By Ashley Speagle
Correspondent
ATLANTA — Railway officials from Switzerland, where people believe “in the right to be mobile,” showed Georgia lawmakers how they could build their own expansive rail network.
At the Sustainable Transportation Forum, held Wednesday at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Swiss officials explained how they’d built and funded their own rail system, which crisscrosses the country and provides daily transportation to thousands.
Dr. Michaela Stoeckli, general manager of the Swiss Rail Industry Association, said that, in Switzerland, all transportation companies use the same system, the same ticket and the same timetable.