The federal roads office is reviewing more than 130 new ramp-metering lights at motorway entries, aiming to smooth peak-hour traffic across Switzerland
The system holds drivers at red lights to control how fast they join the motorway, and has run at Cossonay on the A1 between Yverdon and Lausanne since 2021.
Cities and cantons warn the plan risks simply pushing jams onto cantonal and municipal roads.
They are asking to be involved in both the planning and the search for alternatives.
Snow returns to Zermatt
Zermatt reopens its glacier for free skiing from next Wednesday, after a heatwave forced the cable car operator to shut the slopes in late July
Fuel prices an issue for many frontaliers
Rising fuel prices are affecting frontaliers in the Chablais, where the public transport network isn’t adequate enough for most workers to leave the car at home
Northern Lights in Switzerland
Northern lights lit up Swiss skies in a rare display captured from Saturday into Sunday morning
GA pass cheaper than forecast
Switzerland's Price Supervisor cut this year's public transport fare rise almost in half, newly released documents reveal
Pro Palestine protests spread to Lausanne
Lausanne police used tear gas and batons on Saturday after masked protesters attacked a UBS branch during a pro-Palestine march
Lausanne bike shelters get an upgrade
Lausanne's grey metal Vélobox bike shelters, mocked as "Soviet bunkers" since their rollout in January, are getting an artistic makeover
