In a sentence, Federal councillor Simonetta Sommaruga has brought together its plans for freight on Wednesday: “The Rail should be cheaper, and dirty trucks will be more expensive.” According to this Motto, the Federal Council adopted yesterday at the behest of the Minister of the environment a package of measures. On 2021, the Federal government lowers the taxes on the use of the rail infrastructure, the so-called train-path prices, to 90 million francs. New he gives a special discount for freight trains between 500 and 740 meters in length, the infrastructure on the North-South axis is currently being upgraded for this excessive and, therefore, more economical trains.

When the load transport carriage Sommaruga relies on incentives for cleaner vehicles: truck categories Euro 4 and 5 slides into a more expensive category in the case of the performance-related heavy vehicle fee (HVF). To bring the Drove owners to their fleets to Euro-6 upgrade. Finally, the Federal government wants to monitor the heavy traffic close, “so that we can take dangerous Trucks off the road”, as Sommaruga said. The aim is, in all the great Alpine special control transitions to build up centres, such as in the Canton of Uri is in operation.

“We take the shift report with a certain satisfaction.”André Kirchhofer, Deputy Director of the Astag

the plans, which were presented by the Federal Council on Wednesday in his shift report, he receives moderate applause from the industry. Sommaruga was covered by cover industry representatives in the preparations.

“We take the shift report with a certain degree of satisfaction”, says André Kirchhofer, Deputy Director of the commercial vehicle Association Astag. “With the measures of the Federal Council, we agree,” says Kirchhofer, however: “Under the condition that the announced controls to be proportionate and not to the Chicane for the Swiss domestic traffic.” With other words: the attention of The control of transit, apply your is from the point of view of the Swiss holders, especially foreign competitors.

800’000 trips prevented,

How many trucks the new measures trips are designed to prevent, has not estimated the Federal Council. According to the relocation report, the perks are but of weight: train path prices will fall about 7 percent, a freight train pays not more than half as much as a passenger train for the same route. Thus, the Federal Council will continue the success story of the Alpine initiative, the Swiss modal shift policy took place from 1994 a turning point, as Sommaruga said. 941’000 Camions drove in the past year, over the Alps, slightly less than in the previous year. Without the Alpine initiative, it would be 800’000 more how the shifting holds report.

For the Association of the Alpine initiative, but that is not enough. Because according to the law, only 650’000 load per year would be vehicle trips over the Alps allowed. “Although the Trend of the last few years is true, it is an intensification of the relocation policy,” says Django Betschart, head of the protection of the Alps policy. “The only way we will achieve in the foreseeable future to a compliant state.” The Alpine initiative asks for to pair the HVF of the CO2 of the vehicles.

environment Minister Simonetta Sommaruga makes such scenarios already check. The HVF must be revised in the coming years, as they said on Wednesday. The LSVA is based on the Euro standards, which quantify the pollutant emissions of the vehicles. These are now so clean, that this categorization is obsolete. In addition, the proportion of transporters with electric or hydrogen drives. Thus, the question of whether you should pay in the future, HVF provides. Specifically, Sommaruga did not want to be still.

Extreme delays

Immediately, but the goods need transport in addition to the financial Boost, especially logistical emergency assistance. The delays had increased and were part of “extremely”, the shift report. Not even every second freight train reached Switzerland, his goal with less than 30 minutes late, almost a third is more than three hours late. “The current lack of quality hampered the relocation trend,” the shift report. Reasons for this is the rain construction are routes to many Parts of the Access, but also problems of the firm such as lack of drivers, or the national contribute different rules.

meetings of the Confederation with the neighboring countries, as well as the industry.

The Federal office for transport has launched a quality initiative to deliver by the end of 2019 results. Discussions of the Federal leads, both with neighbouring countries as well as in the industry. The goal is to commit all the Stakeholders a quality Charter to concrete measures.

Created: 13.11.2019, 21:10 Uhr