Swiss National Bike Routes

Cycling in Switzerland is a charitable foundation that promotes recreational cycling in Switzerland. It is part of the SwitzerlandMobility project.

It was founded in 1995 to implement a national network of bicycle routes in the context of a public-private partnership to 1998. In 1998, the Foundation targets was expanded in "Development of sustainable leisure and tourism opportunities in the Human Powered Mobility ". This includes a link to the public transport and the improvement of transport facilities for bicycles.

As the national Foundation Cycling in Switzerland is subject to the supervision of the federal government. It is registered in the commercial register of Bern -Mittelland. The sponsorship of the Foundation consists of 26 cantons, national bicycle interest groups (IG Velo Switzerland, ATB, Swiss Cycling, Velo Suisse), National Automobile Club (TCS, VCS ), the Federal Office of Energy, Swiss Olympic, the Swiss Tourism Federation and the Swiss Council for Accident prevention.

National cycle routes

Visible activity of Cycling in Switzerland is the signposting of cycle routes through the red signposts. The national routes are characterized by single-digit numbers to make it as apart from the regional routes. For each national route Cycling published in a guidebook Werd Verlag in German and French with map sections at 1:100 000 scale with bicycle technical and tourist information.

Nine national and many regional routes were established. The nine national routes are:

These routes are often led by paved roads and paths, but they also contain all over again sections that are not yet paved. Only the Route 4 Alpine Panorama Route can drive on paved throughout.

See also: National routes in the list of Switzerland of cycle routes

Regional bicycle routes

Regional bicycle routes are bicycle routes, which you can cover in 1-2 days. There are 41 regional cycling routes in Switzerland. Examples are:

  • 26 Eastern Swiss Wine Route: Schaffhausen - St. Gallen
  • 77 Rigi- Reuss - Unterklettgau: Well - Rotkreuz ZG - Baden AG - Unterklettgau - Schaffhausen
  • 82 Lake Ridge Route: Schaffhausen - Arbon
  • 86 Rhine Falls -Zürcher Oberland: Schaffhausen - Wattwil ( Ricken )
  • 96th cycle route: Konstanz - Friedrichshafen - Bregenz - Konstanz

See also: Regional Routes in the list of Switzerland of cycle routes

Signaling

The bike trails are each allocated a number. All bike paths (including those who do not belong number, eg those which lead from the bike path to the station ) have a red signage. Immediately after the number is a Velo, z.T. even a mountain bike, if here runs a mountain bike route. The later is described places are each above the stage destination and below the interim target. Also shown are the still driving distance.

SlowUp

Cycling in Switzerland, together with the Health Promotion Switzerland Switzerland tourism and national carrier of SlowUp, which locks in regional events streets to motorized traffic.

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