Zurich Case Study – Explainer Video

With a population of four hundred thousand, Zurich is the capital of the canton of the same name and at the same time Switzerland’s largest city. With one point three million people in the overall conurbation of Zurich, the city and canton have relied for decades on public transport and boast the world’s most advanced compound operations control system.

The canton of Zurich and its neighbouring regions, on a total of eighteen thirty nine square kilometres, make up the total area covered by the Passenger Transport Association of Zurich with over forty transport companies.

The total area of the association is divided into eight transport companies in charge of their own markets, plus numerous small and mid sized transport agents with more than a thousand vehicles, they transport over six twenty million passengers a year. ZVV is in charge of strategic management, association wide marketing and financing of public transport. In addition, it ensures that one ticket for everything applies in Zurich as a residential and business area.