You can drive in #Switzerland, sure. But if you want to get where you’re going on time, take public transport.
I rode the No. 6 trolley bus in #Lucerne, and made my appointment on time. If I’d been in a car, I’d still be waiting.
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Frank Wittemeier mag das.
Frank Wittemeier hat dies geteilt.

𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
Als Antwort auf 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 • • •That’s how things should be: people who opt for sustainable, electric transit should get priority over drivers in cars.
Other places talk about it, #Switzerland makes it happen.
Public splendor!
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
Als Antwort auf 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 • • •A crucial factor that makes this work: signal priority for the bus. While the private cars wait on the red, the bus just whizzes through to the next stop.
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
Als Antwort auf 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 • • •Most of the buses of Luzern/Lucerne are trolleys, pulling power from overhead wires. Much transit and inter-city rail runs on renewables. 90% of SBB's (the state railway) electricity comes from hydro (dams).
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
Als Antwort auf 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 • • •I take a look at how #Switzerland shifted from car-dependency to transit supremacy in this week's HIGH SPEED dispatch:
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Anatomy of the Swiss Revolution
Taras Grescoe (High Speed)