Switzerland with bicycle

Switzerland with bicycle is a Fondation of Public utility Suisse, charged to develop and maintain the network cycle roads national.

History

The foundation is created in 1995 with for goal to connect all Switzerland by cycle routes marked out according to the same standards. In 1998, it is officially recorded with Bern in the form of a public-private Partenariat, its goals being consequently occasion widened “to include the development of durable offers leisures tourism, in particular in combination with the means of public transport”.

The budget of the foundation rises to 10 million Swiss francs, and covers the management of the project, installations, indication and road marking, the installation of panels as well as integration in various guides and road maps.

Composition

The foundation is directed by a council of 13 people, representatives inter alia the cantons, the CF, Suisse Tourism, the Swiss Touring Club, the Association transport and environment and the association of Swiss cycling. Subordinated to the council, the secretariat and direction of the project

Cycle roads

In 2007, the foundation marked out 9 national routes which leave and finish all in a Gare. Many possibilities of transport of the bicycle by Train or Bus on short distances are offered. It envisages to open three additional trunk roads and 14 regional roads especially dedicated to the bicycles any grounds.

Route du Rhône 1

The Road of the the Rhone (road number 1) connects Andermatt to Geneva while crossing the Valais, then while skirting the Lac Léman. Long (of which 26 km are not asphalted), she 309 km is regarded as easy, except for the first section which includes the passage of the Col of Furka. She is cut out in five sections:

Andermatt - Oberwald (36 km)
Oberwald - Aspires to (43 km)
Brigue - Sion (60 km)
Sion - Montreux (75 km)
Montreux - Geneva (93 km)

Route du Rhin 2

The Road of the the Rhine (road number 2) connects Andermatt to Basle while following the course of the Rhine to the east of Switzerland, including a small passage in Austria along the Lac of Constancy. Long (of which 80 km are not asphalted), she 425 km is regarded as easy, except for the section which includes the passage of the Col of Oberalp. She is cut out in five sections:

Andermatt - Disentis (34 km)
Disentis - Coire (64 km)
Coire - Rorschach (117 km)
Rorschach - Schaffhouse (82 km)
Schaffhouse - Basle (128 km)

Route Nord-Sud 3

The North-South Road (road number 3) connects Basle to Chiasso while crossing the Massif of the Jura, the Swiss Plateau and the the Alps. Long (of which 30 km are not asphalted), she 363 km is regarded as intermediary, in particular for the crossing of the collar of Gothard. She is cut out in six sections:

Basel - Aarau (57 km)
Aarau - Lucerne (56 km)
Lucerne - Flüelen (50 km)
Flüelen - Airolo (63 km)
Airolo - Bellinzone (65 km)
Bellinzone - Chiasso (72 km)

Route alpine panorama 4

The Road alpine panorama (road number 4) connects St Margrethen to Aigle while crossing more than 10 collars of the Alps culminating with the Col of Klausen. This road, long (of which 10 are not asphalted) 483 kilometers is regarded as difficult. She is cut out in six sections:

St Margrethen - Ziegelbrücke (Niederurnen) (104 km)
Ziegelbrücke - Flüelen (78 km)
Flüelen - Sarnen (56 km)
Sarnen - Thoune (84 km)
Thoune - Bubble (88 km)
Bubble - Eagle (73 km)

Route Mittelland 5

The Road Mittelland (road number 5) connects Romanshorn to Lausanne while crossing the Swiss Plateau, generally on ways prohibited with circulation. Long (of which 85 are not asphalted), she 369 kilometers is regarded as easy and is cut out in five sections:

Romanshorn - Winterthour (71 km)
Winterthour - Aarau (79 km)
Aarau - Bienne (85 km)
Bienne - Yverdon (81 km)
Yverdon - Lausanne (53 km)

Route des Grisons 6

The Road of the Grisons (road number 6) connects Coire to Bellinzone while crossing the canton of the Grisons, l´ Engadine, the Col of Albula, skirting the border with the Austria along the the posterior Rhine then climbing the Col of San Bernardino. Long (of which 71 is not asphalted), she 260 kilometers is regarded as difficult with more than 2000 meters of made uneven and is cut out in five sections:

Coire - Thusis (25 km)
Thusis - Holy Moritz (49 km)
Holy Moritz - Scuol (91 km)
Scuol - top of San Bernardino (53 km)
San Bernardino - Bellinzone (42 km)

Route du Jura 7

The Road of the Jura (road number 7) connects Basle to Nyon while crossing the collars of the Jura, the District of the Frank-Mountains and finishing at the edge of the Lac Léman. Long (of which 20 are not asphalted), she 275 kilometers is regarded as difficult and is cut out in four sections:

Basle - Saint-Ursanne (68 km)
St-Ursanne - La Chaux-de-Fonds (62 km)
La Chaux-de-Fonds - Vallorbe (84 km)
Vallorbe - Nyon (61 km)

Route de l'Aar 8

The Road of the Aar (road number 8) connects Oberwald to Koblenz while following the course of the river since the Col of Grimsel until the Lac of Constancy. Long (of which 70 are not asphalted), she 305 kilometers is regarded as easy, except for the collar of Grimsel and is cut out in five sections:

Oberwald - Meiringen (38 km)
Meiringen - Thoune (62 km)
Thoune - Bienne (79 km)
Bienne - Aarau (84 km)
Aarau - Koblenz (42 km)

Route des lakes 9

The Road of the lakes (road number 9) connects Montreux to Rorschach while passing by 16 different lakes. Long (of which 50 are not asphalted), she 497 kilometers is regarded as easy with average and is cut out in six sections:

Montreux - Castle-with Œx (88 km)
Castle-in Œx - Spiez (63 km)
Spiez - Meiringen (45 km)
Meiringen - Lucerne (61 km)
Lucerne - Rapperswil (92 km)
Rapperswil - Rorschach (148 km)

Regional roads

In addition to the trunk roads, the foundation also opened more than 40 regional roads of which here the list with, for each one, towns of departure and arrival as well as the official name and the number of the road:

Klosters - Sargans ( Prättigauer Road , 21)
Lausanne - La Chaux-de-Fonds ( the Northern Of Vaud-Jura , 22)
Basle - Tramelan ( Basel-Frank-Mountains , 23)
Bienne - Lucerne ( Emmental-Entlebuch , 24)
Schaffhouse - Saint-Gall ( Ostschweizer Wein-Road , 26)
Glattfelden - Rapperswil (Saint-Gall) ( Glatt-Road , 29)
Stein amndt Rhein - Rorschach ( Karthäuser-Fürstenland-Road , 33)
Estavayer-the-Lake - Baden ( Route ofold mode , 34)
Biasca - Disentis ( Blenio-Lukmanier , 36)
Pfaffnau - Brunnen ( Luzerner Hinterland-Rigi , 38)
Kreuzlingen - Meilen ( Pilger-Road , 41)
Saint-Gall - Appenzell - Heiden - Saint-Gall ( Appenzeller Road , 42)
Lausanne - Berthoud ( Jorat-Trois Lakes-Emme , 44)
Stein amndt Rhein - Zurich ( Wyland-Downtown , 45)
Romanshorn - Wil ( Thurgauer Panorama-Road , 47)
Olten - Geneva ( Road of the Foot of the Jura , 50)
Zurich - Schwytz ( Säuliamt-Schwyz , 51)
Eglisau - Rapperswil ( Töss-Jona-Road , 53)
Holy-Cross - Liestal ( Jurassic Arc , 54)
Saint-Gall - Kreuzlingen ( Konzil Radweg , 55)
Bex - Erlach ( the Alps of Vaud Country of Freiburg , 59)
Koblenz - Steckborn ( Studenland-Töss-Römer-Road , 60)
Thoune - Meiringen ( Berner Oberland-Road , 61)
Schwarzenburg - Châtel-Saint-Denis ( Judicious-Glâne-Veveyse , 62)
Payerne - Poker (Large of Vaud it Coast , 63)
Kandersteg - Boncourt ( the Lötschberg-Jura , 64)
Maloja - Martina (Austria) ( In , 65)
Rapperswil - Baden ( Goldküste-Limmat , 66)
Dornach - Huttwil ( Passwang-Oberaargau , 71)
Martigny - Loèche ( Way of the Vineyard , 72)
Olten - Sarnen ( Wiggertal-Glaubenberg , 73)
Wimmis - Kerzers ( Gürbe-Judicious , 74)
Arbon - Nesslau ( Obstgarten-Road , 75)
Brunnen - Schaffhausen ( Rigi-Reuss-Klettgau , 77)
Schaffhouse - Arbon ( Seerücken-Road , 82)
Thoune - Zurich ( Mittelländer Hügelroute , 84)
Giswil - Engelberg ( Unterwalden-Road , 85)
Schaffhouse - Wattwil ( Rheinfall-Zürcher Oberland , 86)
Payerne - Bubble ( Broye it Gruyere , 87)
Fleurier - Zurich ( Areuse-Emme-Sihl , 94)
Ellikon amndt Rhein - Buchs ( Thur-Road , 95)

Indication

For all the roads (national and regional), the federation uses a uniform indication of red panels used for:

of the panels of information, located at the stations or the crossings of roads
of the panels of direction, with the number of the road and sometimes the indication of the distance and the destination
of simple indicators of change of management or crossing
of the plates of indication of uneven preventing important differences in level (more than 100 meters, except for roads 4 and 7 where only the uneven ones of more than 200 meters are announced).

Other projects

The federation periodically organizes demonstrations called SlowUp , during which portions of roads are closed with circulation motorized, generally during the weekend.

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