Swiss Integrated Transport System
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- Switzerland's Integrated Transport System
- Advantages
- 2 million citizens carry half-fare travel cards
- 1 million cary regional travel passes
- 95% of arrivals achieved with less than 5 mins delay
- Highest rail density in Europe
- Higher fuel prices and lower speed limits mean less air pollution
- 1 in 2 citizens own cars
- What has happened?
- A national system called "DIRECT TRAVEL" allows people to buy just 1 ticket for a whole journey
- All of the public transport running off one system
- All railways, tramways and bus services operating off one developed timetable
- 3 international and 61 minor airports connected
- Operating own merchant marine fleet consisting of 25 vessels on the high sea
- River Rhine is made navigable and is vital for imports & exports
- Over 1600km of motorways
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