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Updated methodology and calculation

External costs and benefits of transport in Switzerland

, | Nov. 29, 2024


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Air pollution, accidents, noise and climate change: transport has many costs that are not borne by the transport users themselves. On behalf of the federal government, INFRAS and Ecoplan have updated the methodology for calculating external effects and recalculated the figures for 2021. A new damage cost approach was adopted for calculating climate costs.

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Land consumption in passenger transport

Research project: new methodology for estimating land consumption of modes of transportation

, , | Aug. 20, 2024


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How much space do cars, public transport vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians require? This is an increasingly important question in planning and politics, especially in built-up city areas. Working together with Lajo AG, INFRAS has developed a new methodology for estimating the land consumption of different modes of passenger transportation.  

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Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

Climate change: five scenarios for Switzerland at the end of the 21st century

, , , | April 15, 2024


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The effects of climate change are already both tangible and measurable in Switzerland. Climate policy aims to respond to the issue. But what will things be like in 70 or so years? An ongoing research project illustrates potential socioeconomic and political developments of Swiss climate policy. INFRAS is in charge of implementing the project. 

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Feasibility study for regional transport

Regional transport without fossil fuels: how to successfully transition the region’s buses to a new

, | Feb. 12, 2024


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All the buses in the city of Schaffhausen will soon be entirely electric. Next, the plan is for all buses in the region to follow suit and become fossil free. But how? INFRAS conducted a feasibility study for the canton of Schaffhausen. The study also took into account how service and infrastructure will be impacted.

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Monitoring the Gotthard axis

Gotthard and Ceneri: the impact of the new rail infrastructure on traffic and space

, , | Jan. 29, 2024


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More traffic, more freight on the railway, and the growth of residential areas on either side of the Gotthard portal: INFRAS, along with partner offices, was commissioned by the federal government to investigate the impact of the Gotthard axis's new rail infrastructure on traffic and space. However, the Gotthard tunnel is just one factor at play. 

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