"Faster, more frequent and more convenient" is the motto of the Swiss Railways (SBB). While in Austria routes are closed down and the clock is often thinned out, the opposite is happening in Switzerland. But what is the difference? Switzerland is obliged by law to
- That settlements must be developed ganzjärhig from 100 people,
- that lines must be served by at least 32 people a day with at least four course pairs
- that lines must be conducted every hour, if a route on her busiest section of more than 500 passengers transported per day.
- that a connection between all regional centers exist in the half hour. In comparison, Austria is to be set from 2010 the last direct links between the second and third largest city (Graz, Linz).
- the Swiss have the instrument of direct democracy. Also in Switzerland this car obsession of the rulers be tilted only by popular vote from the bottom.
(From: Guernica - Newspaper for and solidarity Freide No. 3 / 2009)
demand of MW (landscape and spatial planning): An Austria-ticket (for all public transport in Austria) 200 € / year! Which I agree with him!
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