordance with the parliamentary resolution concerning the motorway net-work. This includes the actual completion of the network (e.g. A9 in Valais, A16 Jura transversal, A4 canton of Zurich) and any sections subsequently added to the network by Parliament.

Expansion:

Modification of existing facilities (e.g. noise prevention barriers and environmental protection structures, wildlife corridors, additional lanes, tunnel safety measures, adaptation to new technical specifications and safety standards, modifica-tion of motorway connecmodifica-tions).

Project-based structural maintenance:

Comprehensive structural maintenance operations that require project management. High planning requirement and intensity, financial outlay and human resources, e.g. A1 Kriegstetten–Oensingen 2006, A2 Erstfeld–Amsteg 2005–2007, A12 Vevey–Semsales 2006-2007.

Non-project-based structural maintenance:

Small-scale projects that do not require a comprehensive management structure. Normally concerns maintenance tasks/repairs in response to urgent need for action following damage caused by accidents, storms, etc. Relatively modest financial outlay. Players need to be located in the vicinity of the damage. Work is carried out under the leadership of the respective cantonal unit(s).

Operational maintenance:

Securing the operation of the motorway network. Normally carried out by personnel from the respective cantonal civil engineering office(s). Activities include maintenance of centre strips and embankments, cleaning, snow and ice clearance, etc. With the reform project, operational maintenance is car-ried out by the personnel of the 11 cantonal units.

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Genève Lausanne Fribourg Bern Aarau Chur Bellinzona Zürich Appenzell Schwyz Altdorf Frauenfeld Zug Solothurn Delémont Sion Neuchâtel Schaffhausen Herisau Sarnen Glarus St. Gallen Luzern Stans Liestal Basel Locarno Lugano Chiasso Airolo Thusis Sargans St. Margrethen Kreuzlingen Kloten Baden Sissach Olten Sursee Langnau Thun Interlaken Kandersteg Goppenstein Sierre Brig Martigny Vevey Bulle Nyon Vallorbe Yverdon La Chaux-de-Fonds Boncourt Engelberg Winterthur 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra B

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Estavayer-le-Lac office Western Switzerland Length of motorway: 446.7 km Bellinzona office South-east Switzerland Length of motorway: 298.8 km Thun office

Bern and Valais

Length of motorway: 317.3 km

Zofingen office Central and north-west Switzerland

Length of motorway: 435.6 km

Winterthur office North-east Switzerland Length of motorway: 423 km

FEDRO REGIONAL OFFICES:

LOCATIONS AND

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accidents did not decline in 2006: although there were fewer fatalities,

the number of seriously injured road users increased. As before, more

than 5,000 people are seriously injured every year on our roads. These

figures show that there is not only a need for action, but also that

care-fully conceived measures can result in increased road safety.

For this reason, the “Via sicura” programme of measures aimed at enhancing road safety in Switzer-land is more necessary than ever before. The 56 measures proposed in this programme will bring about a marked improvement in the safety of our roads. Or to put it another way, they will help save lives.

The decline in the number of fatalities on Switzerland’s roads demonstrates that measures to enhance road safety are effective, regardless whether these take the form of single measures or entire packages as is the case with the “Via sicura” programme. Experience has shown that a broad range of measures is required in order to significantly enhance road safety. The objectives are clear: our roads need to be constructed so that they forgive driving errors and should only be used by drivers who have received the necessary level of instruction and possess the full physical and mental capacity required to drive a motor vehicle. This means that the following factors need to be influenced:

• Awareness of social problems

• Behaviour of road users

• Safety of motor vehicles and road infrastructure

“Via sicura” will have a positive impact in a variety of ways. It is a fully developed, many-sided and broad-based road safety programme that also offers a favourable cost/benefit ratio. The measures it contains have been proposed and assessed by the country’s leading road safety experts. The Swiss Fed-eral Roads Office is to submit its proposals concerning options for the implementation of “Via sicura” to the Federal Council by spring 2007, and the latter is expected to announce its decision in the course of the year.

In 2005, 409 people were killed on

Switzerland’s roads, or 20 percent

less than in the previous year. And

initial forecasts for 2006 indicate

that the number of fatalities will be

down again, by around 9 percent.

However, the number of serious

VIA SICURA –

ENHANCING

ROAD SAFETY

IN SWITZERLAND

The number of serious accidents did not fall in 2006 Photo: REGA Fotodienst

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Development of speed limits on Switzerland’s roads

Built-up areas:

1959: 60 km/h (definitive) 1980: 50 km/h (trial) 1984: 50 km/h (definitive)

2002: Residential/pedestrian zones, 20 km/h (new) and simplification of 30 km/h zones Non-built-up areas: Prior to 1973: no restriction 1973: 100 km/h (provisional) 1977: 100 km/h (definitive) 1985: 80 km/h (trial)

1989: 80 km/h (definitive), national referendum on 26 November 1989

Motorways:

Prior to 1973: no restriction

1973: 100 km/h (provisional), due to oil crisis 1974: 130 km/h (provisional)

1977: 130 km/h (definitive) 1985: 120 km/h (trial)

1989: 120 km/h (definitive), national referendum on 26 November 1989

Compulsory use of seatbelts

1981: Compulsory in front seats of cars 1994: Compulsory in rear seats of cars

2006: Compulsory for all vehicles equipped with seatbelts

Compulsory use of helmet

1981: Motorcycles 1990: Motor scooters 2006: Trikes and quads

Driving instruction

1991: Compulsory instruction in traffic regulations, more comprehensive theory test

2005: Two-stage instruction and introduction of provi-sional licence for holders of a new driving licence

Capacity to drive

2005: Reduction of maximum permitted blood alcohol level to 0.05 percent

2005: Zero tolerance for driving under the influence of drugs

2005: More stringent administrative measures and cascade system for repeat offenders

Vehicle safety

1971/72: Dual circuit brakes for all motor vehicles 1978: Safety glass for light motor vehicles 1994: Side impact protection for new heavy

goods vehicles

1995: ABS (anti-blocking system) for new heavy motor vehicles

1995: More stringent requirements on dangerous parts such as bumper guards, spoilers, etc.

1995: Rear chassis protection for heavy motor vehicles and their trailers

1996: Speed limiters for new heavy motor vehicles 1998: Retrofitting of heavy motor vehicles with speed

limiters

2003: Requirement of additional rear-view mirrors for HGVs to reduce blind spots

2003: Requirement of fire extinguishers for HGVs 2003: Front chassis protection for HGVs

2005: Safety glass (windscreen) for light motor vehicles (protection of pedestrians)

No. of with with injuries with serious with minor Accidents fatalities ( total) injuries injuries

Total 21,706 373 21,333 4,614 16,719

Built-up areas 14,027 134 13,893 2,781 11,112

Non-built-up areas 5,779 217 5,562 1,548 4,014

On motorways 1,900 22 1,878 285 1,593

STRONG MEASURES

TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF

ROAD SAFETY

Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office

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Genève Lausanne Fribourg Bern Aarau Chur Bellinzona Zürich Appenzell Schwyz Altdorf Frauenfeld Zug Solothurn Delémont Sion Neuchâtel Schaffhausen Herisau Sarnen Glarus St. Gallen Luzern Stans Liestal Basel Locarno Lugano Chiasso Airolo Thusis Sargans St. Margrethen Kreuzlingen Kloten Baden Sissach Olten Sursee Langnau Thun Interlaken Kandersteg Goppenstein Sierre Brig Martigny Vevey Bulle Nyon Vallorbe Yverdon La Chaux-de-Fonds Boncourt Engelberg Winterthur 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra B 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra B

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completed under construction in the planning stage

STATUS OF

CONSTRUCTION

WORK AS OF THE END

OF 2006

As of the end of 2006 a total of 1,758.2 kilometres of motor-way were in operation:

• 7-lane stretches 1.2 km • 6-lane stretches 80.7 km • 4-lane stretches 1,279.0 km • 3-lane stretches 1.9 km • 2-lane stretches 283.9 km • Mixed stretches 111.5 km

(Gotthard pass, Brünig, Simplon, Prättigauerstrasse, Biel-Twann, Tavannes-Delémont)

This corresponds to 92.9 percent of the planned network.

The federal government has spent a total (gross) of 50.6 billion Swiss francs on project planning, construction management, administration, land acquisition and construc-tion work in the 47 years since construcconstruc-tion work commenced on the Swiss motorway network. The contribution from the cantons during the same period amounted to 8.4 billion Swiss francs (gross).

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Major maintenance sites

Traffic flow and road safety

Major maintenance operations are always carried out without closing the stretch of road concerned. This means that it is essential to ensure traffic and workplace safety during all stages of each maintenance operation, at all times of year, round the clock and in all weather conditions.

In addition, traffic volumes are constantly increasing and available space is thus growing increasingly scarce. On the A1 between Bern and St Gall, each section has a daily traffic vol-ume of at least 70,000 vehicles for 4 lanes, while some sec-tions (e.g. Gubrist) have to accommodate peak loads of up to 100,000 vehicles. This means that traffic flows already fre-quently reach or come close to critical levels under normal con-ditions, and whenever road conditions change due to mainte-nance sites (e.g. fewer and/or narrower lanes) and/or reduced speed limits, this inevitably leads to congestion or traffic jams.

Extensive roadwork sites

Due to the nature of motorways, maintenance and roadwork sites are always extensive, and this results in major logistical

demands for operators and contractors. Ensuring the smooth flow of deliveries and removals is extremely demanding, since these can quickly be brought to a standstill: for example, any incidents (accidents, breakdowns, etc.) that occur within the stretch concerned may result in the blockage of all delivery and removal operations.

Lane width, noise prevention, protection of the environ-ment

The standard cross-sections of many existing motorways, and especially the widths of traffic and emergency lanes, were based on criteria that applied many years or even decades ago. Numerous stretches were constructed in the 1960s and 1970s, and are thus too narrow by present-day standards, and this gives rise to problems for road users as well as maintenance contractors. If major alterations are carried out on a section of motorway that was originally constructed thirty years ago and is to be adapted to present-day standards, the space that is available is limited both for the necessary installations and maintenance operations, as well as for road users, and is fre-quently perceived by motorists as too narrow.

ROAD WORKS ON THE

MOTORWAY NETWORK

Road works are primarily required in

order to preserve the substance of

the country’s motorways (preservation

of value) and to ensure that they

remain safe to use. Here, ensuring

that the road surfaces remain even

and offer the necessary degree of grip,

and enhancing the level of safety in tunnels, are among the most essential criteria.

In addition to the conventional major, longer-term roadwork sites, short-term maintenance and repair works also have to be carried out. Their main purpose is to secure the operational maintenance of the motorway network: activities include mainte-nance of embankments and greenery, repair of minor surface damage, cleaning of shafts and drainage systems, repair of damage caused by road accidents, etc.

Resurfacing of the A2 (Basel-Augst stretch)

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2006/2007

• Total costs: 85.6 million Swiss francs. • Length of stretch concerned: 7.8 kilometres.

• Comments: The section of the A12 motorway between Fla-matt and Bümpliz was opened to traffic in 1976/77. The planned overhaul is required in order to ensure that the motorway can continue to be operated safely and effi-ciently. Modifications to the drainage system are required in order to ensure that it meets the applicable legal provisions relating to the protection of bodies of water. The level of motorway noise is higher in the basin of the Wangen Valley, much of which is densely populated, and in view of this it is necessary to implement noise protection measures. In addi-tion to the renovaaddi-tion of all existing noise prevenaddi-tion barri-ers and the construction of new ones in Niederwangen, a low-noise surface will also be constructed.

A12: stretch between Vevey and Semsales

• Duration of maintenance work: March 2006 to September 2007.

• Tasks: renewal of surface, addition of a service lane (access for maintenance vehicles), modification / replacement of existing drainage systems to meet present-day require-ments, modification of fencing to protect wild animals, removal of vegetation from dividing strip, which is to be covered with asphalt.

• Total costs: 135 million Swiss francs.

• Length of stretch concerned: approx. 12 kilometres. • Comments: 2 lanes in each direction will be open to traffic

throughout the entire duration of the maintenance opera-tions. Exception: temporary closure of access roads at Vevey junction for renewal of road surface (2 to 3 nights in each case). During construction work, vehicles with a width of more than 2 metres will not be permitted to use the left-hand lane.

• Additional information: www.sr-vd.ch or www.sar-fr.ch

A1: Geneva Airport stretch

• Duration of maintenance work: January 2006 to November 2007.

• Tasks: renewal of entire infrastructure, including modifica-tion to meet new standards (drainage and sewage, road sur-face, entrance and exit roads, road bridges, pedestrian bridges, lighting, safety installations), modernisation of electro-mechanical systems. The “Airport” stretch is to be equipped with the same traffic control system that is in use on the remainder of the Geneva bypass.

• Total costs: approx. 28 million Swiss francs. • Length of stretch concerned: 3.3 kilometres.

• Comments: The Geneva Airport stretch was opened in 1986. 2 lanes in each direction will be open to traffic throughout the entire duration of the maintenance operations (excep-tions may arise during off-peak periods). Construction work on the two access ramps is to be carried out in 2007. Major operations that require traffic restrictions will be carried out overnight.

• Additional information: www.autoroute-aeroport.ch

A12 motorway: Flamatt-Bümpliz section

• Duration: April 2007 to October 2008

• Tasks: Renewal of road surface; integration of new low-noise surface; renovation of engineering structures; exten-sion of both access roads at Niederwangen (in both direc-tions, i.e. towards Bern and Fribourg); improvement in traf-fic flow towards city network from Bern-Bümpliz (traftraf-fic lights); addition of missing emergency lanes at the Bern-Bümpliz connection (to and from Fribourg); improvement of certain stretches of the emergency lane; complete replace-ment of traffic control systems; installation of mobile barri-ers in the centre strip; improved signalling (dynamic sys-tem) during periods of congestion at Bümpliz connection and at the Weyermannshaus junction; replacement of exist-ing road signs; adaptation of the drainage systems to the new legal requirements; renewal of electro-mechanical installations; renewal of existing noise prevention barriers, construction of new barriers in Niederwangen.

Left: Upgrading of the A1 motorway (Geneva Airport) Right: Renovation of the A12 (Vevey-Semsales stretch)

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2006/2007 Road works on the motorway network 2007

A2: stretch from Basel to Augst

• Duration of maintenance work: February 2006 to June 2008 (main tasks to be completed before the start of UEFA Euro 2008).

• Tasks: renewal of entire surface, repair of engineering struc-tures (especially waterproofing of bridges) and drainage systems, replacement of crash barriers, renewal of markings and road signs, replacement / addition of noise prevention barriers, upgrade of electro-mechanical systems, including installation of a traffic control system, modification of Schweizerhalle gallery (especially ventilation system) to meet the latest tunnel safety requirements.

• Total costs: approx. 185 million Swiss francs. • Length of stretch concerned: approx. 12 kilometres. • Comments: 3 lanes in each direction will be open to traffic

throughout the entire duration of the maintenance opera-tions (excepopera-tions may arise during off-peak periods). For this purpose, auxiliary bridges have been erected at the Hagnau-Gellertdreieck and Augst junctions (each with one additional lane). The stretch concerned, which was opened to traffic 35 years ago, has an average daily traffic volume of 118,000 vehicles (rising to 145,000 during peak peri-ods).

• Additional information: www.baselaugst.ch

A16 motorway: section between La Heutte and

Biel Nord

(category 3 motorway, mixed traffic)

• Duration: immediate measures from 2007, main tasks from 2009

• Tasks: The lighting in the tunnels is to be renewed in 2007 as an immediate measure. Guidance devices are to be installed along the sides of the ramps leading to Bözinger-feld in order to increase the level of safety. The first step will be to remove all forms of human-powered mobility from the A16 by 2009. At the same time the uphill lanes will be renovated so that they can be used for traffic in both direc-tions during the renewal of the downhill lanes. This will be followed by the construction of a tunnel for traffic travelling uphill.

• Total costs: 60 million Swiss francs.

• Length of stretch concerned: approximately 9 kilometres. • Comments: The A16 (La Heutte – Biel Nord) is a category 3

motorway that passes through the Taubenloch gorge. It comprises 4 lanes (2 in each direction) and is currently open to all forms of transport, including bicycles, agricul-tural vehicles, etc. Since the frequency of accidents is rela-tively high, the aim is to completely separate motorised traffic from non-motorised forms of transport and slow vehi-cles. At the same time, the existing engineering structures, traffic lanes and tunnels are to be renovated.

Assembly of auxiliary bridge, Augst intersection (October 2005)

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Road works on the motorway network 2007 2006/2007

A2: stretch between Erstfeld and Amsteg

• Duration of maintenance work: October 2005 to June 2007. • Tasks: renewal of surface with drain asphalt, installation of drainage systems, noise prevention barriers and flood pre-vention barriers.

• Total costs: approx. 180 million Swiss francs. • Length of stretch concerned: approx. 10 kilometres. • Comments: The stretch concerned was opened to traffic in

the 1970s, and approximately 20,000 vehicles use this tran-sit axis every day (or up to 46,000 on peak days).

2 lanes will be open to southbound traffic throughout the entire duration of the maintenance operations, but only 1 lane will be open to northbound traffic. During the peak summer periods, work will be interrupted and all four lanes will be opened to traffic. Planners do not anticipate any delays to southbound traffic other than the usual conges-tion that occurs on holiday weekends (Easter, Ascension Day, Whitsun), but northbound traffic is expected to be sub-ject to traffic jams, especially on Sunday afternoons in May and June 2006.

• Additional information: www.uri-a2.ch

A5: stretch between Cornaux and

La Neuveville East

• Duration of maintenance work: March 2006 to February 2008.

• Tasks: renewal of surface with special low-noise asphalt with drainage properties, construction of noise prevention barriers, renovation of bridges, construction of a crash bar-rier to separate lanes on expressway, renovation of sewage and drainage systems.

• Total costs: 139 million Swiss francs. • Length of stretch concerned: 12 kilometres.

• Comments: 1 lane in each direction will be open to traffic (= two-way traffic) throughout the duration of the mainte-nance operations.

• Additional information: www.ne.ch/spch

Cressier: Construction of surface in centre strip Left: La Neuveville: cleansing of traffic lane Right: La Neuveville: installation of the prefabricated barriers separating the traffic lanes

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Above: Entrance to Uetlibergtunnel near Wettswil a.A. Below: Preparation of Uetlibergtunnel for concreting Photo Amberg Engineering AG

The largest credits have been allocated to the following cantons: • Zurich: 335.4 million • Bern: 168.1 million • Jura: 137.6 million • Valais: 119.4 million • Uri: 63.1 million • Grisons: 59.0 million • Aargau: 54.6 million

The French-speaking and Italian-speaking regions received appropriate funding for completion of the network, expan-sion projects, noise prevention and protection of the envi-ronment. 386.8 million Swiss francs have been allocated for stretches under construction in these two regions, which rep-resents 28.9 percent of the overall budget.

The go-ahead has been given for construction work on the following stretches: access road to Neufeld connection in the city of Bern (A1), Flurlingen-Oerlingen stretch in the Zürcher Weinland (A4), Biel East–Biel South (Längholz/Büttenberg tunnel / A5), Lungern (Obwalden) bypass (Brünig / A8), Gampel–Brig–Glis (Valais), Visp bypass (A9), Moutier East–Court and Court–Tavannes (both canton of Bern, A16 / Transjurane).

1.321 BILLION SWISS FRANCS

FOR MOTORWAY

CONSTRUCTION IN 2007

Approximately seven

kilometres of

motor-way will be handed

over to traffic during

2007, while

construc-tion work is scheduled

to commence on seven

stretches. This is the construction programme for 2007 that has been approved by the

Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications

(DETEC), for which Parliament approved a credit of 1.321 billion Swiss francs in its

winter session.

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Genève Lausanne Fribourg Bern Aarau Chur Bellinzona Zürich Appenzell Schwyz Altdorf Frauenfeld Zug Solothurn Delémont Sion Neuchâtel Schaffhausen Herisau Sarnen Glarus St. Gallen Luzern Stans Liestal Basel Locarno Lugano Chiasso Airolo Thusis Sargans St. Margrethen Kreuzlingen Kloten Baden Sissach Olten Sursee Langnau Thun Interlaken Kandersteg Goppenstein Sierre Aosta Gd-St-Bernard Mt-Blanc Brig Martigny Vevey Bulle Nyon Vallorbe Yverdon La Chaux-de-Fonds Boncourt Engelberg Winterthur Kreuzlingen Lindau Bregenz Feldkirch Hoek van Holland

Paris Amsterdam Karlsruhe Dortmund Stuttgart _Würzburg München Constanta Como Roma Milano Tortona Genova Chambéry Marseille Nantes Mâcon Metz Besançon Brest Metz Dijon Belfort Mulhouse Swiss Federal Roads Office FEDRO

E 41: (Stuttgart) – Schaffhausen – Zurich – Altdorf E 43: (Bregenz) – St Margrethen – Buchs – Chur – San

Bernardino – Bellinzona

E 54: (Waldshut) – Schaffhausen – (Singen) E 60: (Mulhouse) – Basel – Zurich – Winterthur –

St Gallen – St Margrethen – (Feldkirch) E 62: (Macon) – Geneva – Lausanne – Martigny –

Simplon – (Milan) E 712: Geneva – (Chambéry) E 21: (Dijon) – Geneva

E 23: (Besançon) – Vallorbe – Lausanne

E 25: (Mulhouse) – Basel – Härkingen junction – Bern– Lausanne – Geneva – (Mont Blanc)

E 27: (Belfort) – Porrentruy – Bern – Martigny – Grand St Bernard – (Aosta Valley)

E 35: (Offenburg) – Basel – Härkingen junction – Lucerne – Altdorf – St Gotthard –

Bellinzona – Lugano – Chiasso – (Como)

EUROPEAN

TRUNK ROADS

PASSING THROUGH

SWITZERLAND

The term “European trunk roads” refers to major international routes. These form a Europe-wide network with a total length of around 50,000 kilometres and are indicated on road signs in the form of a white E plus road number on a green background.

Switzerland signed the European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries in 1976, which was ratified by Parliament in 1988.

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Genève Lausanne Fribourg Bern Aarau Chur Bellinzona Zürich Appenzell Schwyz Altdorf Frauenfeld Zug Solothurn Delémont Sion Neuchâtel Schaffhausen Herisau Sarnen Glarus St. Gallen Luzern Stans Liestal Basel Locarno Lugano Chiasso Airolo Thusis Sargans St. Margrethen Kreuzlingen Kloten Winterthur Baden Sissach Olten Sursee Langnau Thun Interlaken Kandersteg Goppenstein Sierre Brig Martigny Vevey Bulle Nyon Vallorbe Yverdon La Chaux-de-Fonds Boncourt Engelberg 2007 / 2013 / 2015 2007–2015 2016 / 2019 2012 2014 2016 / 2013 / 2018 2008 2010 / 2015 2016 / 2022 2015 2009 2010 2009 2024 / 2011 2010 / 2016 2007 completion in use

SWISS MOTORWAY

SECTIONS SCHEDULED

TO BE OPENED

TO TRAFFIC IN 2007

As of the end of 2006 a total of 1,758.2 kilometres of motorway were in operation, or 92.9 percent of the planned network.

The following stretches of motorway are scheduled for completion during 2007:

• A2, Basel northern bypass / French border / Wiese (4-lane motorway, 2.8 kilometres)

• “Transjurane” A16, Jura cantonal border / Moutier East, canton of Bern

(2-lane expressway, 4.1 kilometres)

• “Transjurane” A16, Delémont East – Bern cantonal border (Choindez access road, 2-lane expressway, 0.2 kilometres)

• “Transjurane” A16, Boncourt customs post (canton of Jura)

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Reppischtal bridge near Urdorf Sections scheduled to be opened to traffic, 2007 to 2010

Swiss motorway network. Sections scheduled to be opened to traffic 2006/2007

Motorway Canton Stretch Motorway Expressway

6-lane 4-lane 2-lane

2007

A2 BS French border/Wiese (Basel) 2.8 km

A16 JU Boncourt customs post

A16 JU Delémont East/Canton of Bern border 0.2 km

A16 BE Canton of Jura border/Moutier East 4.1 km

2008

A1 SO/OW Exercise tunnel for emergency crews

(not part of official network) 0.8 km

A2 BS French border/Wiese (Basel), Luzernerring tunnel

A2 NW Obkirchen-Acheregg Kirchenwald tunnel (north tube) 0.8 km A8 OW Lopper tunnel (connection tunnel –

segment in the canton of Obwalden) 1.1 km

A8 NW Obwalden cantonal border–Acheregg

(connection tunnel) 0.9 km

2009

A1 BE Neufeld access road

A1c AG Improvements

A1 ZH Bergermoos–Fildern 2.7 km

A4 ZH Uetliberg Ost–Fildern 4.6 km

2010

A4 ZH Fildern–Knonau 13.4 km

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18 SUBSIDISED AREAS

The federal government contributes

towards the expansion of the main

roads network. The latter

encom-passes roads of national and

inter-national importance that are not

part of the motorway network.

The Federal Council defines the main roads net-work after consultation with the cantonal authori-ties. Of the approx. 18,300 kilometres of cantonal roads, roughly 2,300 are classified as main roads (550 km in the lowlands, 1,500 km in the Alps and 250 km in the Jura range).

Canton Lowlands km Alps km Jura range km Total km

ZH 61.5 61.5 BE 100.4 166.5 29.4 296.3 LU 25.7 46.3 72.0 UR 96.5 96.5 SZ 14.2 55.7 69.9 OW 9.3 9.3 NW 10.7 10.7 GL 37.7 37.7 ZG 12.1 12.1 FR 11.6 45.6 57.2 SO 23.7 23.7 BS 1.1 1.1 BL 45.4 45.4 SH 9.6 7.2 16.8 AR 1.4 40.9 42.3 AI 13.9 13.9 SG 37.2 95.9 133.1 GR 462.7 462.7 AG 70.0 36.8 106.8 TG 96.8 96.8 TI 120.3 120.3 VD 50.3 58.2 19.4 127.9 VS 219.1 219.1 NE 78.5 78.5 GE 30.8 30.8 JU 39.7 39.7 Total CH 546.4 1,479.3 256.4 2,282.1

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Genève Lausanne Fribourg Bern Aarau Chur Bellinzona Zürich Appenzell Schwyz Altdorf Frauenfeld Zug Solothurn Delémont Sion Neuchâtel Schaffhausen Herisau Sarnen Glarus St. Gallen Luzern Stans Liestal Basel Locarno Lugano Chiasso Airolo Thusis Sargans St. Margrethen Kreuzlingen Kloten Baden Sissach Olten Sursee Langnau Thun Interlaken Kandersteg Goppenstein Sierre Brig Martigny Vevey Bulle Nyon Vallorbe Yverdon La Chaux-de-Fonds Boncourt Engelberg Winterthur 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra B

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The Swiss Federal Roads Office is responsible for approximately 1,900 kilometres of motorway, more than 3,000 bridges, more than 200 tunnels and a large num-ber of galleries and protective structures. In accordance with the strategy of the Federal Department of the Envi-ronment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC), the main tasks in the area of road infra-structure are as follows:

• To provide an attractive motorway network • To secure easy access to this network

• To reduce environmental impacts attributable to roads

Motorways (SR 725.113.11) Main roads (SR 725.116.23)

SWISS MOTORWAY AND

MAIN ROADS NETWORK

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2005 Motorways in use

Canton Motorways Expressways

7-lane 6-lane 4-lane 3-lane 2-lane

planned in use planned in use planned in use planned in use planned in use

ZH 0.0 0.0 37.1 29.7 110.9 82.0 0.0 1.9 11.1 11.1 BE 0.0 0.0 13.2 13.2 136.7 124.4 0.0 0.0 62.6 39.7 LU 0.0 0.0 2.6 2.6 55.9 55.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 UR 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 53.0 37.1 0.0 0.0 6.3 16.3 SZ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 52.7 43.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 OW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 31.1 17.8 NW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.9 22.9 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.9 GL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.6 16.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ZG 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.7 17.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 FR 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 84.2 84.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 43.8 43.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BS 0.0 0.0 3.5 3.5 8.0 4.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BL 0.0 0.0 9.5 9.5 20.7 20.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SH 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.2 17.2 SG 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 139.8 139.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 GR 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.2 43.6 0.0 0.0 112.1 90.8 AG 0.0 1.2 11.5 11.5 87.8 86.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TG 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 47.3 42.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TI 0.0 0.0 7.3 7.3 108.8 101.7 0.0 0.0 20.7 27.8 VD 0.0 0.0 3.4 3.4 189.8 189.1 0.0 0.0 12.8 12.8 VS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 89.6 60.1 0.0 0.0 15.6 15.6 NE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.9 32.9 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 GE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.2 27.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 JU 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 47.9 28.7 Total 0.0 1.2 88.1 80.7 1,400.2 1,279.0 0.0 1.9 341.3 283.9

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Motorways in use

TOTAL LENGTH

BY ROAD

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The Glion tunnel was completed in 2005

LIST OF MOTORWAY TUNNELS

Status: beginning of November 2005

* (e.g. tunnels on access roads and intersections)

For a complete list, please refer to the FEDRO web site

<www.astra.admin.ch> under “Motorways”. Planning General project Technical project Detailed project Under construction In operation Total 4,700 0 4,700 2 0 0 0 0 4,700 0 4,700 2 14,352 0 14,352 6 0 0 0 0 14,352 0 14,352 6 7,346 1,730 9,076 9 0 0 0 0 7,346 1,730 9,076 9 9,571 16,647 26,218 16 0 0 0 0 9,571 16,647 26,218 16 10,315 21,981 32,296 21 0 0 0 0 10,315 21,981 32,296 21 88,860 108,453 197,313 206 4,736 2,110 6,846 14 93,596 110,563 204,159 220 135,144 148,811 283,955 260 4,736 2,110 6,846 14 139,880 150,921 290,801 274 1 tu b e (m ) 2 tu b e s (m ) To ta l tu b e s (m ) O ve ra ll o b je ct s 1 tu b e (m ) 2 tu b e s (m ) To ta l tu b e s (m ) O ve ra ll o b je ct s To ta l tu n n e ls w it h 1 tu b e (m ) To ta l tu n n e ls w it h 2 tu b e s (m ) O ve ra ll to ta l (m ) O ve ra ll n o . o f o b je ct s

On main network Not on main network* Total

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23 TUNNEL SAFETY

700 million Swiss francs for making our road tunnels safer

Following the fire that occurred in the Gotthard tunnel on 24 October 2001, all motor-way tunnels with a length of over 600 metres were inspected, and immediate measures were implemented (signalling systems, guidance facilities, lighting) as necessary. Since then, the Swiss Federal Roads Office has invested around 50 million Swiss francs a year in efforts to enhance tunnel safety, in addition to its spending on normal tunnel mainte-nance.

The new guidelines of the Swiss Federal Roads Office – which describe the safety instal-lations that are required in tunnels – entered into effect on 1 October 2004. These stan-dards and guidelines apply to new tunnels as well as to the maintenance and renovation of existing ones so that they subsequently comply with the new requirements. The Swiss Federal Roads Office is anxious to upgrade the safety installations in older tunnels within the scope of available funding. In the period from 2005 to 2012, it will be investing around 700 million Swiss francs to enhance the level of safety in motorway tunnels. Here it is attaching the highest priority to the adaptation of signalling and guidance systems, followed by modifications of ventilation systems and the implementation of structural measures such as safety shafts.

Another measure that is being implemented in line with the proposal put forward by the Tunnels Task Force in its final report published in 2000 concerns the construction of an exercise facility for emergency crews in Balsthal and Lungern. The federal government is to contribute approximately 30 million Swiss francs towards this project.

All involved emergency services will be able to practice their procedures for dealing with tunnel fires under realistic conditions. This organisational element completes the overall package of measures to be implemented in motorway tunnels and will enhance the safety of emergency crews as well as road users. It is expected to be ready for opera-tion in 2009.

Enhancing tunnel safety was an

important duty of the Swiss Federal

Roads Office long before the

occur-rence of the disastrous fires in the

Mont Blanc, Tauern and Gotthard

tunnels.

Belchen tunnel:

installation of a ventilator near the northern entrance (December 2002)

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Genève Lausanne Fribourg Bern Aarau Chur Bellinzona Zürich Appenzell Schwyz Altdorf Frauenfeld Zug Solothurn Delémont Sion Neuchâtel Schaffhausen Herisau Sarnen Glarus St. Gallen Luzern Stans Liestal Basel Locarno Lugano Chiasso Airolo Thusis Sargans St. Margrethen Kreuzlingen Kloten Baden Sissach Sursee Langnau Thun Interlaken Kandersteg Goppenstein Sierre Brig Martigny Vevey Bulle Nyon Vallorbe Yverdon La Chaux-de-Fonds Boncourt Engelberg Winterthur Basel-Nord/Weil Neuenkirch Würenlos Herlisberg Fuchsberg Forrenberg Thurau St. Margrethen Walensee Gotthard San Gottardo-Sud Bellinzona San Vittore Glarnerland Colderio Teufengraben Deitingen Münsigen Pratteln Eggberg Gunzgen Pieterlen Kölliken Kemptthal Werdenberg Heidiland Grauholz La Gruyère Le Chablais Bravois Rose de la Broye Grand St-Bernard Villette La Côte

service stations largely depends on the type and volume of traffic.

It is usually in the region of 40 to 50 kilometres, but service stations tend to be closer together on major routes with very high traffic volumes and on access routes to tourism centres, and cor-respondingly further apart on less-frequented stretches.

There are currently 34 service stations on Switzerland’s motor-way network, offering travellers a place to rest for a while, have something to eat or drink, or fill up with petrol. 9 of these service stations also provide drivers with the opportunity of crossing to the other side of the motorway so that they can proceed in the opposite direction, while at a further 7 it is possible for people to cross over on foot. The ideal distance between

on both sides of the motorway on one side only

possibility to cross over in vehicle possibility to cross over on foot

MOTORWAY

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Genève Lausanne Fribourg Bern Aarau Chur Bellinzona Zürich Appenzell Schwyz Altdorf Frauenfeld Zug Solothurn Delémont Sion Neuchâtel Schaffhausen Herisau Sarnen Glarus St. Gallen Luzern Stans Liestal Basel Locarno Lugano Chiasso Airolo Thusis Sargans St. Margrethen Kreuzlingen Kloten Winterthur Baden Sissach Olten Sursee Langnau Thun Interlaken Kandersteg Goppenstein Sierre Brig Martigny Vevey Bulle Nyon Vallorbe Yverdon La Chaux-de-Fonds Boncourt Engelberg Basel Delémont Oensingen Lenzhard Winterthur-Nord Oberbüren Thal Mels Stans Flüelen Thusis Airolo Sierre Indivis Rennaz Gesigen Interlaken Domdidier Blécherette Bursins Genève Yverdon Granges San Bernadino Bellinzona Lugano Wädenswil Urdorf Sprengi Sissach Schaffhausen Letten-Zürich Schwyz Luzern Sarnen Brig Bern Neuchâtel Wankdorf Glarus Chur Zug Frauenfeld Wesen

located directly on motorway auxiliary station on motorway operated at an off-motorway location

This map shows the

locations of motorway

police stations

(co-financed by the

federal government

and the cantons).

Status:

end of September 2006.

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26 HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE

INSPECTIONS IN 2006

Statistics concerning

normal and intensive inspections

Information about HGV inspections:

• A number of violations may be reported per inspected vehicle.

• 56.78 percent of inspected HGVs were registered in Switzerland, 41.57 percent in the EU and 1.66 percent in other countries.

• More than 22 percent of violations concerned breaches of maximum driving times and minimum rest periods, while 20 percent involved infringements of weight regulations (HGVs exceeding the maximum permissible total weight and/or maximum permissible axle weight)

AF PR AF PR AG 6251 7660 5713 1905 42 851 3 28 4 80 AR 1277 656 607 49 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 BE 17096 11240 10726 491 23 1712 7 94 81 109 BL 12724 9197 5187 3943 67 2873 23 97 96 85 BS 4093 1721 862 787 72 579 0 9 4 84 FR 2037 618 549 68 1 200 0 4 1 8 1 1 1 GL 1940 2754 1742 976 36 516 5 13 0 0 1 0 4 GR* 13101 8353 3529 4676 148 2944 8 15 11 76 JU 2420 1054 865 189 0 77 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 6 5 LU 11281 6236 3738 2405 93 1731 33 38 101 305 NW 7984 9058 2569 6376 113 1398 0 2 99 252 OW 1099 1559 1339 214 6 153 0 1 9 2 0 0 6 1 SG 8729 9406 6953 2189 264 1782 1 15 34 82 SH 4804 1215 375 811 29 499 4 0 4 90 SO 12945 7730 4454 3224 52 3706 25 34 1 1 3 0 1 SZ 923 650 557 91 2 219 0 6 3 20 TG 12645 13184 7563 5302 319 3324 8 57 143 255 UR 16524 29319 7244 21086 989 5775 13 26 180 1560 VD 12016 14132 10978 3108 46 1114 3 12 3 13 VS 5260 3093 2299 769 25 847 2 24 8 33 ZG 3561 3732 3099 599 34 349 4 7 7 3 2 0 5 1 Total 158712 142567 80948 59258 2361 30710 139 482 789 3060

* incl. HGV inspection centre in Unterrealta (on the A13)

Figures for the cantons of Ticino and Zurich have not been included in the above table due to the use of different recording methods.

C a n to n To ta l h rs In sp e ct e d ve h ic le s S w it ze rl a n d E U _Othe r co u n tr ie s To ta l v io la ti o n s A D R /S D R V TS

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AF PR AF PR PR PR PR AF PR AF PR AF PR 0 3 19 193 1 7 4 13 354 0 9 76 57 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 38 5 0 11 1 47 20 106 383 108 59 4 45 165 0 0 420 64 41 11 149 417 7 11 0 187 161 6 45 1082 455 1 3 16 30 1 3 0 9 111 0 1 47 260 1 1 10 53 3 0 0 0 50 3 20 12 34 1 0 49 44 0 1 1 65 157 2 0 148 30 5 4 107 312 4 3 0 225 720 6 316 1129 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 6 53 0 1 7 2 35 4 23 56 2 0 1 38 145 23 76 673 178 28 3 189 196 1 7 0 56 113 1 0 369 82 0 0 6 10 2 2 1 8 43 0 3 48 18 1 1 56 131 82 222 6 5 139 47 235 542 183 3 20 3 59 0 18 0 19 150 0 9 69 51 3 0 147 527 2 3 1 1143 248 0 0 610 961 6 2 3 12 1 0 0 25 75 0 1 43 22 5 1 173 395 1 8 0 71 650 5 44 969 539 23 19 839 1041 1 13 1 75 529 0 23 447 985 3 11 30 216 3 0 0 43 455 0 2 190 130 1 2 13 158 0 7 0 131 315 0 5 52 96 2 0 5 12 2 3 1 16 128 11 108 40 207 105 1943 4251 222 369 20 2182 4799 109 898 6984 4151 V io la ti o n o f n ig h t-ti m e / S u n d a y cu rf e w W e ig h t H G V fe e Fi a Z FU D /F U M A R V D ri vi n g li ce n ce / ve h ic le re g is tr a ti o n vi o la ti o n O th e r vi o la ti o n s

Explanation of violation categories:

ADR/SDR: Infringement of provisions governing the carriage of dangerous goods by road

VTS: Infringement of the provisions of the Ordinance on the Technical Requirements for Road Vehicles

Weight: Exceeding the maximum permissible overall weight and/or maximum permissible axle weight

HGV fee: Infringement of the provisions of the distance-related heavy goods vehicle fee (administrative fine not applicable)

FiaZ: Driving under the influence of alcohol

(administrative fine not applicable)

FuD/FuM: Driving under the influence of drugs or medicaments (administrative fine not applicable)

ARV: Ordinance on working hours and rest periods for professional drivers

AF: Administrative fine

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Genève Lausanne Fribourg Bern Aarau Chur Bellinzona Zürich Appenzell Schwyz Altdorf Frauenfeld Zug Solothurn Delémont Sion Neuchâtel Schaffhausen Herisau Sarnen Glarus St. Gallen Luzern Stans Liestal Basel

Automatic traffic counts

Monitoring traffic and its development on Switzerland’s roads is a prerequisite for defining a forward-looking transport policy. The statistics obtained from measuring stations, together with the management of a consistent and recognised database, form the basis for road, transport and environment planning for the federal government, the cantons, and regional and municipal authorities. The ordinance attached to the Swiss Federal Statistics Act dated 30 June 1993 forms the necessary legal basis.

No. of motor vehicles

Figures shown on map are in hundreds Example: 12 = 1,200

TRAFFIC VOLUMES

ON SWISS MOTORWAYS

2005/2006

2006 automatic road traffic census

Average daily traffic volume in 2006 and trend in the number of motor vehicles in 2005/2006.

Total traffic volume in both directions during a 24-hour period. The calculation of the average daily traffic volume is based on the mean 24-hour figure for every day of the year.

Measuring stations in 2006 in operation

in the planning or construction stage average daily increase in traffic volume in % average daily decrease in traffic volume in % average daily traffic volume, no figures for prior year

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1 9 8 1 1 9 8 2 1 9 8 3 1 9 8 4 1 9 8 5 1 9 8 6 1 9 8 7 1 9 8 8 1 9 8 9 1 9 9 0 1 9 9 1 1 9 9 2 1 9 9 3 1 9 9 4 1 9 9 5 1 9 9 6 1 9 9 7 1 9 9 8 1 9 9 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 6 * * 1 9 8 1 1 9 8 2 1 9 8 3 1 9 8 4 1 9 8 5 1 9 8 6 1 9 8 7 1 9 8 8 1 9 8 9 1 9 9 0 1 9 9 1 1 9 9 2 1 9 9 3 1 9 9 4 1 9 9 5 1 9 9 6 1 9 9 7 1 9 9 8 1 9 9 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 6 * *

TRAFFIC VOLUME ON

THE NORTH-SOUTH

TRANSIT AXES

Statistics for 2006

In 2006, the number of heavy goods

vehicles passing through the Alps

fell again by 23,850 to 1,180,390,

which represents a decrease of 2

per-cent. Transit traffic was affected by

the rock fall that occurred on 31 May

2006 on the A2 near Gurtnellen, as a

Average daily volume of transalpine traffic from 1981 to 2006 (all road traffic)

Transalpine goods traffic, 1981 to 2006: number of heavy goods vehicles per annum, shown by transalpine route Veh./day 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 Veh./year 1,400,000 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000 0

result of which the Gotthard route had to be closed until 29 June and traffic had to be

diverted to the other transalpine routes. The largest proportion of diverted traffic was

absorbed by the San Bernardino route.

In 2006, the overall volume of traffic on the north-south transit axis rose slightly versus

2005: the mean daily traffic volume for the full year surpassed the threshold of 25,000

vehicles again for the first time since 2001.

A2 – Gotthard road tunnel A13 – San Bernadino tunnel A9 – Simplon Pass Gd. St. Bernard * data not complete