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 Nine passengers were injured on Thursday when two streetcars collided in downtown Zurich, with one person taken to hospital, city police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151217/nine-people-injured-as-zurich-trams-crash Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:17:27 +0100 nine-people-injured-as-zurich-trams-crash Zurich city police are looking for witnesses after a 56-year-old Canadian woman visiting Switzerland was struck and killed by a streetcar on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150831/zurich-tram-kills-canadian-tourist-in-crosswalk Mon, 31 Aug 2015 23:14:00 +0200 zurich-tram-kills-canadian-tourist-in-crosswalk Traffic was disrupted in Geneva’s city centre on Tuesday evening after a 16-year-old youth died when struck by a tram. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150429/teenage-pedestrian-dies-after-walking-into-geneva-tram Wed, 29 Apr 2015 10:00:09 +0200 teenage-pedestrian-dies-after-walking-into-geneva-tram Zurich city police are looking for witnesses after a 29-year-old woman died from head injuries suffered when she fell from a streetcar on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150408/woman-dies-after-fall-from-zurich-tram Thu, 09 Apr 2015 00:36:58 +0200 woman-dies-after-fall-from-zurich-tram A pot-smoking Geneva trolley bus driver was convicted of negligent homicide for driving into a car in a fit of anger and killing a 46-year-old pedestrian, according to a media report. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150210/pot-smoking-bus-driver-nailed-for-killing-pedestrian Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:46:00 +0100 pot-smoking-bus-driver-nailed-for-killing-pedestrian A transit strike in Geneva planned for Thursday was called off at the last minute after the unions representing employees of the canton's public transport authority reached a deal with management on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141204/second-public-transport-strike-averted-in-geneva Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:52:00 +0100 second-public-transport-strike-averted-in-geneva Public transport in Geneva ground to a virtual halt on Wednesday as streetcar and bus drivers walked off the job to protest budget cuts and planned job reductions. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141119/strike-grinds-geneva-public-transit-to-halt Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:22:00 +0100 strike-grinds-geneva-public-transit-to-halt Public transport workers in Geneva have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a one-day strike on Wednesday to protest over budget cuts and the elimination of 100 jobs. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141117/geneva-public-transport-strike-set-for-wednesday Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:12:00 +0100 geneva-public-transport-strike-set-for-wednesday Geneva’s Green party has proposed a novel solution to improve the canton’s traffic congestion: a cable car system, much like a ski lift, to transport people between outlying suburbs. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130110/greens-tout-cable-cars-for-geneva-suburbs Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:58:00 +0100 greens-tout-cable-cars-for-geneva-suburbs Drivers of streetcars for the Geneva public transport authority (TPG) are facing a quandary over their speed. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121203/police-catch-geneva-streetcars-speeding Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:07:00 +0100 police-catch-geneva-streetcars-speeding