National Greens want to consider referendum against motorway expansion
The climate crisis requires a paradigm shift, says National Councilor Regula Rytz. Mayor Alec von Graffenried warns of “dogmatism”.
–Even at the climate camp on Bundesplatz in autumn 2020, Regula Rytz and Alec von Graffenried did not quite agree. This can now also be seen in the planned motorway expansion in Bern-Ost.
Photo: Raphael Moser
“Cars on the Ring” is the title of a paper by the Green Alliance (GB). “Ring” meant the ring road around Bern – which was never completed in the south of the city. The paper dates back to 2000, and the city has lived quite well with this principle. The traffic calming has brought back a great deal of quality of life to the federal city, which was once threatened by population decline.
“Suddenly the widening of the Felsenau Viaduct came back on the table.”
