The Federal Council wants to take up the concerns of the cycling initiative and is having DETEC draw up a counter-proposal. With its decision in favor of a direct counter-proposal, the Federal Council has sent out a signal in favour of greater promotion of cycling, the cycling initiative's supporting association has announced. The non-partisan committee of the cycling initiative - the president is National Councillor Jean-François Steiert and the vice-president is National Councillor Evi Allemann - wants to show what concrete measures should be taken to promote cycling in Switzerland in parallel with the consultation on the counter-proposal. The National Council is expected to discuss the cycling initiative and the counter-proposal commissioned by the Federal Council this year in 2017.

The cycling initiative aims to promote cycling throughout the country. Cantons and municipalities should - as they already do today for hiking and hiking trails - build and maintain uniformly attractive and safe infrastructure. To this end, "cycling" is to be added to Article 88 of the Federal Constitution "to promote hiking and walking". The broad-based sponsorship is made up of 26 organizations and parties.www.velo-initiative.ch