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 Useful web sites 48 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 2 Confederaziun svizra

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THE DUTIES OF THE The Swiss Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) is the Swiss authority that SWISS FEDERAL ROADS is responsible for the country’s road infrastructure and private road OFFICE transport. It belongs to the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communica - 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.

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CLASSIFICATION in accordance with the Motorways Act dated 8 May 1960 OF MOTORWAYS

Motorways

For motor vehicles only For all vehicles

Category 1 Category 2 Category 3

Separation of traffic directions Access only at certain points Access as restricted as possible

Access only at certain points Normally no intersections or Intersections or crossroads crossroads at same level normally at same level No intersections or crossroads at same level Emergency lanes desirable No emergency lanes

Normally with emergency lanes Preferably no passage through built-up areas

Expressways and lower-grade Motorways with 4 or more lanes Highways with 2 or more lanes motorways 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 4 Confederaziun svizra

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Redistribution of financial responsibility: The redistribution of financial responsi - bility and the accompanying division of A REFORM PROJECT duties between the federal government and the cantons is one of the largest WITH SIGNIFICANT and most important reform projects to CONSEQUENCES 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 traffic management on the motorway network is to be trans - discrepancies at the cantonal level and to increase efficiency. ferred from the cantons to the federal government. The central To accomplish this, the project focuses on two main activities: component for mastering this task is the construction and the reorganisation of the division of duties and the restructur - operation of a national traffic management centre in Emmen ing of financial responsibilities. Numerous state duties are (canton of Lucerne). Road traffic management is becoming currently shared by the federal government and the cantons, increasingly important. It encompasses the provision of traffic and it is often the case that the party that pays the bill is not information (bulletins), the management of traffic flow at the the same as the one that makes the decisions. On top of this, national and local levels, as well as traffic control (e.g. at junc - the existing system sometimes supports the most costly solu - tions and intersections, and in tunnels). tions instead of those that give rise to lower expenditure – To secure project-based maintenance, the Swiss Federal even though the associated activities may still be relatively Roads Office has created five regional offices within its Road extensive. The reform project sets out to redistribute and sep - Infrastructure division. The sub-division of the motorway net - arate the various state duties, and to regulate the associated work into five regional segments was based on economic and responsibilities more appropriately and more clearly. geographical considerations. These segments had to be selected in such a manner as to ensure as constant an invest - Road transport: shift from joint to sole responsibility ment volume as possible. Each segment also had to be of a cer - The area of road transport serves as a cornerstone of this tain size in order to make it possible to operate a maintenance reform project. In future, responsibility for motorways will no centre there with between 25 and 30 employees in an economi - longer be shared, but instead is to be transferred entirely to cally viable manner. Each regional office had to be located in the federal government. The new distribution of roles is as fol - the vicinity of its area of responsibility and also be easy to lows: the federal government is owner of the motorways, and reach by public transport, and this meant that they were estab - is now also their developer, which means it is responsible for lished at regional locations outside the major urban centres. In all strategic and operational development activities, and thus terms of organisation it was also important to ensure that the has to bear all associated costs. Until now, the federal govern - perimeters of the regional offices were identical to the bound - ment was responsible for an average of around 87 percent of aries of the areas of the non-project-based structural and oper - the construction and maintenance costs, and approximately ational maintenance activities for which the respective offices 67 percent of the operational maintenance costs. are responsible. The cantonal governments are still involved, since the com - pletion of the planned motorway network is to remain a Duties of the regional offices of the Road Infrastructure shared responsibility. As before, the cantonal authorities are division responsible for duties such as damage prevention and polic - The five regional offices are responsible for the majority of ing/emergency services. For the purposes of securing opera - tasks (construction, expansion, elimination of bottlenecks, tional and non-project-based structural maintenance, the maintenance, etc.) associated with the development of motor - cantons have joined forces by forming eleven regional units ways. These include the supervision of projects implemented by that are entrusted with the task of securing the country’s external providers, the definition of services, planning of con - motorways on the basis of service level agreements. tracts, implementation of procurement procedures, awarding of contracts, monitoring of construction work, acceptance of Swiss Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) – decentralisation of completed structures, and monitoring of the performance of certain functions guarantees. They also record the status of structures and moni - The transfer of ownership of the motorways to the federal tor the services of the cantonal units. government calls for the decentralisation of some of the major functions of the Swiss Federal Roads Office. Responsibility for A reform project with significant consequences 2006/2007 5

The regional offices of the Road Infrastructure • The length of motorway for which it is responsible is 298 division kilometres. • The Bellinzona office monitors cantonal units IV (Ticino) Estavayer-le-Lac and V (Grisons). • The Estavayer-le-Lac office is responsible for the cantons of Fribourg, Geneva, Jura, Neuchâtel, Vaud and the western Winterthur region of the canton of Bern. • The Winterthur regional office is responsible for the follow - • Its boundaries are formed by the Kerzers/A1, Lengnau/A5 ing cantons: Zurich, Schaffhausen, St Gall, Thurgau, Appen - and Flamatt/A12 connections to the east, and the Bex zell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Glarus. Nord/A9 connection to the south. • Its boundaries are formed by the Dietikon/A1 and Blegi/A4 • The length of motorway for which it is responsible is 446 connections to the west and the Heidiland/A13 motorway kilometres. service centre to the south. • The Estavayer-le-Lac office monitors cantonal units II • The length of motorway for which it is responsible is 423 (Geneva, Fribourg, Vaud) and IX (Neuchâtel, Jura, Bern). kilometres. • The Winterthur regional office monitors cantonal units VI Thun (Thurgau, St Gall, Glarus, Appenzell Innerrhoden and • The Thun regional office is responsible for the project-based Appenzell Ausserrhoden) and VII (Zurich, Schaffhausen). 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 Definitions (on the A1) to the east, the Kerzers/A1 and Flamatt/A12 connections to the west, and the Bex Nord/A9 connection New stretch: to the south. New section of motorway constructed in accordance with • The length of motorway for which it is responsible is 317 the parliamentary resolution concerning the motorway net - kilometres. work. This includes the actual completion of the network (e.g. • The Thun office monitors cantonal units I (Bern) and III A9 in Valais, A16 Jura transversal, A4 canton of Zurich) and (Valais). any sections subsequently added to the network by Parliament.

Zofingen Expansion: • The Zofingen regional office is responsible for the following Modification of existing facilities (e.g. noise prevention cantons: Aargau, Basel-Stadt, Baselland, Solothurn, Lucerne, barriers and environmental protection structures, wildlife Zug, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Uri and Schwyz, plus a short corridors, additional lanes, tunnel safety measures, adaptation stretch in the canton of Ticino (from the Gotthard tunnel to to new technical specifications and safety standards, modifica - the Airolo connection). tion of motorway connections). • Its boundaries are formed by the Dietikon/A1 and Project-based structural maintenance: Blegi/Küssnacht/A4 connections to the east, the Comprehensive structural maintenance operations that works/maintenance exit at Recherswil (on the A1), the Leng - require project management. High planning requirement and nau/A5 and Brünig/Passhöhe (A8) connections to the west, intensity, financial outlay and human resources, e.g. A1 and the Airolo/A2 connection to the south. Kriegstetten –Oensingen 2006, A2 Erstfeld –Amsteg • The length of motorway for which it is responsible is 435 2005 –2007, A12 Vevey –Semsales 2006-2007. kilometres. • The Zofingen office monitors cantonal units VIII (Aargau, Non-project-based structural maintenance: Basel-Stadt, Baselland, Solothurn), X (Lucerne, Zug, Small-scale projects that do not require a comprehensive Obwalden, Nidwalden) and XI (Uri, Schwyz, Ticino). management structure. Normally concerns maintenance • Major projects that are planned for the future include the tasks/repairs in response to urgent need for action following widening of the Härkingen-Wiggertal/A1 and A2 section to damage caused by accidents, storms, etc. Relatively modest six lanes, the complete renovation of the Belchen tunnel financial outlay. Players need to be located in the vicinity of (A2) and the development of the general project for the the damage. Work is carried out under the leadership of the widening of the A1 between Luterbach and Härkingen to respective cantonal unit(s). six lanes. Operational maintenance: Bellinzona Securing the operation of the motorway network. Normally • The Bellinzona regional office is responsible for the cantons carried out by personnel from the respective cantonal civil of Ticino and Grisons. engineering office(s). Activities include maintenance of centre • Its boundaries are formed by the Airolo/A2 connection to strips and embankments, cleaning, snow and ice clearance, the south and the Heidiland/A13 motorway service centre etc. With the reform project, operational maintenance is car - to the north. ried out by the personnel of the 11 cantonal units. 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 6 Confederaziun svizra

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FEDRO REGIONAL OFFICES: LOCATIONS AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Thun office Zofingen office Winterthur office Bern and Valais Central and north-west North-east Switzerland Length of motorway: 317.3 km Switzerland Length of motorway: 423 km Length of motorway: 435.6 km

Schaffhausen Kreuzlingen

Basel Frauenfeld

Boncourt Kloten Winterthur St. Gallen St. Margrethen Liestal Baden Sissach Aarau Olten Herisau Delémont Zürich Appenzell Solothurn

Sursee Zug Estavayer-le-Lac office La Chaux-de-Fonds

Western Switzerland Luzern Glarus Neuchâtel Sargans Schwyz Length of motorway: 446.7 km Bern Langnau Stans Sarnen Altdorf Chur

Yverdon Fribourg Engelberg Thun

Interlaken Vallorbe Thusis Bulle

Lausanne Airolo Kandersteg Vevey Nyon Goppenstein

Sierre Genève Brig Sion Bellinzona Locarno Bellinzona office Martigny South-east Switzerland Lugano Length of motorway: 298.8 km

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VIA SICURA – In 2005, 409 people were killed on Switzerland’s roads, or 20 percent ENHANCING less than in the previous year. And initial forecasts for 2006 indicate ROAD SAFETY that the number of fatalities will be IN SWITZERLAND down again, by around 9 percent. However, the number of serious 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.

The number of serious accidents did not fall in 2006

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STRONG MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF ROAD SAFETY

Development of speed limits on Switzerland’s roads Driving instruction 1991: Compulsory instruction in traffic regulations, more Built-up areas: comprehensive theory test 1959: 60 km/h (definitive) 2005: Two-stage instruction and introduction of provi - 1980: 50 km/h (trial) sional licence for holders of a new driving licence 1984: 50 km/h (definitive) 2002: Residential/pedestrian zones, 20 km/h (new) and Capacity to drive simplification of 30 km/h zones 2005: Reduction of maximum permitted blood alcohol level to 0.05 percent Non-built-up areas: 2005: Zero tolerance for driving under the influence of Prior to 1973: no restriction drugs 1973: 100 km/h (provisional) 2005: More stringent administrative measures and 1977: 100 km/h (definitive) cascade system for repeat offenders 1985: 80 km/h (trial) 1989: 80 km/h (definitive), national referendum on Vehicle safety 26 November 1989 1971/72: Dual circuit brakes for all motor vehicles 1978: Safety glass for light motor vehicles Motorways: 1994: Side impact protection for new heavy Prior to 1973: no restriction goods vehicles 1973: 100 km/h (provisional), due to oil crisis 1995: ABS (anti-blocking system) for new heavy motor 1974: 130 km/h (provisional) vehicles 1977: 130 km/h (definitive) 1995: More stringent requirements on dangerous parts 1985: 120 km/h (trial) such as bumper guards, spoilers, etc. 1989: 120 km/h (definitive), national referendum on 1995: Rear chassis protection for heavy motor vehicles 26 November 1989 and their trailers 1996: Speed limiters for new heavy motor vehicles Compulsory use of seatbelts 1998: Retrofitting of heavy motor vehicles with speed 1981: Compulsory in front seats of cars limiters 1994: Compulsory in rear seats of cars 2003: Requirement of additional rear-view mirrors for 2006: Compulsory for all vehicles equipped with seatbelts HGVs to reduce blind spots 2003: Requirement of fire extinguishers for HGVs Compulsory use of helmet 2003: Front chassis protection for HGVs 1981: Motorcycles 2005: Safety glass (windscreen) for light motor vehicles 1990: Motor scooters (protection of pedestrians) 2006: Trikes and quads

No. of accidents in 2005 resulting in injuries and/or fatalities

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 Source: Swiss Federal On motorways 1,900 22 1,878 285 1,593 Statistical Office Schweizerische Eidgenossensc2haft006/2007 2006/200Sch7 weizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra Confederaziun svizra 9

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As of the end of 2006 a total of 1,758.2 kilometres of motor - STATUS OF way were in operation: • 7-lane stretches 1.2 km CONSTRUCTION • 6-lane stretches 80.7 km • 4-lane stretches 1,279.0 km WORK AS OF THE END • 3-lane stretches 1.9 km • 2-lane stretches 283.9 km OF 2006 • Mixed stretches 111.5 km (Gotthard pass, Brünig, Simplon, Prättigauerstrasse, Biel-Twann, Tavannes-Delémont)

This corresponds to 92.9 percent of the planned network.

Schaffhausen Kreuzlingen

Basel Frauenfeld

Boncourt Kloten Winterthur St. Gallen St. Margrethen Liestal Baden Sissach Aarau Olten Herisau Delémont Zürich Appenzell Solothurn

Sursee Zug La Chaux-de-Fonds

Luzern Glarus Neuchâtel Sargans Schwyz Bern Langnau Stans Sarnen Altdorf Chur

Yverdon Fribourg Engelberg Thun

Interlaken Vallorbe Thusis Bulle

Lausanne Airolo Kandersteg Vevey Nyon Goppenstein

Sierre Genève Brig Sion Bellinzona Locarno

Martigny

Lugano

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completed The federal government has spent a total (gross) of 50.6 billion Swiss francs on project planning, construction under construction management, administration, land acquisition and construc -

in the planning stage tion work in the 47 years since construction work commenced on the Swiss motorway network. The contribution from the cantons during the same period amounted to 8.4 billion Swiss francs (gross). 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 10 Confederaziun svizra

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ROAD WORKS ON THE Road works are primarily required in order to preserve the substance of MOTORWAY NETWORK 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)

Major maintenance sites demands for operators and contractors. Ensuring the smooth flow of deliveries and removals is extremely demanding, since Traffic flow and road safety these can quickly be brought to a standstill: for example, any Major maintenance operations are always carried out without incidents (accidents, breakdowns, etc.) that occur within the closing the stretch of road concerned. This means that it is stretch concerned may result in the blockage of all delivery essential to ensure traffic and workplace safety during all and removal operations. stages of each maintenance operation, at all times of year, round the clock and in all weather conditions. Lane width, noise prevention, protection of the environ - In addition, traffic volumes are constantly increasing and ment available space is thus growing increasingly scarce. On the A1 The standard cross-sections of many existing motorways, between Bern and St Gall, each section has a daily traffic vol - and especially the widths of traffic and emergency lanes, were ume of at least 70,000 vehicles for 4 lanes, while some sec - based on criteria that applied many years or even decades ago. tions (e.g. Gubrist) have to accommodate peak loads of up to Numerous stretches were constructed in the 1960s and 1970s, 100,000 vehicles. This means that traffic flows already fre - and are thus too narrow by present-day standards, and this quently reach or come close to critical levels under normal con - gives rise to problems for road users as well as maintenance ditions, and whenever road conditions change due to mainte - contractors. If major alterations are carried out on a section nance sites (e.g. fewer and/or narrower lanes) and/or reduced of motorway that was originally constructed thirty years ago speed limits, this inevitably leads to congestion or traffic jams. and is to be adapted to present-day standards, the space that is available is limited both for the necessary installations and Extensive roadwork sites maintenance operations, as well as for road users, and is fre - Due to the nature of motorways, maintenance and roadwork quently perceived by motorists as too narrow. sites are always extensive, and this results in major logistical 2006/2007 11

A1: Geneva Airport stretch • Total costs: 85.6 million Swiss francs. • Length of stretch concerned: 7.8 kilometres. • Duration of maintenance work: January 2006 to November • Comments: The section of the A12 motorway between Fla - 2007. matt and Bümpliz was opened to traffic in 1976/77. The • Tasks: renewal of entire infrastructure, including modifica - planned overhaul is required in order to ensure that the tion to meet new standards (drainage and sewage, road sur - motorway can continue to be operated safely and effi - face, entrance and exit roads, road bridges, pedestrian ciently. Modifications to the drainage system are required in bridges, lighting, safety installations), modernisation of order to ensure that it meets the applicable legal provisions electro-mechanical systems. The “Airport” stretch is to be relating to the protection of bodies of water. The level of equipped with the same traffic control system that is in use motorway noise is higher in the basin of the Wangen Valley, on the remainder of the Geneva bypass. much of which is densely populated, and in view of this it is • Total costs: approx. 28 million Swiss francs. necessary to implement noise protection measures. In addi - • Length of stretch concerned: 3.3 kilometres. tion to the renovation of all existing noise prevention barri - • Comments: The Geneva Airport stretch was opened in 1986. ers and the construction of new ones in Niederwangen, a 2 lanes in each direction will be open to traffic throughout low-noise surface will also be constructed. 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

Left: Upgrading of the A1 motorway (Geneva Airport)

Right: Renovation of the A12 (Vevey-Semsales stretch)

A12 motorway: Flamatt-Bümpliz section A12: stretch between Vevey and Semsales

• Duration: April 2007 to October 2008 • Duration of maintenance work: March 2006 to September • Tasks: Renewal of road surface; integration of new low- 2007. noise surface; renovation of engineering structures; exten - • Tasks: renewal of surface, addition of a service lane (access sion of both access roads at Niederwangen (in both direc - for maintenance vehicles), modification / replacement of tions, i.e. towards Bern and Fribourg); improvement in traf - existing drainage systems to meet present-day require - fic flow towards city network from Bern-Bümpliz (traffic ments, modification of fencing to protect wild animals, lights); addition of missing emergency lanes at the Bern- removal of vegetation from dividing strip, which is to be Bümpliz connection (to and from Fribourg); improvement of covered with asphalt. certain stretches of the emergency lane; complete replace - • Total costs: 135 million Swiss francs. ment of traffic control systems; installation of mobile barri - • Length of stretch concerned: approx. 12 kilometres. ers in the centre strip; improved signalling (dynamic sys - • Comments: 2 lanes in each direction will be open to traffic tem) during periods of congestion at Bümpliz connection throughout the entire duration of the maintenance opera - and at the Weyermannshaus junction; replacement of exist - tions. Exception: temporary closure of access roads at Vevey ing road signs; adaptation of the drainage systems to the junction for renewal of road surface (2 to 3 nights in each new legal requirements; renewal of electro-mechanical case). During construction work, vehicles with a width of installations; renewal of existing noise prevention barriers, more than 2 metres will not be permitted to use the left- construction of new barriers in Niederwangen. hand lane. • Additional information: www.sr-vd.ch or www.sar-fr.ch 2006/2007 Road works on the motorway network 2007 12

A16 motorway: section between La Heutte and A2: stretch from Basel to Augst Biel Nord • Duration of maintenance work: February 2006 to June 2008 (category 3 motorway, mixed traffic) (main tasks to be completed before the start of UEFA Euro • Duration: immediate measures from 2007, main tasks from 2008). 2009 • Tasks: renewal of entire surface, repair of engineering struc - • Tasks: The lighting in the tunnels is to be renewed in 2007 tures (especially waterproofing of bridges) and drainage as an immediate measure. Guidance devices are to be systems, replacement of crash barriers, renewal of markings installed along the sides of the ramps leading to Bözinger - and road signs, replacement / addition of noise prevention feld in order to increase the level of safety. The first step barriers, upgrade of electro-mechanical systems, including will be to remove all forms of human-powered mobility from installation of a traffic control system, modification of the A16 by 2009. At the same time the uphill lanes will be Schweizerhalle gallery (especially ventilation system) to renovated so that they can be used for traffic in both direc - meet the latest tunnel safety requirements. tions during the renewal of the downhill lanes. This will be • Total costs: approx. 185 million Swiss francs. followed by the construction of a tunnel for traffic travelling • Length of stretch concerned: approx. 12 kilometres. uphill. • Comments: 3 lanes in each direction will be open to traffic • Total costs: 60 million Swiss francs. throughout the entire duration of the maintenance opera - • Length of stretch concerned: approximately 9 kilometres. tions (exceptions may arise during off-peak periods). For • Comments: The A16 (La Heutte – Biel Nord) is a category 3 this purpose, auxiliary bridges have been erected at the motorway that passes through the Taubenloch gorge. It Hagnau-Gellertdreieck and Augst junctions (each with one comprises 4 lanes (2 in each direction) and is currently additional lane). The stretch concerned, which was opened open to all forms of transport, including bicycles, agricul - to traffic 35 years ago, has an average daily traffic volume tural vehicles, etc. Since the frequency of accidents is rela - of 118,000 vehicles (rising to 145,000 during peak peri - tively high, the aim is to completely separate motorised ods). traffic from non-motorised forms of transport and slow vehi - • Additional information: www.baselaugst.ch 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) Road works on the motorway network 2007 2006/2007 13

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 Cressier: Construction • Duration of maintenance work: March 2006 to February of surface 2008. in centre strip • 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

Left: La Neuveville: cleansing of traffic lane

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1.321 BILLION SWISS FRANCS Approximately seven kilometres of motor - FOR MOTORWAY way will be handed CONSTRUCTION IN 2007 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.

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).

Above: Entrance to Uetlibergtunnel near Wettswil a.A.

Below: Preparation of Uetlibergtunnel for concreting

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E 21: (Dijon) –Geneva EUROPEAN E 23: (Besançon) –Vallorbe –Lausanne E 25: (Mulhouse) –Basel –Härkingen junction –Bern– TRUNK ROADS Lausanne –Geneva –(Mont Blanc) E 27: (Belfort) –Porrentruy –Bern –Martigny –Grand PASSING THROUGH St Bernard –(Aosta Valley) E 35: (Offenburg) –Basel –Härkingen junction – SWITZERLAND Lucerne –Altdorf –St Gotthard – Bellinzona –Lugano –Chiasso –(Como)

Dortmund Amsterdam Stuttgart Würzburg Hoek van Holland Karlsruhe Paris

Mulhouse Schaffhausen München Belfort Kreuzlingen Lindau Basel Kreuzlingen Frauenfeld Bregenz Boncourt Baden Kloten Winterthur St. Gallen St. Margrethen Sissach Liestal Aarau Brest Herisau Delémont Olten Zürich Appenzell Solothurn Feldkirch Constanta Sursee Zug La Chaux-de-Fonds

Luzern Glarus Neuchâtel Sargans Schwyz Bern Langnau Metz Stans Besançon Sarnen Altdorf Chur

Yverdon Fribourg Engelberg Thun

Interlaken Vallorbe Thusis Bulle

Lausanne Airolo Metz Kandersteg Vevey Dijon Nyon Goppenstein

Sierre

Genève Brig Sion Bellinzona Locarno

Martigny

Lugano Nantes Mâcon

Chambéry Gd-St-Bernard Marseille Chiasso Mt-Blanc Aosta Milano Como Tortona Roma Genova

The term “European trunk roads” refers to major international routes. E 41: (Stuttgart) –Schaffhausen –Zurich –Altdorf These form a Europe-wide network with a total length of around E 43: (Bregenz) –St Margrethen –Buchs –Chur –San 50,000 kilometres and are indicated on road signs in the form of a Bernardino –Bellinzona white E plus road number on a green background. E 54: (Waldshut) –Schaffhausen –(Singen) Switzerland signed the European Agreement on Main International E 60: (Mulhouse) –Basel –Zurich –Winterthur – Traffic Arteries in 1976, which was ratified by Parliament in 1988. St Gallen –St Margrethen –(Feldkirch) E 62: (Macon) –Geneva –Lausanne –Martigny – Simplon –(Milan) E 712: Geneva –(Chambéry) 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 16 Confederaziun svizra

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

• A2, Basel northern bypass / French border / Wiese SECTIONS SCHEDULED (4-lane motorway, 2.8 kilometres) • “Transjurane” A16, Jura cantonal border / Moutier TO BE OPENED East, canton of Bern (2-lane expressway, 4.1 kilometres) TO TRAFFIC IN 2007 • “Transjurane” A16, Delémont East – Bern cantonal border (Choindez access road, 2-lane expressway, 0.2 kilometres) • “Transjurane” A16, Boncourt customs post (canton of Jura)

Schaffhausen Kreuzlingen

Basel Frauenfeld 2007 Boncourt Kloten Winterthur St. Gallen St. Margrethen Liestal Baden 2007 / 2013 / 2015 Sissach Aarau Olten 2024 / 2011 Herisau Delémont Zürich 2009 Appenzell 2007–2015 2009 Solothurn 2010 Sursee Zug La Chaux-de-Fonds 2016 / 2019 Schwyz Neuchâtel Luzern Glarus 2016 / 2022 Sargans 2010 / 2016 2012 Bern Langnau 2008 Stans 2015 Sarnen Altdorf 2010 / 2015 Chur 2016 / 2013 / 2018 Yverdon Fribourg Engelberg Thun

Interlaken Vallorbe Thusis Bulle

Lausanne Airolo Kandersteg Vevey Nyon Goppenstein

Sierre Genève Brig Sion 2014 Bellinzona Locarno

Martigny

Lugano

Chiasso Year of opening

completion

in use

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. Swiss motorway network. Sections scheduled to be opened to traffic 2006/2007 17

Reppischtal bridge near Urdorf

Sections scheduled to be Motorway Canton Stretch Motorway Expressway opened to traffic, 6-lane 4-lane 2-lane 2007 to 2010 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-Achereg gKirchenwal d tunnel (nort h tube) 0.8 km A8 OW Lopper tunnel (connection tunnel – segment in the canton of Obwalden) 1.1 km A8 NW Obwalden cantonal borde r–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 A4 ZH Knonau –border of canton of Zug 2.8 km 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 18 Confederaziun svizra

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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 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft 2006/2007 Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra 19

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The Swiss Federal Roads Office is responsible for SWISS MOTORWAY AND approximately 1,900 kilometres of motorway, more than 3,000 bridges, more than 200 tunnels and a large num - MAIN ROADS NETWORK ber of galleries and protective structures. In accordance with the strategy of the Federal Department of the Envi - Plan of completed network 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

Schaffhausen Kreuzlingen

Basel Frauenfeld

Boncourt Kloten Winterthur St. Gallen St. Margrethen Liestal Baden Sissach Aarau Olten Herisau Delémont Zürich Appenzell Solothurn

Sursee Zug La Chaux-de-Fonds

Luzern Glarus Neuchâtel Sargans Schwyz Bern Langnau Stans Sarnen Altdorf Chur

Yverdon Fribourg Engelberg Thun

Interlaken Vallorbe Thusis Bulle

Lausanne Airolo Kandersteg Vevey Nyon Goppenstein

Sierre Genève Brig Sion Bellinzona Locarno

Martigny

Lugano

Chiasso

Motorways (SR 725.113.11) Main roads (SR 725.116.23) 2005 Motorways in use 20

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 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft 2006/2007 Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra 21

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Mixed Access Total km Motorways in use traffic roads

(excluding access roads) (including access roads)

planned in use planned in use planned in use planned in use TOTAL LENGTH

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 159.1 124.7 159.1 124.7 BY ROAD 19.4 19.4 2.6 0.8 231.9 196.7 234.5 197.5 CATEGORY

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 58.5 58.5 58.5 58.5

10.0 16.1 0.0 0.0 69.3 69.5 69.3 69.5

0.0 4.3 2.1 2.1 52.7 49.7 54.8 51.8

1.0 13.3 0.0 0.0 33.9 32.9 33.9 32.9

2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.8 23.8 25.8 23.8

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.6 16.6 16.6 16.6

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.7 17.7 17.7 17.7

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 84.2 84.2 84.2 84.2

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 43.8 43.8 43.8 43.8

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.5 8.4 11.5 8.4

0.0 0.0 1.2 1.2 30.2 30.2 31.4 31.4

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.1 17.2 19.1 17.2

0.0 0.0 8.2 8.2 139.8 139.8 148.0 148.0

0.0 27.9 0.0 0.0 162.3 162.3 162.3 162.3

0.0 0.0 1.1 1.1 99.3 99.3 100.4 100.4

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 47.3 42.8 47.3 42.8

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 136.8 136.8 136.8 136.8

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 206.0 205.3 206.0 205.3

28.6 28.6 0.0 0.0 133.8 104.3 133.8 104.3

1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 37.8 37.8 37.8 37.8

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.2 27.2 27.2 27.2

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 47.9 28.7 47.9 28.7

62.9 111.5 15.2 13.4 1,892.5 1,758.2 1,907.7 1,771.6 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 22 Confederaziun svizra

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For a complete list, please refer LIST OF MOTORWAY TUNNELS to the FEDRO web site Status: beginning of November 2005 under “Motorways”.

Status On main network Not on main network* Total * (e.g. tunnels on access roads and )

) intersections) m m ( ( s s s l l e e e e . s s b b s n n e e o ) t u u n n b b n c t t s s m u u u u s s l l l l e l l l l t t t t ( t t e e e e j 2 1 a a a a c c l l l l b b b b l b r r r r e e h h a a a a a ) ) ) ) ) ) u u u u o j j e e e e t t t t t t t t t t t i i v v v v b b f m m m m m m o o o o o o w O t O w T T ( O o 1 ( 2 ( T ( O o 1 ( 2 ( T

Planning 4,700 0 4,700 200004,700 0 4,700 2

General project 14,352 0 14,352 6 0 0 0 0 14,352 0 14,352 6

Technical project 7,346 1,730 9,076 9 0 0 0 0 7,346 1,730 9,076 9

Detailed project 9,571 16,647 26,218 16 0 0 0 0 9,571 16,647 26,218 16

Under construction 10,315 21,981 32,296 21 0 0 0 0 10,315 21,981 32,296 21

In operation 88,860 108,453 197,313 206 4,736 2,110 6,846 14 93,596 110,563 204,159 220

Total 135,144 148,811 283,955 260 4,736 2,110 6,846 14 139,880 150,921 290,801 274

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TUNNEL SAFETY 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.

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 Belchen tunnel: Federal Roads Office is anxious to upgrade the safety installations in older tunnels within installation of a ventilator the scope of available funding. In the period from 2005 to 2012, it will be investing near the northern entrance around 700 million Swiss francs to enhance the level of safety in motorway tunnels. Here (December 2002) 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. 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 24 Confederaziun svizra

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There are currently 34 service MOTORWAY stations on Switzerland’s motor - way network, offering travellers a SERVICE STATIONS 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

Schaffhausen Kreuzlingen Basel-Nord/Weil Basel Pratteln Forrenberg Frauenfeld

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

Lugano

Colderio

Chiasso

on both sides of the motorway service stations largely depends on the type and volume of traffic. on one side only It is usually in the region of 40 possibility to cross over in vehicle to 50 kilometres, but service stations tend to be closer together possibility to cross over on foot on major routes with very high traffic volumes and on access routes to tourism centres, and cor - respondingly further apart on less- frequented stretches. Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft 2006/2007 Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra 25

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MOTORWAY POLICE STATIONS This map shows the locations of motorway police stations (co-financed by the federal government and the cantons). Status: end of September 2006.

Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Kreuzlingen Basel Basel Frauenfeld Winterthur-Nord Frauenfeld

Boncourt Winterthur Sissach Baden Kloten St. Gallen St. Margrethen Liestal Sissach Aarau Thal Olten Letten-Zürich Oberbüren Delémont Urdorf Herisau Delémont Zürich Lenzhard Oensingen Appenzell Solothurn Zug Wädenswil

Sursee Zug La Chaux-de-Fonds Sprengi Wesen Schwyz Glarus Sargans Neuchâtel Luzern Luzern Bern Schwyz Glarus Neuchâtel Mels Bern Wankdorf Langnau Stans Sarnen Stans Altdorf Sarnen Chur Chur Flüelen Domdidier Yverdon Granges Engelberg Thun Yverdon Fribourg Interlaken Thusis Vallorbe Gesigen Thusis Bulle Blécherette Interlaken Lausanne Airolo Bursins San Bernadino Kandersteg Vevey Airolo Nyon Goppenstein

Rennaz Sierre Brig Genève Brig Sion Sierre Bellinzona Locarno Bellinzona Indivis Genève Martigny

Lugano

Lugano

Chiasso

located directly on motorway

auxiliary station on motorway

operated at an off-motorway location 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 26 Confederaziun svizra

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HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE Information about HGV inspections: • A number of violations may be reported per inspected INSPECTIONS IN 2006 vehicle. • 56.78 percent of inspected HGVs were registered in Statistics concerning Switzerland, 41.57 percent in the EU and 1.66 percent in normal and intensive inspections 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) s e l c s i s n h e o i e i r v t t d a n d n l u R a e s o l o r t D i r n c c S h v e o r e / l l z t e t p a a R i n S t t h s t D a T w U o o n C T I S E O T A V

AF PR AF PR

AG 6251 7660 5713 1905 42 851 3 28 4 80 AR 1277 656 607 49 0 61 0000 000202023 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 09484 FR 2037 618 549 68 1 200 0418 111 GL 1940 2754 1742 976 36 516 5 13 00 104 GR* 13101 8353 3529 4676 148 2944 8 15 11 76 JU 2420 1054 865 189 0 77 0002 100410065 LU 11281 6236 3738 2405 93 1731 33 38 101 305 NW 7984 9058 2569 6376 113 1398 0299 252 OW 1099 1559 1339 214 6 153 0192 0061 SG 8729 9406 6953 2189 264 1782 1 15 34 82 SH 4804 1215 375 811 29 499 40490 SO 12945 7730 4454 3224 52 3706 25 34 11 301 SZ 923 650 557 91 2 219 06320 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 4773 2051

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. 2006/2007 27

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 PR: Police report e / l e c i m n h i o e t i - v t s t a n h l / g o o e i i i w c v t n e n a f f n l e r o o c o u i i i n l c t M v e o a U y t g i r e r F t a t h n f i e / s a d g l i v Z V i V h D n i o g a e t G R r i u i U e V O S W H F F A D r

AF PR AF PR PR PR PR AF PR AF PR AF PR

03 19 193 17413 354 0976 57 0002020238 5011 1 47 20 106 383 108 59 4 45 165 00420 64 41 11 149 417 7 11 0 187 161 6 45 1082 455 13 16 30 1309111 0147 260 11 10 53 300050 3 20 12 34 10 49 44 01165 157 20148 30 54107 312 430225 720 6 316 1129 3 1004100653 0172 35 4 23 56 20138 145 23 76 673 178 28 3 189 196 17056 113 10369 82 00 610 221843 0348 18 11 56 131 82 222 65139 47 235 542 183 3 20 3 59 0 18 0 19 150 0969 51 30147 527 2311143 248 00610 961 62 312 10025 75 0143 22 51173 395 18071 650 5 44 969 539 23 19 839 1041 1 13 1 75 529 0 23 447 985 3 11 30 216 30043 455 02190 130 12 13 158 070131 315 0552 96 20 512 23116 128 11 108 40

207 105 1943 4251 222 369 20 2182 4799 109 898 6984 4151 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 28 Confederaziun svizra

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TRAFFIC VOLUMES ON SWISS MOTORWAYS 2005/2006

2006 automatic road traffic census No. of motor vehicles Figures shown on map are in hundreds Average daily traffic volume in 2006 and trend in the number of motor Example: 12 = 1,200 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 Schaffhausen mean 24-hour figure for every day of the year.

Basel Frauenfeld

Liestal

Aarau St. Gallen Delémont Herisau Zürich Appenzell Solothurn

Zug

Luzern Neuchâtel Schwyz Glarus

Bern Sarnen Stans Altdorf Chur

Fribourg

Lausanne

Sion Genève Bellinzona

Automatic traffic counts Measuring stations in 2006 Monitoring traffic and its development on Switzerland’s roads is a in operation prerequisite for defining a forward-looking transport policy. The statistics in the planning or construction stage obtained from measuring stations, together with the management of a average daily increase in traffic volume in % consistent and recognised database, form the basis for road, transport average daily decrease in traffic volume in % and environment planning for the federal government, the cantons, and average daily traffic volume, no figures for prior year regional and municipal authorities. The ordinance attached to the Swiss Federal Statistics Act dated 30 June 1993 forms the necessary legal basis. Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft 2006/2007 Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra 29

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TRAFFIC VOLUME ON In 2006, the number of heavy goods vehicles passing through the Alps THE NORTH-SOUTH fell again by 23,850 to 1,180,390, which represents a decrease of 2 per - TRANSIT AXES cent. Transit traffic was affected by Statistics for 2006 the rock fall that occurred on 31 May 2006 on the A2 near Gurtnellen, as a 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.

Average daily volume of transalpine traffic from 1981 to 2006 Veh./day (all road traffic) 30,000

25,000 * 20,000 * 15,000

10,000

5,000

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

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

Transalpine goods traffic, 1981 to 2006: number of heavy Veh./year goods vehicles per annum, shown by 1,400,000 transalpine route 1,200,000 1,000,000 * 800,000 600,000 400,000 * 200,000 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

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TRAFFIC FLOW ON In 2005, the traffic volume on Switzerland’s motorways increased SWITZERLAND’S by 1.4 percent versus the prior year. This increase was below the long- MOTORWAYS IN 2005 term average. Statistics for 2005

The 255 automatic traffic counting stations operated by the Swiss Federal Roads Office recorded around 6,452,000 vehicles per day on Switzerland’s overall road network. This represents an increase of 1 percent (taking all road categories into account). The traffic volume increased by 1.4 percent on the motorway network, while on the country’s main roads it fell by 0.4 percent.

Traffic growth in 2005 These figures are well below the long-term growth rates. By way of comparison: the long-term average growth rate for all roads is 1.8 percent, and is 2.6 percent for motor - ways and 0.8 percent for main roads.

Sections with above-average traffic growth Traffic growth exceeded 3.5 percent on the Zurich East-Winterthur (A1), Augst-Birrfeld (A3), and Luterbach-Bözingerfeld (A5) sections, and on the A5 in the vicinity of Neuchâtel.

Sharp increases (%) in traffic volume 5.0 between 2004 and 4.5 2005 on specific stretches 4.0 of motorway 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 Development (all motorways) = 1.0 1.4% 0.5 0.0 ) ) – ) ) 5 a t 7 ) ) 1 1 ) A s e A a – 9 1 A ( A r – 3 a – – – t ( e ( ( l A A a h s E r e e A ( ( d a – c r n ( a l a l n n r t l t ) ) a e E u e r y e s n n a u 5 1 a d f t n g b e h n t l a a g r h v r h A A â t t o n g s s g t e e u r ( ( e e i c i h a r f d g l i u u t g e t A r r n i c r e z r a a t r m u n e e t u i u i u L L a W n L v n e G Z i m z B e i i Y M r N ö W L W K B Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft 2006/2007 Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra 31

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TRAFFIC JAMS ON The total number of hours of traffic jams was 220 higher in 2005 than in SWITZERLAND’S 2004 (an increase by 2 percent). The increase was particularly pronounced MOTORWAYS on the A3 (+32 percent), while the Statistics for 2005 flow of traffic on the A1 improved considerably (12 percent reduction in traffic jam hours).

Congestion near the entrance to the Gubrist tunnel due to maintenance work

Comparison of 2004 2005 Change traffic jam statistics at the Gotthard north A2 463 330 -28.7% main trouble spots Gotthard south A2 804 607 -24.5% (2004/2005), in hours Baregg region A1 1,421 879 -38.1% Zurich northern bypass A1 1,880 1,961 +4.3% Bern –Kriegstetten A1 630 527 -16.3% Lausanne bypass A1 240 189 -21.3% Geneva bypass A1 321 263 -18.1%

Total 5,759 4,756 -17,4%

Trend in traffic jams on the (Hrs) motorway network, 12,000 1994 to 2005 11,000 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

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Main causes of traffic jams in 2005 Main trouble spots In 2005 it was once again congestion that was the main The overall number of hours of traffic jams at the traditional cause of traffic jams (62 percent of all occurrences), though trouble spots fell by 18 percent versus the prior year. The only the positive trend that has been observed over the past few increase that was recorded was on the Zurich-Winterthur years persisted in the year under review. The number of hours northern bypass (plus 1.6 percent), while the figures at all the attributable to congestion fell by 4.4 percent from 7,151 other notorious spots were considerably lower in 2005. The to 6,835. sharpest decline (38.1 percent) was recorded in the vicinity of The picture with respect to road works was very different: the Baregg tunnel. The figures were also significantly lower at here, the number of hours of traffic jams rose sharply. A total the Gotthard tunnel, namely by minus 29.6 percent at the of 2,574 hours were recorded that were attributable to road northern portal and minus 24.5 percent at the southern end. works, which represents an increase of around 32 percent. This was largely attributable to the renovation of the Glion tunnel on the A9 and the repairs to the Arisdorf tunnel on the A2. It is pleasing to note that the number of hours attributable to accidents continues to fall (by a further 4.1 percent, from 1,574 to 1,510).

Traffic jam hours Motorway Road works Fire Congestion Accident Natural in 2005 by motorway and cause

A1 332 14 2,229 827 8 A2 526 16 2,196 330 9 A3 206 12 1,314 89 0 A4 21210 21 0 A5 6011 90 A6 87 1 126 62 2 A7 0 1330 A8 25 0 63 40 A9 1,354 1 331 81 4 A12 1 0 23 27 5 A13 24 1 160 35 2 A14 91168 22 0 A16 20000 A21 0 0100

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REGISTRATION OF NEW ROAD VEHICLES BY VEHICLE GROUP (VG), VEHICLE TYPE (VT) 199 0–2006

VG vehicle group 1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 VT vehicle type

1-7 Total vehicles 411,050 339,609 417,942 420,259 390,340 365,109 364,306 356,688 369,802

1-6 Total motor vehicles 395,175 323,760 401,105 402,595 373,198 348,267 346,676 338,615 350,659

1 Passenger cars 322,974 267,975 314,482 314,580 293,034 269,711 267,476 260,682 269,748 01 Passenger cars 322,974 267,973 314,480 314,571 293,029 269,686 267,462 260,652 269,717 02 Heavy passenger cars 0229525 14 30 31

2 Passenger vehicles 2,596 1,848 2,434 2,753 2,601 2,691 2,770 2,785 2,679 10 Light motor vehicles 1,351 795 1,022 1,172 1,155 1,210 1,251 1,427 1,469 11 Heavy motor vehicles 31 57 175 116 162 181 112 126 134 20 Coaches, buses 492 254 396 438 392 464 507 412 475 21 Minibuses 679 664 715 940 798 775 815 747 521 22 Articulated buses 30 35 126 87 94 61 85 73 80 23 Trolleybuses 82() ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 24 Articulated trolleybuses 5 41 () ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

3 Goods vehicles 26,281 18,275 26,687 28,502 23,978 20,987 22,495 23,535 26,252 30 Delivery vehicles 21,400 15,093 21,848 22,576 20,100 17,790 18,927 19,668 21,410 35 Goods trucks (lorries) 4,104 2,476 3,678 4,645 2,745 2,367 2,653 2,844 3,307 36 Light articulated vehicles 621120100 37 Heavy articulated vehicles 10 15 15 9 10 4683 38 Articulated trucks (lorries) 761 689 1,145 1,271 1,121 826 908 1,015 1,532

4 Agric. vehicles 5,434 3,965 3,943 3,710 3,457 3,269 3,335 3,371 3,074 43 Farm tractor 3,566 2,692 3,148 3,047 2,785 2,644 2,658 2,796 2,479 52 Farm utility vehiclen 145 134 192 213 237 290 310 301 315 81 Farm truck (lorry) 1,616 1,076 566 436 409 320 351 182 219 83 Walk-behind tractor 107 63 37 14 26 15 16 92 61 84 Farm ATV 000000000

5 Industrial vehicles 3,972 2,251 2,747 2,747 2,722 2,753 2,729 3,012 3,241 42 Tow tractor 49 40 74 77 81 79 113 155 183 50 Forklift 722 432 583 577 616 552 505 511 535 51 Industrial utility vehicle 2,167 1,270 1,334 1,391 1,360 1,444 1,345 1,361 1,487 80 Truck (lorry) 1,028 505 749 698 663 673 764 974 1,030 82 Powered wheelbarrow 647425211 6

6 Motorcycles 33,918 29,446 50,812 50,303 47,406 48,856 47,871 45,230 45,665 60 Motorcycles 31,059 27,060 30,585 29,520 27,491 40,627 42,522 40,238 40,666 61 Small motorcycle 2,575 2,264 19,358 19,430 18,425 6,642 3,434 3,086 3,014 62 Three-wheel motorcycle 127 27 10210 045 63 Motorcycle sidecar 107 92 41 24 33 32 29 33 47 64 Small three-wheel motorcycle 50 2 22 41 16 10 9 11 14 65 Lightweight ATV 009157 144 115 119 76 47 66 Small ATV 00526 806 1,006 1,217 1,516 1,593 1,672 67 Three-wheel ATV 00104 211 175 107 94 96 105 68 Snowmobile 01166 114 114 96 148 93 95

7 Trailers 15,875 15,849 16,837 17,664 17,142 16,842 17,630 18,073 19,143 85 Farm trailer 0 28 81 213 213 255 322 411 492 86 Motorcycle trailer 404 107 322 262 105 279 242 192 413 87 Farm utility trailer 26 17 51 101 154 309 370 468 442 88 Caravan with fifth wheel coupling 6576210 265 89 Trailer with fifth wheel coupling 265559253 90 Cargo trailer 7,607 9,378 11,075 11,964 11,621 11,270 12,061 12,320 12,639 91 Passenger trailer 21 34357024 92 Caravan 2,473 2,222 1,933 1,856 1,878 1,766 1,654 1,573 1,638 93 Sport trailer 1,703 1,517 982 899 938 799 895 834 825 94 Utility trailer 2,873 1,760 1,262 1,110 1,030 1,080 1,022 1,132 1,501 95 Cargo trailer with fifth wheel coupling 681 628 937 1,105 1,037 829 904 968 1,014 96 Passenger trailer with fifth wheel coupling 000000000 97 Sport trailer with fifth wheel coupling 012001112 98 Utility trailer with fifth wheel coupling 5 12 52311 8 10 9 99 Other trailers 74 165 171 138 151 217 147 151 156

Abbreviations VG vehicle group VT Type of vehicle Publication Federal Statistical Office: registration of new motor vehicles in Switzerland Source Swiss Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) (until 2003: Federal Vehicle Inspection Office) 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 34 Confederaziun svizra

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2006 Cars Total Urban Rural STATISTICS Total 3,899,917 2,814,000 1,085,917 %%% FOR CARS Drive All wheel 16.93 14.45 23.37 Rear wheel 12.71 13.91 9.60 AND Front wheel 70.33 71.61 67.01 Other 0.03 0.03 0.03 MOTOR- %%% Gear mechanism Automatic 21.92 24.3 15.78 CYCLES IN Hydrostatic 0.01 0.01 0 Manual 78 75.62 84.17 SWITZER - Other 0.07 0.07 0.05

LAND %%% Style Convertible 4.8 5.1 4.04 Combination 19.9 19.21 21.67 Limousine 75.3 75.69 74.3

%%% Fuel Petrol 88.26 88.2 88.43 Diesel 11.58 11.62 11.47 Gas 0.05 0.05 0.03 Electric 0.01 0.01 0.02 Other 0.09 0.11 0.05

Average capacity (cc) 1979 1996 1934 Average output (kW) 94 96 90 Average age (years) 7.8 7.6 8.3

Motorcycles Total Urban Rural

Total 608,648 433,809 174,839

%%% Style Enclosed 0.14 0.15 0.14 Roller 39.34 42.57 31.33 Other 60.52 57.29 68.53

%%% Fuel Petrol 99.43 99.43 99.43 Diesel 0.21 0.17 0.31 Electric 0.28 0.32 0.19 Other 0.08 0.08 0.07

Average capacity (cc) 443 432 471 Average output (kW) 25.6 25.1 26.9 Average age (years) 9.7 9.4 10.6 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft 2006/2007 Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra 35

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NUMBER Cars per 1,000 inhabitants 1990 2004

OF CARS 29 European countries 355 472 Austria 388 501 PER CAPITA Belgium 387 467 Cyprus 304 448 IN EUROPE Czech Republic 234 373 Denmark 309 354 Estonia 154 350 Finland 388 448 France 414 491 Germany 445 546 Greece 170 348 Hungary 187 280 Iceland 468 599 Ireland 226 385 Italy 483 581 Lapland 106 297 Liechtenstein 594 692 Lithuania 133 384 Luxembourg 477 659 Malta 298 525 Netherlands 367 429 Norway 380 429 Poland 138 314 Portugal 258 572 Slovakia 166 222 Slovenia 289 456 Spain 309 454 Sweden 419 456 Switzerland 442 514 UK 359 463

Source: Eurostat 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 36 Confederaziun svizra

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ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES: STATISTICS FOR 2006

Change Change 2005 2006 versus 2005 2006 versus No. No. prior No. No. prior

Measures involving motor vehicles Age of persons penalised with administrative measures

Warnings to holders of a learner's licence 180 168 -6.6% Under 20 3322 3692 11.1% Warnings to holders of a driver's licence 48489 51061 5.3% 20 to 24 12518 13789 10.1% Withdrawal of learner’s licence 2318 2722 17.4% 25 to 29 9315 10967 17.7% Withdrawal of driver’s licence 61291 72203 17.8% 30 to 34 7426 8564 15.3% Refusal of learner’s or driver’s licence 2382 3221 35.2% 35 to 39 7344 8477 15.4% Refusal to accept foreign driver’s licence 13302 16916 27.1% 40 to 49 12221 14829 21.3% Instruction in road use 3637 3347 -7.9% 50 to 59 6664 8410 26.2% New driving test 1411 1424 0.9% 60 to 69 2913 3935 35.0% Examination by specialised psychologist 880 1031 17.1% 70 and over 2200 2775 26.1% Special requirements 2065 2652 28.4%

Reasons for refusal of learner’s or Reasons for withdrawal of driving licence driver’s licence Driving licences were withdrawn for the or withdrawal of learner’s licence following (in some cases, accumulated) reasons Driving unaccompanied 473 446 -5.7% Drink driving (>= 0.08%) 16786 18600 10.8% Driving error 1503 1768 17.6% Careless driving 5607 7284 29.9% Drink driving 706 829 17.4% Failure to give way 2302 3208 39.3% Driving without a licence 2107 3045 44.5% Failure to observe traffic signals 1640 1772 8.0% Failure to pass driving test 178 303 70.2% Unlawful overtaking 1836 1976 7.6% Driving despite withdrawal of licence 106 98 -7.5% Other driving errors 6702 6922 3.2% Theft 374 499 33.4% Alcohol addiction 786 922 17.3% Sickness or infirmity 69 67 -2.8% Influence of medicaments or drugs 1470 2086 41.9% Other reasons 1002 1264 26.1% Drug addiction 1918 2161 12.6% Sickness or infirmity 1863 2129 14.2% Other reasons 10760 13986 29.9% Reasons for warnings

Speeding 33086 35636 7.7% Duration of withdrawal of driving licence Careless driving 4835 4635 -4.1% Failure to give way 3876 3225 -16.7% 1 month 25688 28524 11.0% Driving an unroadworthy vehicle 1227 1278 4.1% 2 months 5636 3404 -39.6% Failure to observe traffic signals 914 610 - 33.2% 3 months 12274 19493 58.8% Unlawful overtaking 532 367 -31.0% 4 to 6 months 8674 10773 24.1% Other reasons 5882 5470 -7.0% 7 to 12 months 1948 2398 23.1% Drink driving (>= 0.05% –0.079%) 4179 6295 50.6% More than 12 months 1132 1343 18.6% Indefinite period 8537 9469 10.9% Permanent withdrawal 34 34 0.0% Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft 2006/2007 Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra 37

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NEW LEGAL A variety of amendments to road traffic legislation are to be intro - PROVISIONS duced in the course of 2007. On 1 January 2007 the new international GOVERNING ROAD regulations governing the carriage of TRAFFIC dangerous goods entered into effect. Furthermore, all new buses and heavy goods vehicles that are brought into circulation now have to be equipped with a digital tacograph. As of 1 February 2007, insurance certificates required for the registra - tion of new motor vehicles can be submitted in electronic form. From now on, all cases of withdrawal, non-recognition and refusal of driving licences will be registered in the ADMAS (administrative measures) database and retained there for a period of ten years.

The European Agreement on the International Carriage of Introduction of electronic insurance Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), which was signed by certificates Switzerland in 1972, was revised as of the beginning of 2007. A new standardised system of road signalling has been intro - Electronic insurance certificates simplify the exchange of duced, which is to be used for restricting the carriage of dan - data between motor vehicle insurers, the cantonal registra - gerous goods through tunnels. But since this system fails to tion authorities and the Swiss Federal Roads Office (FEDRO). take account of the specific conditions in the region of the In future, the procedures for registering motor vehicles and Alps, is likely to lower the level of road safety and results in a withdrawing them from circulation will be processed electron - considerable increase in costs, transport minister Moritz ically via the new, central “MOFIS” database (for motor vehi - Leuenberger formally notified the UN that Switzerland is cles and their holders) operated by FEDRO. The introduction of opposed to this amendment. The new regulation is nonethe - electronic insurance certificates has been effected at the less binding for Switzerland, since its rejection of the amend - request of the cantonal registration authorities and the Swiss ment did not receive sufficient support from other signatory Insurance Association. states of the ADR – at least five states would have had to Over the long term, this move will give rise to a significant declare their opposition to the new regulation. Since the ADR increase in efficiency and quality on the part of insurers and is an international set of regulations that, viewed overall, the relevant authorities, as well to a reduction of costs relat - guarantees the ongoing development of road safety and corre - ing to vehicle registration. All road traffic authorities will sponds to the interests of Switzerland’s economy, the federal have to be connected online directly to the MOFIS database government is not considering taking the step of terminating operated by the Swiss Federal Roads Office, and this process, it. which was set in motion in 2005, is expected to be completed The impacts of the new regulation depend largely on how it by the end of 2008. At the end of this period of transition, is implemented. As before, the responsibility for defining the insurance certificates in paper form will be done away with methodology for assessing the degree of risk for each road altogether. tunnel and for the specification of operational measures (e.g. permissible time frames, escort requirements) for the carriage Simplification of vehicle homologation of dangerous goods through tunnels, remains in the hands of procedure each individual government. In this way it is possible to Swiss homologation certificates are no longer required for ensure that the present-day standard of safety can be main - vehicles with a European (EU) homologation certificate. tained, though additional costs have to be anticipated for Instead, a data sheet will be used that contains the informa - both the state and the economy. The existing signalling sys - tion required for the approval and inspection of motor vehi - tem has to be replaced by the end of 2009. cles. In Switzerland, conformity certificates issued by the official inspection authorities are sufficient for the approval of vehi - cle components and modifications. 2006/2007 New legal provisions governing road traffic 38

ADMAS data to be kept for 10 years from now on All cases of withdrawal, non-recognition and refusal of driv - ing licences will be registered in the federal government’s ADMAS (administrative measures) database and retained there for a period of ten years, in accordance with a corre - sponding resolution by the Federal Council. This measure has been introduced at the request of the cantonal authorities and will make an additional contribution towards the enhance - ment of road safety. Other administrative measures such as official warnings will be retained in the database for five years as before.

Introduction of digital tacographs As of 1 January 2007, new buses and heavy goods vehicles that are brought into circulation, and for which the drivers are subject to regulations governing working hours and rest peri - ods, must be equipped with a digital tacograph. With this move, Switzerland is bringing itself into line with the EU, which is also introducing this new requirement. Digital tacographs are an electronic device that replaces the former (analogue) driver’s logbook. It is designed to record, save, display and print out data relating to the activities of the driver and movements of the vehicle. Digital tacographs permit the more accurate and faster evaluation of data, and are considerably more difficult to manipulate. They make the control tasks of the relevant enforcement authorities more efficient, promote the protection of employees and thus ulti - mately enhance the overall level of road safety. The introduc - tion of digital tacographs does not alter the applicable regula - tions governing working hours and rest periods.

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APPROVAL OF The Swiss Federal Roads Office is responsible for approving all VEHICLE TYPES AND series-production motor vehicles and trailers, vehicle systems, parts, MODIFICATIONS furnishings and protective equip - ment.

In 2006 we processed more than 7,780 applications for approval of new vehicles and modifications.

New vehicles: Total 4,833

Cars 1,301 Minibuses and coaches 196 Delivery vehicles and HGVs 2,452 Tractors 126 Carts and machines 75 Motorcycles, and light, small and 3-wheeler motor vehicles (e.g. trikes) 481 Mopeds and wheelchairs 14 Motorised carts 28 Trailers 160

Modifications: Total 2,947

Cars 1,376 Minibuses and coaches 74 Delivery vehicles and HGVs 931 Tractors 109 Carts and machines 15 Motorcycles, and light, small and 3-wheeler motor vehicles (e.g. trikes) 314 Mopeds and wheelchairs 6 Motorised carts 13 Trailers 109 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 40 Confederaziun svizra

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AG Department of Public Works GL Civil Engineering and SH Civil Engineering VS Roads and Waterways Office, of the Canton of Aargau Development Office, Department, Canton of Valais Civil Engineering Office Canton of Glarus Canton of Schaffhausen Bâtiment Mutua Entfelderstrasse 22 Kirchstrasse 2 Rosengasse 8 1951 Sion 5001 Aarau 8750 Glarus 8201 Schaffhausen Phone 027 606 35 09 Phone 062 835 35 60 Phone 055 646 64 00 Phone 052 632 73 07 Fax 027 606 35 24 Fax 062 835 35 69 Fax 055 646 64 99 Fax 052 632 75 48 ZG Civil Engineering Office, AI Department of Public Works GR Civil Engineering SO Transport and Civil Canton of Zug of the Canton of Department, Engineering Office, Verwaltungsgebäude 1 Appenzell Innerrhoden Canton of Grisons Canton of Solothurn Aabacherstrasse 5 Gaiserstrasse 8 Grabenstrasse 30 Werkhofstrasse 65 P.O. box 9050 Appenzell 7001 Chur 4509 Solothurn 6301 Zug Phone 071 788 93 41 Phone 081 257 37 00 Phone 032 627 26 33 Phone 041 728 53 30 Fax 071 788 93 59 Fax 081 257 21 57 Fax 032 627 76 94 Fax 041 728 53 39

AR Civil Engineering Office, JU Roads and Bridges SZ Civil Engineering ZH Department of Civil Canton of Department, Canton of Jura Department, Engineering, Appenzell Ausserrhoden P.O. box 971 Canton of Schwyz Canton of Zurich 9102 Herisau 2800 Delémont 1 Regierungsgebäude P.O. box Phone 071 353 61 11 Phone 032 420 73 00 Bahnhofstrasse 9 8090 Zürich Fax 071 352 55 91 Fax 032 420 73 01 6431 Schwyz Phone 043 259 30 61 Phone 041 819 25 15 Fax 043 259 51 62 BE Civil Engineering Office, LU Transport and Civil Fax 041 819 25 18 Canton of Bern Engineering Department, Reiterstrasse 11 Canton of Lucerne TG Civil Engineering 3011 Bern Arsenalstrasse 43 Department, Phone 031 633 35 11 6011 Kriens Canton of Thurgau Fax 031 633 35 80 Phone 041 318 12 12 Verwaltungsgebäude Fax 041 311 20 22 Promenade BL Civil Engineering Office, 8510 Frauenfeld Canton of Basel-Landschaft NE Roads and Bridges Phone 052 724 11 11 Rheinstrasse 29 Department, Fax 052 724 29 51 4410 Liestal Canton of Neuchâtel Phone 061 925 54 84 P.O. box 1332 TI Civil Engineering Fax 061 925 69 80 2001 Neuchâtel Department, Phone 032 889 67 10 Canton of Ticino BS Civil Engineering Fax 032 889 62 61 Casella postale 1134 Department of the 6502 Bellinzona Canton of Basel-Stadt NW Civil Engineering Phone 091 814 27 01 Motorways Section Department, Fax 091 814 28 39 Münsterplatz 11 Canton of Nidwalden 4001 Basel Breitenhaus, 6370 Stans UR Civil Engineering Office, Phone 061 267 93 27 Phone 041 618 72 03 Canton of Uri Fax 061 267 93 63 Fax 041 618 72 25 Klausenstrasse 2 6460 Altdorf FR Motorways Department, OW Department of Civil Phone 041 875 26 11 Canton of Fribourg Engineering, Fax 041 875 26 10 P.O. box 118 Canton of Obwalden 1706 Fribourg Flüelistrasse 3 VD Roads Department, Phone 026 305 38 18 6061 Sarnen Canton of Vaud Fax 026 305 38 79 Phone 041 666 62 88 avenue de l’Université 3 Fax 041 660 71 91 1014 Lausanne GE Civil Engineering Phone 021 316 72 72 Department Geneva SG Civil Engineering Office, Fax 021 316 72 62 P.O. box Canton of St Gallen 1211 Genève 8 Lämmlisbrunnenstr. 54 Phone 022 327 47 10 9001 St. Gallen Fax 022 327 47 18 Phone 071 229 30 34 Fax 071 229 44 22 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft 2006/2007 Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra 41

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AG Cantonal Police GL Cantonal Police SG Cantonal Police VS Cantonal Police Aargau Glarus St.Gallen Valais Tellistrasse 85 Spielhof 12 Klosterhof 12 Avenue de France 69 5004 Aarau P. O. Box 635, 9001 St.Gallen 1950 Sion Phone 062 835 81 81 8750 Glarus Phone 071 229 49 49 Phone 027 606 56 56 Fax 062 835 82 96 Phone 055 645 66 66 Fax 071 223 26 60 Fax 027 606 56 66 Fax 055 645 66 77 [email protected] [email protected] AI Cantonal Police [email protected] Appenzell I.Rh. SH Cantonal Police ZG Cantonal Police Zug Unteres Ziel 20 GR Cantonal Police Schaffhausen An der Aa 4 9050 Appenzell Grisons Beckenstube 1 P. O. Box 136 Phone 071/788 97 00 Ringstrasse 2 8201 Schaffhausen 6301 Zug Fax 071/788 95 08 7001 Chur Phone 052 624 24 24 Phone 041 728 41 41 [email protected] Phone 081 257 71 11 Fax 052 624 50 70 Fax 041 728 41 79 Fax 081 286 79 01 [email protected] [email protected] AR Cantonal Police polizia-grischuna@ Appenzell- kapo.ch SO Cantonal Police ZH Cantonal Police Zurich Ausserrhoden Solothurn P. O. Box Rathaus JU Cantonal Police Schanzmühle 8021 Zürich 9043 Trogen Jura Werkhofstrasse 33 Phone 044 247 22 11 Phone 071 343 66 66 Rue du 4503 Solothurn [email protected] Fax 071 343 66 99 24-Septembre 2 Phone 032 627 71 11 [email protected] CH-2800 Delémont Fax 032 627 72 12 Phone 032 420 65 65 BE Cantonal Police Bern Fax 032 420 65 05 SZ Cantonal Police Schwyz Nordring 30 [email protected] Bahnhofstrasse 7 P. O. Box 7571 6431 Schwyz 3001 Bern LU Cantonal Police Lucerne Phone 041 819 29 29 Phone 031 634 41 11 Headquarters Fax 041 811 62 63 Fax 031 331 30 33 Kasimir-Pfyffer-Strasse 26 polizei.kommando@ P. O. Box TG Cantonal Police Thurgau police.be.ch 6002 Lucerne Zürcherstrasse 325 Phone 041 248 81 17 8500 Frauenfeld BL Cantonal Police Fax 041 240 39 01 Phone 052 728 28 28 Basel-Landschaft [email protected] Fax 052 728 28 29 Rheinstrasse 25 [email protected] 4410 Liestal NE Cantonal Police Phone 061 926 30 60 Neuchâtel TI Cantonal Police Fax 061 921 45 81 Rue des Poudrières 14 Ticino [email protected] 2006 Neuchâtel Vle S. Franscini 3 Phone 032 888 90 00 6500 Bellinzona BS Cantonal Police Fax 032 722 02 96 Phone 0848 25 55 55 Basel-Stadt [email protected] [email protected] P. O. Box 4001 Basel NW Cantonal Police Nidwalden UR Cantonal Police Uri Phone 061 267 71 11 Kreuzstrasse 1 Tellsgasse 5 [email protected] 6370 Stans 6460 Altdorf Phone 041 618 44 66 Phone 041 875 22 11 FR Cantonal Police Fax 041 618 45 89 Fax 041 871 14 30 Fribourg [email protected] Chemin de la Madeleine 8 VD Cantonal Police 1763 Granges-Paccot OW Cantonal Police Obwalden Vaud Phone 026 305 20 00 Foribach Centre de la Blécherette 6061 Sarnen 1014 Lausanne GE Cantonal Police Phone 041 666 65 00 Phone 021 644 44 44 Geneva Fax 041 666 65 15 Fax 021 644 81 56 Chemin de la Gravière 5 [email protected] 1227 Acacias Phone 022 427 81 11 [email protected] 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 42 Confederaziun svizra

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NE Road Traffic and TG Road Traffic Department, ROAD TRAFFIC Water Transport Office, Canton of Thurgau Canton of Neuchâtel Moosweg 7A Faubourg de l'Hôpital 65 8501 Frauenfeld DEPARTMENTS 2000 Neuchâtel Phone 052 724 02 11 Phone 032 889 63 20 Fax 052 724 02 58 Fax: 032 889 60 77 [email protected] AG Road Traffic Department, FR Road Traffic and [email protected] www.strassenverkehrsamt. Canton of Aargau Water Transport Office, www.ne.ch/scan tg.ch P. O. Box Canton of Fribourg 5001 Aarau Route de Tavel 10 NW Department of TI Road Traffic Department, Phone 062 886 23 23 P.O. Box 192 Transport Safety, Canton of Ticino Fax 062 886 22 00 1700 Fribourg Obwalden & Nidwalden Ala Munda [email protected] Phone 026 484 55 55 Kreuzstrasse 2 6528 Camorino www.ag.ch/ Fax 026 484 55 56 6371 Stans Phone 091 814 91 11 strassenverkehrsamt [email protected] Phone 041 618 41 41 Fax 091 814 91 09 www.ocn.ch Fax 041 618 41 87 [email protected] AI Road Traffic Department, [email protected] www.vsz.ch www.ti.ch/DI/DI/SezC/ Canton of GE Motor Vehicles Department, argomenti/circolazione/ Appenzell Innerrhoden Canton of Geneva OW Department of welcome.cfm Gringel Rte de Veyrier 86 Transport Safety, 9050 Appenzell 1227 Carouge Obwalden & Nidwalden UR Office for Road Traffic and Phone 071 788 95 34 Phone 022 388 30 30 Kreuzstrasse 2 Water Transport, Fax 071 788 95 39 Fax 022 388 30 11 6371 Stans Canton of Uri [email protected] [email protected] Phone 041 666 66 00 Gotthardstrasse 77a www.stva.ai.ch www.geneve.ch/san Fax 041 666 66 20 6460 Altdorf [email protected] www.vsz.ch Phone 041 875 22 44 AR Road Traffic Department, GL Road Traffic Department, Fax 041 875 28 05 Canton of Canton of Glarus SG Road Traffic and www.ur.ch/assv Appenzell Ausserrhoden Mühlestrasse 17 Water Transport Office, Landsgemeindeplatz P.O. Box Canton of St Gallen VD Office for Road Traffic and 9043 Trogen 8762 Schwanden Oberer Graben 32 Water Transport, Phone 071 343 63 11 Phone 055 647 36 00 9001 St. Gallen Canton of Vaud Fax 071 343 63 29 Fax 055 647 36 99 Phone 071 229 36 57 Avenue du Grey 110 [email protected] [email protected] Fax 071 229 39 98 1014 Lausanne www.stva.ar.ch www.asa.ch/stva-gl [email protected] Phone 021 316 82 10 www.stva.sg.ch/ Fax 021 316 82 11 BE Road Traffic and GR Road Traffic Department, [email protected] Water Transport Office, Canton of Grisons SH Road Traffic and www.san.vd.ch/index.html Canton of Bern P. O. box Water Transport Office, Schermenweg 5 7001 Chur Canton of Schaffhausen VS Road Traffic and 3001 Bern Phone 081 257 80 00 Rosengasse 8 Water Transport Office, Phone 031 634 21 11 Fax 081 257 80 38 8200 Schaffhausen Canton of Valais Fax 031 634 26 81 [email protected] Phone 052 632 71 11 Av. de France 71 [email protected] www.stva.gr.ch Fax 052 632 78 11 P.O. Box 1247 www.pom.be.ch/svsa strassenverkehrsamt@ 1950 Sion JU Motor Vehicles Department, ktsh.ch Phone 027 606 71 00 BL Motor Vehicle Inspection Canton of Jura www.strassenverkehrsamt. Fax 027 606 71 04 Office, Canton of Rue de l'Avenir 2 sh.ch www.vs.ch/autos Basel-Landschaft 2800 Delémont Ergolzstrasse 1 Phone 032 420 71 20 SO Motor Vehicle Inspection ZG Road Traffic Department, 4414 Füllinsdorf Fax 032 420 71 21 Office, Canton of Solothurn Canton of Zug Phone 061 906 77 77 [email protected] Gurzelenstrasse 3 Hinterbergstrasse 41 Fax 061 906 77 70 www.jura.ch/services/ovj 4512 Bellach 6312 Steinhausen [email protected] Phone 032 627 66 66 Phone 041 728 47 11 www.baselland.ch/ LU Road Traffic Department, Fax 032 627 66 99 Fax 041 728 47 27 docs/jpd/mfk/main_mfk.htm Canton of Lucerne [email protected] [email protected] Arsenalstrasse 45 www.mfk-so.ch www.zug.ch/ BS Motor Vehicle Inspection 6010 Kriens strassenverkehrsamt Office, Phone 041 318 11 11 SZ Road Traffic Department, Canton of Basel-Stadt Fax 041 318 18 30 Canton of Schwyz ZH Road Traffic Department, Clarastrasse 38 [email protected] Schlagstrasse 82 Canton of Zurich P.O. Box www.stva-lu.ch 6430 Schwyz Uetlibergstrasse 301 4005 Basel Phone 041 819 11 24 8036 Zürich Phone 061 267 82 00 Fax 041 819 21 78 Phone 058 811 30 00 Fax 061 267 82 17 [email protected] Fax 058 811 30 01 [email protected] www.sz.ch/verkehrsamt [email protected] www.mfk.bs.ch www.stva.zh.ch Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra 43

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A3 Maintenance Office, Civil Engineering Department, Tunnel Operation Centre, A9 Maintenance Office, Neubühl Canton of Zug San Bernardino / GR Simplon village Wädenswil / ZH Hinterberg Maintenance Centre 6549 San Bernardino 3901 Simplon– Dorf / VS 8820 Wädenswil 6312 Steinhausen Cantonal Civil Engineering A9 Maintenance Centre A1 Maintenance Office, Fribourg-Nord Office, District VIII, Thusis P. O. Box 890 Ohringen Maintenance Office Maintenance Centre 3960 Sierre Winterthur / ZH 1700 Granges-Paccot 7430 Thusis Schaffhauserstr. 215 Boudry A5 8400 Winterthur Motorway Maintenance Office, A3 Maintenance Office Motorway Maintenance Office Oensingen Frick / AG 2017 Boudry Motorway Maintenance Office 4702 Oensingen 5262 Frick Spiez-Gesigen Motorway P. O. Box 14 A2 Motorway A1 Maintenance Office Maintenance Office, 3700 Spiez Maintenance Office Lenzhard / AG La Chapelle Leimgrubenweg 29 5503 Schafisheim 13, chemin du Trèfle Blanc Motorway Maintenance Office 4051 Basel 1228 Plan-les-Ouates Bern Wankdorf A7 Maintenance Office Schermenweg 15 Civil Engineering Department, Frauenfeld / TG A16 Motorway 3014 Bern Canton of Basel-Landschaft Zürcherstrasse 349 Maintenance Centre A2 Maintenance Office, Sissach 8500 Frauenfeld 2800 Delémont Road Inspection Office 4450 Sissach Seeland West, A5 A2 Maintenance Centre, Längfeldweg 139 Schweizersbild Airolo / TI 2504 Biel Maintenance Office 6780 Airolo Schaffhausen / SH Office of Bridges and Roads Schweizerbildstr. 69 A2 Maintenance Centre, Maintenance Department, A16 8200 Schaffhausen Faido / TI 2710 Tavannes 6764 Chiggiogna A3 / A13 Maintenance Office Cantonal Road Inspection Mels / SG A2 Maintenance Centre, Lugano Centre 8887 Mels AS A2 di Lugano / TI Werkhof Sprengi 6915 Noranco 6020 Emmenbrücke Motorway Support Centre, Martinsbrugg / SG A2 Maintenance Centre, A2 / A4 Martinsbruggstr. 75 Bellinzona / TI Motorway Maintenance Office 9600 St. Gallen 6528 Camorino Flüelen P. O. Box 4 A1 Motorway Motorway 6454 Flüelen Maintenance Office Maintenance Office, Oberbüren / SG Bursins / VD A2 Maintenance Office 9245 Oberbüren 1183 Bursins 6487 Göschenen Motorway Motorway A4 Maintenance Office Maintenance Office, Thal Maintenance Centre, Ingenbohl / SZ Werkhof Thal / SG La Blécherette / VD Gätzlistrasse 20 9425 Thal 1014 Lausanne 6440 Ingenbohl Cantonal Civil Engineering Motorway A8 Maintenance Office, Foribach Office, District I, Maintenance Centre, P. O. Box 1163 Chur Maintenance Centre Rennaz / VD 6061 Sarnen Werkhof Chur / GR 1844 Rennaz Ringstrasse 11 A2 Maintenance Office 7000 Chur Motorway Stans / NW Maintenance Centre, 6370 Stans Cantonal Civil Engineering Yverdon-Les-Bains / VD Office, District II, Mesocco 1400 Yverdon-les-Bains A3 Maintenance Office Maintenance Centre Mesocco Biäsche / GL 6563 Mesocco A9 Maintenance Centre, 8872 Weesen Indivis / VS 1906 Charrat 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 44 Confederaziun svizra

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FINANCING Use of earmarked revenue in 2006 (in million Swiss francs).

Net revenue from oil tax Oil tax surcharge on motor fuels Motorway stickers

2968 2001 285 Art. 86 BV Art. 86 BV Art. 86 BV

50% 50% 100% 100%

General Road federal funds construction

1484 1484

less

Administrative expenditure Road construction research 26 10 MinVG Art. 3 (22.3.1985) MinVG Art. 3 (22.3.1985)

Available funds for road construction 3734 Federal law on the use of earmarked revenue from oil taxes (in German = MinVG)

Motorways Main roads Other project related Non-project related Special road contributions contributions traffic financing 1926 188 760 507 *353

General contributions Cantons with and financial international transalpine routes and redistribution no motorways 423 27

Intersections/separation Protection of environment and Protection against Combined transport of road and rail landscapes forces of nature + NEAT

17 108 33 602 * remaining income considered Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft 2006/2007 Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra 45

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CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING COSTS

(Motorways) Federal contributions (%) from 1.1.2006

Construction Maintenance Operating

in accordance with NSV 18.12.1995 in accordance with in accordance with in accordance with BRB NSV 18.12.1995 NSV 18.12.1995 (Amendment dated 8.5.2002) (Amendment dated 8.5.2002) (Amendment dated 8.5.2002)

Canton Country stretches Expresssways Special cases Uniform for Uniform for entire canton entire canton

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ZH 80 58 72 80 40 BE 87 74 64 87 67 LU 84 78 - 85 60 UR 97 --97 95 SZ 92 - 70 88 63 OW 97 --97 95 NW 96 --95 92 GL 92 --92 89 ZG 84 --80 42 FR 90 --91 79 SO 84 --85 56 BS - 65 - 81 40 BL 84 - 64 82 46 SH 84 78 - 83 51 SG 84 74 75 87 66 GR 92 --92 88 AG 84 --83 54 TG 86 - 75 84 55 TI 92 - 68 90 75 VD 86 --87 61 VS 96 - 80 / 84 94 91 NE 88 --91 69 GE 75 65 - 80 40 JU 95 --96 95 CH 88 70 70 88 67 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 46 Confederaziun svizra

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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE IN THE ROADS SECTOR net amounts in millions of Swiss francs

1985–1995 1996 1997 1998 Motorways Construction, incl. planning and land acquisition 12,765.4 1,496.7 1,434 1,402 Interest on liabilities prior to 1985 1,666.5 Renovation 388.0 34.0 (1958–1984; as of 1.1.1997; motorways, maintenance) 245 373 Structural maintenance 1,708.4 204.1 Operational maintenance 1,244.4 116.4 118 116 Police up to 31.12.1994 810.0

Highways 2,357.8 221.0 203 220

Other project-related contributions Crossroads / separation of traffic 535.5 81.6 88 93 Carriage of HGVs by rail, carriage of cars by rail and NEAT 1,224.6 222.8 208 215 Parking lots near railway stations (up to 31.12.1995) 101.3 Parking lots near railway stations, loans (up to 31.12.1995) 6.1 Protection of environment and landscapes (road traffic) 1,084.9 117.4 114 115 Protection of other roads against forces of nature 430.4 26.4 25 23

Non-project-related contributions General contributions to roads, offsetting 3,085.8 397.4 370 378 General contributions to roads, extraordinary contributions 1,432.1 81.0 79 79 International transalpine routes / cantons without motorways 252.3 29.5 27 28 Research 74.2 9.8 98 71 Administration 109.4 13.7 13 13

Total expenditure 29,277.1 3,051.8 2,933 3,063 Revenue from oil taxes, supplementary customs duty, motorway sticker 27,429.3 3,514.2 3,307 3,547

Other income (licences, loans, repayments) – 5.4 7– –––––––– Expenditure (+) or income (-) from special financing of road traffic + 467.8 + 381 + 484 Special financing 1,598.7 1,980 2,464 Income and expenditure in the roads sector 2006/2007 47

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

1,491 1,509 1,471 1,502 1,426 1,448 1,310 1184

417 397 457 488 517 534 580 612

106 120 122 128 128 124 129 130

235 230 214 209 201 195 191 188

59 51 38 28 28 24 25 17 225 330 399 563 573 587 701 602

118 167 156 149 152 110 102 108 19 30 30 33 32 24 22 33

417 424 450 417 390 416 423 423 76 76 76 78 65 55 55 57 26 27 29 27 25 26 27 27 7 10 10 10 10 11 11 10 14 16 17 17 25 27 26 26

3,210 3,387 3,469 3,649 3,572 3,581 3,602 3,417

3,638 3,746 3,692 3,631 3,682 3,716 3,756 3,770

–––––––– E + 428 + 359 + 223 -18 +110 +135 +154 +353 2,892 3,251 3,474 3,456 3,566 3,701 3,855 4,208 2006/2007 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera 48 Confederaziun svizra

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USEFUL WEB SITES

Federal authorities

The Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation: www.admin.ch Swiss Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications: www.uvek.admin.ch Swiss Federal Office of Police: www.fedpol.ch Swiss Federal Office of Transport: www.bav.admin.ch Swiss Federal Office of Energy: www.bfe.admin.ch Swiss Federal Office for the Environment: www.bafu.ch Swiss Federal Customs Administration: www.ezv.admin.ch Swiss Federal Statistical Office: www.bfs.admin.ch Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development: www.are.admin.ch

Swiss Federal Roads Office

Home page: www.astra.admin.ch HGV portal: www.truckinfo.ch Traffic data and traffic development: www.verkehrsdaten.ch Information about electronic logbook for HGVs: www.dfs.astra.admin.ch

Legal texts

Systematic Collection of Federal Legislation: www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/sr.html Road Traffic Act: www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c741_01.html Law governing contributions towards accident prevention (UVBG): www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c741_81.html Law governing fines and penalties (OBG): www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c741_03.html Federal Law on the Use of Ear-Marked Oil Tax (MinVG): www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c725_116_2.html Federal Motorways Act (NSG): www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c725_11.html