CS 2000 "Swiss Railway Company 2: Freight transport"

The examined location of Zug constitutes a close combine of rural areas with urban agglomeration. The region of Zug is industrialized above Swiss average and shows high economic growth, an above-average increase of jobs in the service industries as well as super-regional economic and freight-transport relations. In the region of Zug the railway’s percentage of freight traffic is decreasing and below Swiss average. The case study 2000 views the region of Zug as a model case for a possible development in Switzerland.

Characteristics

Case: Area of 240 km², 100,000 inhabitants
Co-operation: SBB – Swiss Railway, SBB Cargo, Canton Zug, National Research Project NFP 41
Duration: Preparation from Spring 1999 to March 2000, Student's work from April to July 2000, Book Production from July 2000 to January 2001

People

Headship: Prof. Dr Harald A. Mieg (ETH)
Administration: Sandro Bösch (ETH), Michael Stauffacher (ETH)
Tutors: Thomas Baumgartner (ETH), Marc Birchmeier (SBB Cargo), Fernande Gächter (SBB AG), Andreas Hofer (External), Peter Hübner (SBB AG), Helmut Kuppelwieser (SBB AG), Thomas Mettier (ETH), Walter Moser (SBB AG), Dr Astrid Nägeli (SBB AG), Jenny Oswald (ETH), Dr Raimund Rodewald (External), Christoph Schreyer (External), Markus Siegnethaler (SBB Cargo), Ute Woschnack (ETH), Armin Zach (SBB AG)
Students: 52 ETH Students

Products

Case Study Book

Mieg, H.A., Hübner, P., Stauffacher, M., Bösch, S. & Balmer, M. (Eds.) (2001). Zukunft Schiene Schweiz – Ökologisches Potenzial des Schienengüterverkehrs am Beispiel der Region Zugersee. ETH-UNS Fallstudie 2000. Rüegger Verlag, Zürich. ISBN 3 7253 0699 0. DownloadDownload (PDF, 17.8 MB)

Research Papers

Mieg, H.A. (2001). Der ökologische Vorsprung der Bahn schmilzt [The ecological advantage of railways is melting]. Bulletin: SVU Schweizerischer Verband der Umweltfachleute, 7 (3), 1–5
Mieg, H.A., Capello, C., Hotz, M., Rüegg, S., Tobler, M., Varga, M., & Weber, B.P. (2000). Wie kommen die Güter auf die Bahn? [How to get freight on rails?] Umweltfocus (3), 27–31
Mieg, H.A., Mettier, T., Baumgartner, T., & Pfister, S. (2001). Die Ökoeffizienz von Transportketten [Eco-efficiency of transport chains]. Umweltfocus (5), 19–25