D5 (NRP 41) - Strategies in Leisure Traffic
Overview
Background & policy context:
The NRP 41 was launched by the Federal Council at the end of 1995 to improve the scientific basis on which Switzerland's traffic problems might be solved, taking into account the growing interconnection with Europe, ecological limits, and economic and social needs. The NRP 41 aimed to become a think-tank for sustainable transport policy. Each one of the 54 projects belongs to one of the following six modules:
- A Mobility: Socio-institutional Aspects
- B Mobility: Socio-economical Aspects
- C Environment: Tools and Models for Impact Assessments
- D Political and Economic Strategies and Prerequisites
- E Traffic Management: Potentials and Impacts
- F Technologies: Potentials and Impacts
- M Materials
- S Synthesis Projects
Objectives:
- Definition of recreational traffic and sustainable recreational traffic. Subdivision of the recreational traffic into categories (Special Events, Ski and Snowboarding Excursions, Overnight Breaks).
- Examination of factors, attitudes and decision-making mechanisms, which determine recreational traffic.
- Strategies and measures for sustainable forms of recreational traffic.
Methodology:
Detailed empirical surveys were carried out on the recreational activities 'Special Events', 'Ski and Snowboarding Day Trips' and 'Overnight Breaks' to examine the predetermining factors of recreational traffic, the attitudes and the decision-making mechanisms (reasons) for the choice of the means of transport. In addition 30 interviews were made with sectoral experts (transport-engineers, spatial planning, the tourist industry and environment engineers) to evaluate the effectiveness and the acceptance of measures for sustainability in the recreational traffic, to elaborate strategies.
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