Motorcycling over the Ofenpass: perception of the Swiss National Park and the Ofenpass from the perspective of motorcyclists

Abstract

Visitors to conservation areas rarely expect to hear engine noise while hiking through pristine natural surroundings. Rather, they expect the absence of human induced emissions and therefore react sensitively to unnatural noise. Many visitors of the Swiss National Park – our case study area – are disturbed by noise emissions of mo- torcycles driving over the Ofenpass, a road that runs right through the park. Some of them are calling for a reduction of this noise or even for a ban of motorcycles on the Ofenpass road. Motorcyclists, how Show more