Overview

• Cross-party Swiss MPs have submitted a bill to levy charges on vehicles that merely transits the country without a significant stay.
• Under the proposal, license plates would be scanned at border crossings and tolls would rise during holiday peaks and fall on off-peak weekdays.
• Nationalrat Simon Stadler of Die Mitte champions the fee as a means to redistribute traffic and relieve chronic gridlock affecting Canton Uri residents.
• The Federal Council and Federal Roads Authority are assessing the measure’s compatibility with the Switzerland-EU land transport agreement.
• Technical and pricing studies are underway, with Parliament set to resume debate on the transit fee proposal in September.