One of the activities of the BMVIT is its involvement, along with 20 other European partners, in the "AlpFRail project" (Alpine Freight Railway project ), which receives funding from the European Union's aid programme Interreg IIIB.

The aim of the project is the cross-border organisation of rail freight transport in the Alps and increased switching of heavy traffic on to the railway. To that end railway networks in the Alpine region will be sufficiently well integrated that they guarantee optimum movement of freight, encompassing the Mediterranean ports also.

Announcement by the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT):

As of 21 December 2007, following enlargement of the Schengen Area, permits for road haulage consignments entering, exiting and transiting through Austria will no longer be subject to checks at Austria's borders with the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia.