Road Infrastructure Development and Funding in Switzerland after the Rejection of the Increase of the Vignette in Price IRF Summit 2013

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1 IRF Road Financing & Economics Committee Road Infrastructure Development and Funding in Switzerland after the Rejection of the Increase of the Vignette in Price IRF Summit december 2013 Geneva International Conference Centre Patrick Eperon Issue Manager «Transport, Energy and Environment» Board Member of the Swiss Road Federation

2 I.Context Switzerland and its Transports 2012: 2 Metropolis (Urban Areas of more than 1 million people)

3 More than one Third of the Swiss Population lives in the Great Zurich Area or in the Lake of Geneva Region Geographical Distribution of the Swiss Population among the four main Metropolitan Regions 3 Source: Avenir Suisse (Think Tank)

4 which produces about 45% of the Swiss GDP Parts of the four Metropolitan Regions on the Swiss GDP 4 Source: Avenir Suisse (Think Tank)

5 II. Switzerland and its Transports 2012: the Road (Highway Network) Number one

6 millions de personnes-kilomètres Always more passenger-kilometres by car (Orange Curve) 96' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Transport of Persons (Performance) Transports privés motorisés Chemins de fer Transports publics routiers (trams compris) Mobilité douce 6 Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office, April 2013 années

7 Modal Split of Passenger Transport: Cars = 75% 7 Source: LITRA (Swiss Information Service for Public Transport), Les transports en chiffres 2012

8 millions de tonnes-kilomètres Always more tonne-kilometres by trucks (Orange Curve): Failure of the Modal Shift Policy! 19' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Transport of Goods (Performance) Route (véhicules lourds) Rail années Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office, March

9 Modal Split of Freight Transport: Trucks = 60% 9 Source: LITRA (Swiss Information Service for Public Transport), Les transports en chiffres 2012

10 Highway Network: ~3% of the Whole Road Network absorbs more than 40% of Road Traffic (Freight)! Répartition du réseau routier suisse en 2012 selon le type de route 1'790 en km et en % 2,5% Répartition du trafic routier en Suisse en 2011 par type de route 18' % Routes nationales (autoroutes) Routes cantonales 43% routes nationales 51' % Routes communales 57% routes cantonales et communales 10 Sources: Swiss Road Federation,Vademecum 2012 and Swiss Federal Roads Office, Annual Report 2012 «Trafic et disponibilité des routes nationales»

11 Traffic West-East on the Highway Geneva - St-Gallen: Vehicles/Day (Gotthard: ) Basle Zurich St-Gallen Bern Lausanne Gotthard Geneva Lugano 11 Source: Swiss Federal Roads Office

12 IV. Road: Funding and Development Programms (Federal Level)

13 Road funding (Highways) is a Matter of Fuel Taxes and not «Vignette» but the System is under pressure 13 Source: Swiss Federal Roads Office, Annual Report 2013 (Federal Road Budget 2012)

14 as the Highway Network is still not achieved and must be adapted / enlarged A16 Transjurane : 2017 Glatttalautobahn ~CHF 2,5 milliards Contournement de la Chaux-de-Fonds et du Locle Contournement de Bienne : e TUNNEL ROUTIER DU GOTHARD? ~ CHF 2 millards A5 Entrée de Neuchâtel : 2013 Contournement de Morges ~CHF 3 milliards Source: Swiss Federal Roads Office 14 Traversée du lac ~CHF 3 milliards A9 Haut-Valais : 2019

15 Only a few Highways (in the Lake of Geneva Region) can be enlarged with the actual Funding 15 Source: Swiss Federal Roads Office

16 1st Scenario for an additional Road Funding: Increase of a Fuel Tax and a reinforced Allocation/Fund 16 Source: Swiss Federal Roads Office and own calculations

17 2nd Scenario for an additional Road Funding: Budget Shift (from the General Federal Budget to the Fed. Road Budget) and a reinforced Allocation/Fund 17 Source: Swiss Federal Roads Office and own calculations

18 to the Detriment of which Sector (Lobbies ) of the General Federal Budget? Social Welfare Education & Research 18 Source: Swiss Federal Finance Administration, Expenditures General Federal Budget 2012

19 4 Principles to respect anyway! Taxes on fuel for Road Funding only, NO (additional) Incentive Fee for Energy or Climate Purposes No more than CHF Millions/Year of Fuel Taxes Revenues for Tramways and not for Trains A «Federal Road Fund» (reinforced Allocation of Fuel Taxes Revenues) with an Infrastructure Development Program and a first Credit Tranche (a Federal Rail Fund is coming soon) A Realization Planning for the Highway Projects! 19

20 Thanks for your attention: let s talk together