An increasingly significant flow of vehicles passes daily between Haut-Doubs and Switzerland. So much so that the roads no longer seem at all suitable for such traffic. Traffic jams, accidents or even incivility of all kinds. The problems encountered by cross-border workers are also numerous. A deep feeling of weariness then set in among some. This is why a collective momentum has just emerged at the initiative of Raphaël Borne, creator of the Haut-Doubs Traffic Info page. This resident of Doubs, helped by other administrators, strives to publish every day in real time the disruptions encountered on the different axes.
“This is becoming unsustainable”
With more than 30,000 members, information is often relayed and commented on. This is what pushed Michael Schoepf, living in the same town, to contact him in order to list the problems encountered while proposing solutions. In an open letter entitled “A call to rethink cross-border transport in Haut-Doubs!” », the two cross-border workers highlight the different factors at the origin of a general fed up. “We are obliged to get up sometimes two hours earlier to be sure to arrive on time, planning our schedule around traffic lights, works or breakdowns on the road,” we can say in particular. read. “Every fire, every excavator, every grain of sand can delay us, and it becomes unsustainable. » Faced with such a situation, the two men who cross the border every day to go to work, want a total overhaul of the vision of transport.
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A meeting soon to be organized
Regular train lines, creation of carpool parking and even intelligent developments. Several options emerged from their thinking, always with the aim of streamlining traffic. “The best engineers of this change are those who experience it on a daily basis,” slips Michael Schoepf. To achieve this, the duo aims to create a working group to bring these ideas to elected officials and regional partners in order to co-build solutions. People who feel concerned by the issue can then share their comments and ideas at the address: [email protected]. A meeting should then be organized in a few weeks with the aim of creating an association.
