Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – GenevaLunch, like a lot of other businesses in the area, was caught by the massive traffic jam in both directions, between Geneva and Lausanne Wednesday late afternoon. It lasted more than four hours, had traffic moving at a crawl on the autoroute, and side roads anywhere near the highway were also […]
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A1 autoroute lane shut near Nyon for urgent repairs
Geneva to Lausanne traffic slowed significantly Wednesday afternoon, evening Nyon, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The A1 autoroute from Geneva to Lausanne came close to a standstill late Wednesday afternoon thanks to urgent repairs on the Pont de l’Asse bridge, before Nyon. The joints on the bridge were repaired urgently some days ago, and the temporary measure […]
Rush hour flows, first day new signage on A1
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Rush hour Monday evening on the A1 autoroute between Morges and Lausanne was a rare sight: traffic flowed, all three lanes of it in each direction. The extra new lanes, which function only when traffic demands it, were open, with new signage working, responding to real time traffic flow. Several months […]
Morges-Lausanne autoroute signals system installed, work nears end
Morges / Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Workers have now completed a key part of the roadworks to widen the A1 autoroute between Morges and Lausanne thanks to a series of night closings. A system of 120 variable signs and 40 fixed ones have been put in place, a system with 8 kilometres of cables and […]
The ultimate guide to the Swiss road system
If you love to know where we’re all headed, at least on Swiss roads, the Swiss roads department autoroute pages outline all repairs, renovations and new construction on the national system, currently 93.3% completed. It has, for example, details of the Morges-Ecublens project to use the emergency lane, with work starting in May 2009.