Transitverkehr – Durchreisende ausländische Reisende müssen künftig eine Gebühr entrichten.

> __So many are just passing through:__
according to the Federal Statistical Office, transit traffic – that is, traffic passing purely through the country – accounts for around a third of passenger traffic across the Alps. So-called domestic traffic, where both the point of departure and destination are in Switzerland, also accounts for a third, as does passenger traffic from abroad into Switzerland and vice versa. The most common route for those travelling through is from Germany to Italy.

> __Mainly leisure travel__
>The figures also show that most people travelling across the Alps do so for leisure activities. Other reasons, such as commuting for work, are far less common. On the roads, the proportion of leisure travel is particularly high at 87 per cent.

I was already aware that transit traffic accounts for a significant proportion, but a third is certainly a major additional strain on the infrastructure.

Good move by the authorities. Maintaining infrastructure with Switzerland’s terrain isn’t cheap.