VALIDATION SMARTRAIL SR40 BUSINESS CASE
October 4, 2022 8:32 amWith the implementation of the smartrail 4.0 program, railways in Switzerland are striving for future-oriented planning, management and automation of... View Article
With the implementation of the smartrail 4.0 program, railways in Switzerland are striving for future-oriented planning, management and automation of... View Article
In 2016, the Swiss Federal Office of Transport (FOT) commissioned R+R, in cooperation with Besch und Partner, to compare railway... View Article
Performance agreements exist between the Swiss federal government and the approximately 40 railway infrastructure operators (ROIs) in Switzerland to finance... View Article
A 12 km stretch of the A1 motorway between the exits Effretikon and Winterthur Ohringen is to be refurbished. Moreover,... View Article
During peak hours, the motorway section between Winterthur Ohringen and Oberwinterthur is highly congested. To ensure a stable flow of... View Article
In the future, through traffic will bypass Aarwangen on a new road west of the town. The NISTRA evaluation tool,... View Article
All sections of the Swiss motorway network need to be regularly maintained. Corrective maintenance measures for the A14 motorway section... View Article
Steady growth in traffic is causing more and more congestion on Swiss motorways. The «Programme to Eliminate Bottlenecks on the... View Article
The 162 m long Töss Bridge between Winterthur Töss exit and Winterthur Wülflingen exit was renovated between March 2014 and... View Article
R+R has carried out a research study on behalf of the Swiss Association of Road and Traffic Professionals (VSS) on... View Article
R+R is working together with the ZHAW and Pro Velo on the FEDRO research mandate MFZ_20_04E_03 Measurement of exposure to bicycle traffic until spring 2026. The aim of this research project is to evaluate existing methods for determining the mobility behavior of cyclists and to test a promising approach in a pilot study in practice. It involves determining the exposure, i.e., the distances traveled by cyclists, divided into the use of bicycles and e-bikes. Existing bicycle counts will also be integrated into the pilot study. Based on the findings, a proposal for the future calculation of exposure in bicycle traffic in Switzerland will be developed.
Cost optimization for sustainability: With knowledge of life cycle costs, ASTRA can optimize the costs of building and maintaining national roads over their entire service life. This enables better, economically sustainable use of the financial resources available. Together with ASTRA, R+R is preparing documentation that describes the method for estimating and applying life cycle costs for the structural infrastructure from the operator's perspective. The focus is on the planning level and applicability by project managers and project teams.
The service building at the Lindenrain motorway rest area has been equipped with a new toilet module made of chrome steel; construction was completed at the end of 2023. The new toilet module offers better protection against vandalism, and it will be possible to continue its use in the event of a future replacement of the service building. R+R supported the Federal Road Office’s overall project manager in project planning and execution.
Other countries, same problems: Modern railway technology requires time and money to implement. Jost Lüking was member of a team of six European experts on the ETCS train control system who assessed the status of the national ETCS program for the Dutch Parliament in mid-2023. Our Second Opinion formulated recommendations on program governance and management, on the technical, spatial and temporal scope of the program, on system integration and integration management, and last but not least on program costs and their current forecast. The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Waterways published the Second Opinion at the beginning of November.