New postbus promotes nature parks
On the outside, it features photos of nature parks; on the inside, it smells like fresh forest air: With a new PostBus, the Swiss Parks Network, PostBus Switzerland, and the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) are promoting travel by public transportation to Switzerland’s 16 regional nature parks.
The new Postbus was unveiled on the Bundesplatz on Monday. In addition to Franziska Schwarz, Deputy Director of the Federal Office of the Environment, Daniel Landolf, Head of PostBus, and Stefan Müller-Altermatt, President of Swiss Parks, were also present at the inauguration. The parks are well connected to the public transport system and PostBus plays a very important role as a feeder service to all parks, said Landolf. This fact was the trigger for the "With Postbus to the Swiss parks" campaign
has been. Until October 31, the special vehicle will be in use as a regular bus service in various regions of Switzerland and as a shuttle at events, as detailed in a press release on Monday. For example, the vehicle will be used on August 1 at the 100th anniversary celebrations of the Swiss National Park in the Zernez GR region and at the Locarno TI film festival. With the campaign, the organizers want to draw attention to the wide range of offers that the parks have to offer excursionists. There are currently 16 parks in operation throughout Switzerland, with four more in the construction phase. (SDA)
