{"id":47398,"key":"Zurich","title":"Zurich","latest":{"id":1207035,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T21:22:53Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:1 zurich panorama grossmunster limmat river 2012.jpg|thumb]]\n\nExplore Zurich's efficient public transport on Appropedia.\n\n'''Zurich''' (German: Zürich, German pronunciation: [ˈtsy:rɪç]; Swiss German: Züri) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in north-central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. The municipality has approximately 390,000 inhabitants, and the Zurich metropolitan area 1.83 million. Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and railway station are the largest and busiest in the country.\n\nFrom a sustainability point of view it is known as one of the medium-size cities in the developed world with an excellent and well patronised public transport system. One of their 'secrets to success' was a sustained program of both [[Integrated Multimodal Network Planning]], and also [[Public Transport Prioritisation]] by ensuring trams had as much continuous travel at intersections as possible.\n\nThis public transport system is extensively discussed for example in the book ''Transport for Suburbia: Beyond the Automobile Age'' (see below).\n\n== External links ==\n\n* [[Wikipedia:Zurich]]\n* http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Transport_for_Suburbia.html - See especially Chapter 8.\n\nAndy Nash also has some excellent resources here:\n\n* Nash, A & Sylvia, R, 2001, ''Implementation of Zurich's Transit Priority Program'', Mineta Transportation Institute, http://www.andynash.com/nash-publications/Nash2001-Zurich-PT-MTI-01-13.pdf\n* http://busmeister.wikispaces.com/city_zurich\n* http://www.andynash.com/zrh-pages/anZRHhome.html\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| description = Zurich's smart, eco-friendly transit system sets the standard for urban mobility. See how their strategies improve cities, only on Appropedia.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Green living]]\n[[Category:Sustainable cities]]\n[[Category:Transport]]\n[[Category:Public transport]]"}