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For those reasons, and others, I considered Switzerland an anomaly, hardly a model to be extrapolated to other nations. But I see its fantastic non-car transport options have a lot to teach the world.
I was staying near a village with a population of 780 in the canton of Vaud, in the foothills of the Jura Mountain. To get there from the #Geneva airport, I hopped on to a high-speed train, an escalator ride away from the baggage carousel... 
“ #Switzerland has the best public transit in the world.” 🇨🇭
That’s what many transport experts told me when I was researching my book #Straphanger.
After 6 weeks of getting to know the country’s network, I’m beginning to think they have a point. Here’s why… 🧵🪡
That’s what many transport experts told me when I was researching my book #Straphanger.
After 6 weeks of getting to know the country’s network, I’m beginning to think they have a point. Here’s why… 🧵🪡
I'd been to Switzerland a few times before, and was duly impressed with its rail network, and the transit in its larger cities...
...esp. #Zurich, with its trams. "There's little reason to travel in an automotive cocoon when, for a fare of only a few francs, an efficient, stately tramway will provide transportation from point A to B at a level of comfort an emperor might have envied."
—Alain de Botton
—Alain de Botton
📰🇨🇭 En #Suisse, un homicide suspect ayant eu lieu à Morges (banlieue de Lausanne) dimanche pousse les autorités nationales à se saisir de l'enquête potentiellement en lien avec le terrorisme, une première si cela se confirmait admin.ch/gov/fr/accueil…
Les faits détaillés ici : la victime est un jeune Portugais récemment arrivé en Suisse qui s'achetait un kébab avant qu'un homme le poignarde 24heures.ch/un-homme-poign…
Le suspect de l'assassinat au couteau de #Morges (Suisse) explique son geste par "vengeance contre l'Etat suisse" et "vengeance du Prophète". Il venait de sortir de prison en juillet malgré sa surveillance pour radicalisation depuis 2017. rts.ch/info/regions/v…
