Switzerland plans to shift environment polluting truck traffic to underground. Or more correctly said, to replace the gas-guzzling trucks with environmentally-sound tunnel pods: Fleets of autonomous, unmanned vehicles working 24 hours a day.
The plan is proposed by a private corsortium a few years ago and now the momentum for public acceptance of the project is increasing.
Interesting stuff:
Switzerland's underground cargo tunnels gets a boost with Credit Suisse joins the project.
Switzerland's plans for a vast underground cargo network is taking shape. Like the landmark 19th-century project to build the Gotthard Tunnel, the new transport project has extensive ties with the alpine nation's banking system.
News of Swiss plans for an extensive underground cargo tunnel network reaches Bloomberg. This itself is a good news. The more you talk about it, the more motivation it creates to realize this vision.
A group of private investors in Switzerland wants to build a system of tunnels with self-driving vehicles to transport goods between Zurich and Geneva. They’ll have to fork out 33 billion francs ($36.3 billion) to realize their dream by 2045.
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Switzerland's Upper House gives green light to the construction of the countrywide cargo tunnel network
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Switzerland's Upper House gives green light to the construction of the countrywide cargo tunnel network
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