https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The number of accidents involving bicycles in the city of Zurich has doubled in the eight years prompting officials to announce safety measures. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190314/zurich-to-take-action-over-soaring-number-of-bicycle-accidents Thu, 14 Mar 2019 12:24:52 +0100 zurich-to-take-action-over-soaring-number-of-bicycle-accidents US firm Lime is temporarily removing all of its 550 electric scooters from the streets of Zurich and Basel because of a technical defect which may have caused several accidents in recent months. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190109/lime-e-scooters-pulled-from-zurich-and-basel-after-accidents Wed, 09 Jan 2019 11:25:29 +0100 lime-e-scooters-pulled-from-zurich-and-basel-after-accidents Our round up of stories that you might have missed this week include the Mouxit, smart bins and stupid people, an underground bike station, SBB double deckers and a two decade old murder. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181116/glance-around-switzerland-mouxit-swiss-brexit-back-on-23-year-old-murder-geneva-too-stupid-to-use-bins Fri, 16 Nov 2018 13:57:30 +0100 glance-around-switzerland-mouxit-swiss-brexit-back-on-23-year-old-murder-geneva-too-stupid-to-use-bins Bicycle thefts are commonplace in Switzerland but it’s not every day that 200 are stolen in one fell swoop. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140605/thieves-steal-200-bicycles-from-bike-maker Thu, 05 Jun 2014 23:08:00 +0200 thieves-steal-200-bicycles-from-bike-maker