Another alternative to city traffic
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The city of Lausanne is proposing alternatives to cars in the city centre. It foresees a city centre as car-free as possible by 2016, with a public transport system of trams and the underground Metro network that opened in late 2008.
The plans are part of the massive Métamorphose urban development project, parts of which were voted on 27 September.
The tram will run from the city centre, Place St. François, to Place Chauderon, on along the route des Plaines du Loup, which is the future site of the ecoquartier, and on to the airport at Blécherette.
Olivier Français, the city official in charge of the project, says that the project is subject to many changes still, but that “we have one objective: that is to provide alternatives to the car”, reports 20Minutes.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 9 October 2009.
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Tags: Blecherette, car-free alternative, ecoquartier, Lausanne VD, Metamorphose urban development, metro line, Olivier Francais, Place Chauderon Lausanne, Place St. Francois Lausanne, public transport, Route des Plaines du Loup Lausanne, trams