C7 (NRP 41) - Strategies for sustainable transport
Overview
Background & policy context:
The NRP 41 was launched by the Federal Council at the end of 1995 to improve the scientific basis which could help to solve Switzerland's traffic problems, 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:
- Mobility: Socio-institutional Aspects
- Mobility: Socio-economical Aspects
- Environment: Tools and Models for Impact Assessments
- Political and Economic Strategies and Prerequisites
- Traffic Management: Potentials and Impacts
- Technologies: Potentials and Impacts
- Materials
- Synthesis Projects
Objectives:
The goal of this project is to present a coherent 'strategy for sustainable transport' with a view to showing how sustainable transport could be achieved in Switzerland by 2030/40.
The following questions are addressed:
- How great is the need for action?
- What shape could a concrete strategy for sustainable transport take?
- What are the conceivable scenarios for a sustainable transport system?
- For which scenarios can the greatest degree of acceptance be expected?
- Which instruments and measures should be applied to achieve sustainable transport by 2030/40?
- What social/political obstacles can be expected during implementation?
- How does the proposed strategy relate to the present Swiss transport policy ?
- How does the proposed strategy fit with developments at the international level?
Methodology:
This project has consequently prepared a strategy with short-term and long-term measures based, among other things, on scenarios developed by experts, and on visions discussed during a EAS Workshop, which included representatives from various interest groups.
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