24.04.2010 - The cantons of Uri and Ticino (situated along the Gotthard route) submitted a cantonal initiative to the Swiss government in 2008, asking it to accelerate the transfer of freight from road to rail, in particular by means of the Alpine Crossing Exchange. > read more

20.04.2010 - The increase in the Swiss HGV kilometre charge was legal. The truck lobby had not agreed with the increase on 1 January 2008 and lodged a complaint. > read more

31.03.2010 - The member of the Tyrolean government responsible for transport, Bernhard Tilg, has asked the Austrian Ministry of Transport to clearly commit itself to the Alpine Crossing Exchange by transferring freight from road to rail. > read more

12.02.2010 - At the invitation of the Alpine Initiative, several Members of the EU Parliament, staff of the EU Transport Commissioner and Vice-President of the EU Commission Siim Kallas, as well as representatives of the secretariat of the EU Parliament’s Transport Committee visited the HGV centre in Ripshausen near Erstfeld (canton of Uri, Switzerland) for the first time. > read more

11.02.2010 - The Alpine Crossing Exchange is generating great interest at both an Alpine and a European level. Here, we regularly post notable opinions on the Alpine Crossing Exchange. > read more

22.01.2010 - At a meeting in Bolzano in January, the mayors of the municipalities along the Brenner route (Brenner Railway Committee) declared that they were convinced that an instrument such as the Alpine Crossing Exchange was of vital impor-tance. > read more

12.11.2009 - On November 30^th, the results of the EU research project ASSET (ASsessing SEnsitiveness to Transport) will be presented in Brussels. The EU has mandated the international research consortium to present a transport policy that meets the demands of sensitive areas and, at the same time, also provides an efficient transport system. > read more